Arkansas Laws & Regulations
The information contained on this website is provided for informational purposes only and should not be construed as legal advice on any matter. The Information constitutes general information of applicable administrative regulation and/or laws related to general topics in the arena of controlled substance misuse and abuse and may not reflect current legal developments and updates. Please refer to your state legislature for any potential changes.
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Arkansas Administrative Rules (AAR)
Code of Arkansas (A.C.A.)
Arkansas Department of Health – Board Rules
Arkansas Advertising/Marketing Information
- A.C.A. § 5-64-445 – Advertisement of a counterfeit substance or drug paraphernalia.
- A.C.A. § 20-56-214 – False or misleading advertisement.
- A.C.A. § 20-56-305 – Prohibitions on advertising and use of certain symbols.
- A.C.A. § 20-56-409 – Advertising prohibitions and packaging requirements. [Effective if contingency in Acts 2023, No. 629, § 17, is met.]
Arkansas Child Safety Information
- A.C.A. § 12-18-103 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 12-18-310 – Referrals on children born with and affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or prenatal drug exposure to an illegal drug or a legal substance.
Arkansas Compounding Information
- AAR 07-02-0001 – Standards for Compounding and Dispensing Sterile Products.
- A.C.A. § 20-64-309 – Depressant and stimulant drugs — Manufacturing, compounding, or processing prohibited — Exceptions.
Arkansas Coroner/Medical Examiner Information
- A.C.A. § 14-15-301 – Powers and duties of a coroner
- A.C.A. § 14-15-306 – Disposition of prescription medication
- A.C.A. § 12-12-306 – State Medical Examiner
- A.C.A. § 12-12-307 – Medical Examiners – Qualifications – Duties
Arkansas Drug Checking Information (Test Strips)
- HB1456 – Creating the Fentanyl Enforcement and Accountability Act of 2023; Concerning fentanyl and other controlled substances; To establish increased penalties; and to Declare an Emergency. (Act 584 as of 4/11/2023)
- A.C.A. § 5-64-101(12) – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 5-64-443 – Possession of drug paraphernalia.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-444 – Drug paraphernalia — Delivery to a minor.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-445 – Advertisement of a counterfeit substance or drug paraphernalia.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-802 – Illegal drug paraphernalia business
Arkansas Drug Cleanup Information (Methamphetamine & Fentanyl Labs)
- Arkansas Act 864 of 2007
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1401 – Title
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1402 – Professional cleanup of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1403 – Reporting of properties contaminated through the manufacture of controlled substances.
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1404 – Recordkeeping required.
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1405 – Notice – Cleanup – Residual contamination.
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1406 – Remediated property.
- A.C.A. § 8-7-1407 – Penalties
- A.C.A. § 20-7-132 – Guidelines for cleanup of clandestine methamphetamine labs.
Arkansas Drug Court Information
- A.C.A. § 16-98-301 – Short title and definitions. “Arkansas Drug Court Act”.
- A.C.A. § 16-98-302 – Purpose and Intent.
- A.C.A. § 16-98-303 – Drug court programs authorized.
- A.C.A. § 16-98-304 – Cost and fees.
- A.C.A. § 16-98-305 – Required resources.
- A.C.A. § 16-98-306 – Collection of data.
Arkansas Drug Free Workplace Information
- A.C.A. § 11-14-101 – Legislative Intent
- A.C.A. § 11-14-102 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 11-14-105 – Written policy statement
- A.C.A. § 11-14-111 – Rules and regulations
- A.C.A. § 11-14-112 – Rating plans based on drug-free workplace program participation.
Arkansas Drugged Driving Information
- A.C.A. § 5-65-102 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 5-65-103 – Driving or boating while intoxicated
- A.C.A. § 5-65-115 – Alcohol treatment or education program — Fee. [Effective January 1, 2024.]
- A.C.A. § 5-65-202 – Implied consent.
- A.C.A. § 5-65-203 – Administration of a chemical test.
- A.C.A. § 5-65-205 – Refusal to submit to a chemical test.
