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20-78-227. General liability insurance coverage required.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-78-227. General liability insurance coverage required.
(a) The purpose of this section is to enhance safe and responsible passenger transportation of children in child care by requiring appropriate liability insurance and driver training.
(b)(1) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the State Insurance Department, shall develop and promulgate rules requiring sufficient and appropriate minimum levels of general liability insurance coverage for licensed childcare centers and licensed and registered childcare family homes, including coverage for transportation services when applicable.
(2) A state institution, political subdivision, or other entity that is entitled to immunity from liability under § 21-9-301 is not required to have general liability insurance coverage in order to be licensed.
(c) The division shall promulgate rules requiring all drivers of vehicles transporting children on behalf of licensed childcare centers and licensed and registered childcare family homes to complete a comprehensive program of driver safety training.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-78-227
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Source file: gov.ar.code.title.20.odt
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20-78-227. General liability insurance coverage required.
(a) The purpose of this section is to enhance safe and responsible passenger transportation of children in child care by requiring appropriate liability insurance and driver training.
(b)(1) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services, in collaboration with the State Insurance Department, shall develop and promulgate rules requiring sufficient and appropriate minimum levels of general liability insurance coverage for licensed childcare centers and licensed and registered childcare family homes, including coverage for transportation services when applicable.
(2) A state institution, political subdivision, or other entity that is entitled to immunity from liability under § 21-9-301 is not required to have general liability insurance coverage in order to be licensed.
(c) The division shall promulgate rules requiring all drivers of vehicles transporting children on behalf of licensed childcare centers and licensed and registered childcare family homes to complete a comprehensive program of driver safety training.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
21-9-301. Tort liability — Immunity declared.
(a) It is declared to be the public policy of the State of Arkansas that all counties, municipal corporations, school districts, public charter schools, special improvement districts, and all other political subdivisions of the state and any of their boards, commissions, agencies, authorities, or other governing bodies shall be immune from liability and from suit for damages except to the extent that they may be covered by liability insurance.
(b) No tort action shall lie against any such political subdivision because of the acts of its agents and employees.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 21-9-301
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 21-9-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.