Public-domain · open source
OpenJurist

Ark. Code Ann. § 5-4-804

Medical treatment and costs

Acts 2011, No. 570, § 21; 2019, No. 910, § 664.

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) 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.

(3) 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.

(4) 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.

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.