Secretary of the Department of Health — Powers and duties.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-57-203
in effectThe Secretary of the Department of Health shall have:
(1) Power and authority to prevent the proliferation of infections, contagious, and communicable diseases resulting from unsanitary food service operations; and
(2) Direction and control over all sanitary and quarantine measures for dealing with all such diseases within the state and to suppress the diseases and prevent their spread.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.20.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026
