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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-59-303

State Board of Health — Enforcement

Acts 1953, No. 416, § 11; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-918.10; Acts 2019, No. 315, § 2199; 2019, No. 910, § 5067.

(1) The State Board of Health, through its constituted officers and agents, is authorized and directed to administer and to supervise the enforcement of this subchapter, to prescribe rules to carry out its purpose, to provide for such periodic inspections and investigations as it may deem necessary to disclose violations, to receive and provide for the investigation of complaints and to provide for the institution and prosecution of civil or criminal actions, or both.

(2) The provisions of this subchapter and the rules issued in connection therewith may be enforced by injunction in any court having jurisdiction to grant injunctive relief. Adulterated or misbranded articles illegally held or otherwise involved in a violation of this subchapter or of the rules shall be subject to seizure and disposition in accordance with an order of court.

(3) However, any aggrieved party shall have the right to apply to the circuit court in the county of his or her residence for a review of any summary action on the part of the board or its agents. For this purpose, service of process upon the Secretary of the Department of Health at any place in this state shall constitute a valid service in the application for review.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.