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14-43-601. Municipal affairs delineated.
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14-43-601. Municipal affairs delineated.
(a) As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Municipal affairs” means all matters and affairs of government germane to, affecting, or concerning the municipality or its government except the following, which are state affairs and subject to the general laws of the State of Arkansas:
(A) Public information and open meetings;
(B) Uniform requirements for competitive bidding on contracts;
(C) Claims against a municipality;
(D) Requirements of surety bonds for financial officers;
(E) Collective bargaining;
(F) Pension and civil service systems;
(G) Hours and vacations, holidays, and other fringe benefits of employees;
(H) The definition, use, and control of surplus revenues of municipally owned utilities;
(I) Vacation of streets and alleys;
(J) Matters coming within the police power of the state, including minimum public health, pollution, and safety standards;
(K) Gambling and alcoholic beverages;
(L) Traffic on or the construction and maintenance of state highways;
(M) Regulations of intrastate commerce, including rates and terms of service of railroad, bus, and truck lines, cooperatives, and nonmunicipally owned utilities;
(N) The incorporation and merger of municipalities and annexation of territory to municipalities; and
(O) Procedure for the passage of ordinances by the governing body of the municipality; and
(2)(A) “Municipality” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town.
(B) A municipality may legislate upon the state affairs described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section if not in conflict with state law.
(b)(1) Matters of public health that concern emergency medical services, emergency medical technicians, and ambulances, as defined in §§ 20-13-201
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 14-43-601
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14-43-601. Municipal affairs delineated.
(a) As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Municipal affairs” means all matters and affairs of government germane to, affecting, or concerning the municipality or its government except the following, which are state affairs and subject to the general laws of the State of Arkansas:
(A) Public information and open meetings;
(B) Uniform requirements for competitive bidding on contracts;
(C) Claims against a municipality;
(D) Requirements of surety bonds for financial officers;
(E) Collective bargaining;
(F) Pension and civil service systems;
(G) Hours and vacations, holidays, and other fringe benefits of employees;
(H) The definition, use, and control of surplus revenues of municipally owned utilities;
(I) Vacation of streets and alleys;
(J) Matters coming within the police power of the state, including minimum public health, pollution, and safety standards;
(K) Gambling and alcoholic beverages;
(L) Traffic on or the construction and maintenance of state highways;
(M) Regulations of intrastate commerce, including rates and terms of service of railroad, bus, and truck lines, cooperatives, and nonmunicipally owned utilities;
(N) The incorporation and merger of municipalities and annexation of territory to municipalities; and
(O) Procedure for the passage of ordinances by the governing body of the municipality; and
(2)(A) “Municipality” means a city of the first class, a city of the second class, or an incorporated town.
(B) A municipality may legislate upon the state affairs described in subdivision (a)(1) of this section if not in conflict with state law.
(b)(1) Matters of public health that concern emergency medical services, emergency medical technicians, and ambulances, as defined in §§ 20-13-201 — 20-13-209 and 20-13-211, and ambulance companies, shall be included in the term “municipal affairs”.
(2)(A) Municipalities shall have the authority to enact and establish standards, rules, or regulations that are equal to or greater than those established by the state concerning emergency medical services, emergency medical technicians, ambulances, and ambulance companies.
(B) The standards, rules, or regulations shall not be less than those established by the state for the rating of the service offered.
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20-13-201. Title.
This subchapter may be cited as the “Emergency Medical Services Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-13-201
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20-13-209. Department of Health — Powers and duties.
The Department of Health shall have the responsibility and authority to:
(1) Administer this subchapter;
(2) Enforce the rules and standards promulgated by the State Board of Health for the administration and enforcement of this subchapter;
(3) Employ and prescribe the duties of employees as may be necessary to administer this subchapter;
(4) Certify emergency medical services personnel through use of a national competency examination by qualified examiners upon the completion of required curriculum;
(5) Issue and renew operational permits for each ambulance or advanced life support rescue or air ambulance service. However, no permit shall be issued unless each ambulance, advanced life support rescue unit, or air ambulance, when in use as such, conforms with the standards, requirements, and rules as set forth by the board;
(6)(A) Issue initial and renewal licenses to any qualified applicant that provides emergency medical services or advanced life support rescue services, whether the applicant is an individual, partnership, corporation, or other legal entity, as well as a municipality or other unit of government.
(B) After July 24, 2019, an applicant seeking initial licensure or renewal of licensure shall be certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians for the particular emergency medical services personnel license that the applicant is applying for on the state level.
(C) An individual who is licensed as emergency medical services personnel before July 24, 2019, is not required to be certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians to renew a license if he or she has never been certified by the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians or is not elig
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-13-209
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20-13-211. Fees.
The State Board of Health may establish the fees to be charged by the Department of Health to defray the cost of administering and enforcing this subchapter, as follows:
(1) The testing fee not to exceed the cost of administering the National Registry of Emergency Medical Technicians examination;
(2)(A) The licensure fee for emergency medical services personnel, which shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00).
(B) Ten dollars ($10.00) of the licensure fee shall be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund.
(C) The licensure shall be valid for two (2) years;
(3) The biennial renewal of the emergency medical services personnel licensure, which shall not exceed twenty dollars ($20.00). Ten dollars ($10.00) of the biennial renewal shall be credited to the Emergency Medical Services Revolving Fund;
(4) The issuance and annual renewal of an operational permit for each ambulance service, which shall not exceed fifty dollars ($50.00);
(5) The annual inspection and permitting of emergency vehicles, which shall not exceed five dollars ($5.00) per vehicle; and
(6) The issuance and renewal of an operational license for each air ambulance service, which shall not exceed one hundred dollars ($100).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-13-211
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 20-13-211. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.