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20-15-906. Report to the Department of Health required — Privileged communications.
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20-15-906. Report to the Department of Health required — Privileged communications.
(a) Reports shall be made to the Department of Health in the form and manner as may be required by the department for all persons who have been determined to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or who have tested positive for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus antigen or antibodies.
(b) Reporting is required by the following persons:
(1) Physicians;
(2) Hospital infection control practitioners and the chairs of hospital infection control committees;
(3) Directors of laboratories doing business in the State of Arkansas;
(4) Medical directors of in-home health agencies;
(5) Program directors of state agencies to whom a human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome diagnosis has been disclosed;
(6) Nursing home medical directors; and
(7) Those other persons as are required by the rules of the department.
(c) Notwithstanding this section or any other law, the privileged communications provisions under §§ 17-103-107 and 17-103-108 are not repealed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-15-906
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20-15-906. Report to the Department of Health required — Privileged communications.
(a) Reports shall be made to the Department of Health in the form and manner as may be required by the department for all persons who have been determined to have acquired immunodeficiency syndrome or who have tested positive for the presence of human immunodeficiency virus antigen or antibodies.
(b) Reporting is required by the following persons:
(1) Physicians;
(2) Hospital infection control practitioners and the chairs of hospital infection control committees;
(3) Directors of laboratories doing business in the State of Arkansas;
(4) Medical directors of in-home health agencies;
(5) Program directors of state agencies to whom a human immunodeficiency virus or acquired immunodeficiency syndrome diagnosis has been disclosed;
(6) Nursing home medical directors; and
(7) Those other persons as are required by the rules of the department.
(c) Notwithstanding this section or any other law, the privileged communications provisions under §§ 17-103-107 and 17-103-108 are not repealed.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-103-107. Privileged communications.
(a)(1) A licensed certified social worker, licensed master social worker, or licensed social worker or his or her secretary, stenographer, or clerk shall not disclose any information acquired from a person consulting him or her in his or her professional capacity except with the written consent of:
(A) The person; or
(B) In the case of death or disability of the person:
(i) The person's own legal guardian;
(ii) Another person authorized to sue on behalf of the person; or
(iii) The beneficiary of an insurance policy on the person's life, health, or physical condition.
(2) A licensed certified social worker, licensed master social worker, or licensed social worker is not required to treat as confidential a communication that reveals the intended commission of a crime or a harmful act.
(3) If the person is a minor under the laws of this state and the information acquired by the licensed certified social worker, licensed master social worker, or licensed social worker indicates that the minor was the victim or subject of a crime, the licensed certified social worker, licensed master social worker, or the licensed social worker may be required to testify fully in any examination, trial, or other proceedings in which the commission of such a crime is the subject of inquiry.
(4) The licensed certified social worker, licensed master social worker, or the licensed social worker may disclose a person's acquired information:
(A) If the person waives the privilege by bringing charges against the licensed certified social worker, licensed master social worker, or the licensed social worker; or
(B)(i) In the course of formally reporting to, conferring with, or consulting with administrative superiors, colleagues, or consult
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-103-107
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 17-103-107. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-103-108. Privileged communications — Not repealed.
Notwithstanding the provisions of this section or any other law, the privileged communications provisions codified at § 17-103-107 are not repealed.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-103-108
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 17-103-108. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.