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Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113)
Subtitle 4 - FOOD, DRUGS, AND COSMETICS (§§ 20-56-201 — 20-64-1103)
Chapter 57 - REGULATION OF FOOD GENERALLY (§§ 20-57-101 — 20-57-507)
Subchapter 2 - FOOD SERVICE ESTABLISHMENTS (§§ 20-57-201 — 20-57-209)
Section 20-57-203 - Secretary of the Department of Health - Powers and duties
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AR Code § 20-57-203 (2023)
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The Secretary of the Department of Health shall have:
- (1) Power and authority to prevent the proliferation of infections, contagious, and communicable diseases resulting from unsanitary food service operations; and
- (2) Direction and control over all sanitary and quarantine measures for dealing with all such diseases within the state and to suppress the diseases and prevent their spread.
Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 5043, eff. 7/1/2019.
Acts 1977, No. 357, § 6; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-997.4.
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