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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-6-409. Informational materials

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) Within thirty (30) days of March 10, 2021, the Department of Health and the Department of Human Services shall develop informational materials regarding this subchapter.

(2) The Department of Health and the Department of Human Services shall present informational materials regarding this subchapter to the:

(A) Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor;

(B) House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and

(C) House Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs.

(b) A healthcare facility shall make the informational materials regarding this subchapter accessible:

(1) Upon admission or registration; and

(2) On the website of the healthcare facility.

(c) Every sixty (60) days or upon the release of relevant federal guidelines, the Department of Health, with input from the long-term care industry and the hospital industry, shall reevaluate and update the directives where needed to allow for the maximum visitation possible under federal guidelines.

(d) Information and directives produced by this state that provide guidance about visitation shall take into consideration and include the highest amount possible of privacy and dignity for interaction between patients and visitors.

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