Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-10-1004. Noncompliance--Admission restrictions--Hearings

(a) The Department of Human Services may prohibit new admissions to a long-term care facility not in compliance due to a Class A violation until the department determines the facility is in substantial compliance.

(b) If the department determines to prohibit admissions to a facility, the department shall notify the administrator of the facility in writing, by certified mail or other means that gives actual notice, that the facility is prohibited from admitting any new residents due to a Class A violation and that the prohibition shall continue until the department makes a determination that the facility has corrected the deficiency and is in substantial compliance.