5-4-804. Medical treatment and costs.

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5-4-804. Medical treatment and costs.

5-4-804. Medical treatment and costs. The state is responsible for the cost of medical treatment approved by the Division of Correction of an eligible offender sentenced to a felony under this subchapter if the medical treatment is for: (1) The result of an injury sustained on the work site of the community work project or during transportation to and from the work site by a government entity; or (2)(A) The result of illness or an injury sustained by an eligible offender committed to the county jail or regional jail and who is assigned to a community work project. (B) The division may transfer an eligible offender committed to a county jail or regional jail under this subchapter to a medical facility or treatment facility, including a facility of the division, it deems appropriate for the medical treatment. (3) Nothing in this section precludes the division from seeking reimbursement or damages from a person or entity that contributes to or causes the injury or illness referred to in this section.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-4-804

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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.