Arkansas Code Title 14. Local Government § 14-262-109. Health departments--Powers and duties

(1) To administer and enforce the laws pertaining to public health and vital statistics and the orders, rules, and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health;

(2) To investigate and control the cause of epidemic and communicable disease affecting the public health;

(3) To establish, maintain, and enforce isolation and quarantine, and, in pursuance thereof and for this purpose only, to exercise such physical control over property and over the persons of the people within the jurisdiction of the department as the department may find necessary for the protection of the public health;

(4) To make any necessary sanitary and health investigations and inspections on its own initiative or in cooperation with the Department of Health as to any matters affecting public health, within the jurisdiction and control of the department;

(5) To cooperate with the Department of Health and the State Board of Health in all matters pertaining to public health;

(6) To initiate and carry out health programs, not inconsistent with law, that may be deemed necessary or desirable for the protection of the public health and the control of disease.