- National Alliance to Stop Impaired Driving – Arkansas
Arkansas Drug Violations Information
- HB1456 – Creating the Fentanyl Enforcement and Accountability Act of 2023; Concerning fentanyl and other controlled substances; To establish increased penalties; and to Declare an Emergency. (Act 584 as of 4/11/2023)
- List of Controlled Substances (2024)
- A.C.A. § 5-10-201 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 5-10-202 – Aggravated death by delivery.
- A.C.A. § 5-10-203 – Death by delivery in the first degree.
- A.C.A. § 5-10-204 – Death by delivery in the second degree.
- A.C.A. § 5-10-206 – Exemptions.
- A.C.A. § 5-10-207 – Consensual ingestion not a defense.
- A.C.A. § 5-10-208 – Penalties not exclusive
- A.C.A. § 5-10-209 – Factors considered when determining whether person possessed controlled substance for personal use.
- A.C.A. § 5-10-210 – Accomplice Liability.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-101 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 5-64-403 – Controlled substances — Fraudulent practices.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-404 – Use of a communication device.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-405 – Continuing criminal enterprise.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-406 – Delivery to minors – Enhanced penalties.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-407 – Manufacture of methamphetamine in the presence of certain persons — Enhanced penalties. [Effective January 1, 2024.]
- A.C.A. § 5-64-414 – Controlled substance analog.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-415 – Drug Precursors.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-419 – Possession of a controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-420 – Possession of methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine with the purpose to deliver.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-421 – Possession of fentanyl — Possession of fentanyl with the purpose to deliver — Delivery of fentanyl — Manufacture of fentanyl — Predatory marketing of fentanyl to minors.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-422 – Delivery of methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-423 – Manufacture of methamphetamine, heroin, or cocaine.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-424 – Possession of a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance that is not methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, or cocaine with the purpose to deliver.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-426 – Delivery of a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance that is not methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, or cocaine.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-427 – Manufacture of a Schedule I or Schedule II controlled substance that is not methamphetamine, fentanyl, heroin, or cocaine.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-428 – Possession of a Schedule III controlled substance with the purpose to deliver.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-430 – Delivery of a Schedule III controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-431 – Manufacture of a Schedule III controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-432 – Possession of a Schedule IV or Schedule V controlled substance with the purpose to deliver.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-434 – Delivery of a Schedule IV or Schedule V controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-435 – Manufacture of a Schedule IV or Schedule V controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-436 – Possession of a Schedule VI controlled substance with the purpose to deliver.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-438 – Delivery of a Schedule VI controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-439 – Manufacture of a Schedule VI controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-440 – Trafficking a controlled substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-441 – Possession of a counterfeit substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-442 – Possession with the purpose to deliver, delivery, or manufacture of a counterfeit substance.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-443 – Possession of drug paraphernalia.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-444 – Drug paraphernalia — Delivery to a minor.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-445 – Advertisement of a counterfeit substance or drug paraphernalia.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-446 – Civil or criminal liability.
Arkansas Electronic Prescribing Information
- A.C.A. § 5-64-308 – Prescriptions — Mandatory electronic prescribing. [Effective on contingent effective date as stated in Acts 2019, No. 447, § 2]
Arkansas First Responder Deflection Program(s) Information
- A.C.A. § 16-98-201 – Qualifications — Waiver
Arkansas 911 – Good Samaritan Information
- A.C.A. § 17-95-101 – “Good Samaritan” law — Definition.
Arkansas Medical Marijuana, Recreational Marijuana & CBD Information
- A.C.A. § 2-15-503 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 2-15-504 – State plan for monitoring and regulating production of industrial hemp.
- A.C.A. § 2-15-505 – Regulation of subchapter by State Plant Board and Department of Agriculture.
- A.C.A. § 2-15-506 – Federal laws regarding industrial hemp.
- A.C.A. § 2-15-514 – Transportation of industrial hemp.
- A.C.A. § 2-15-515 – Violations
- A.C.A. § 2-15-516 – Prohibited acts.
- A.C.A. § 5-71-219 – Unlawful use and transport of medical marijuana.
- A.C.A. § 10-3-319 – Medical Marijuana Advisory Subcommittee.
- A.C.A. § 19-6-835 – Arkansas Industrial Hemp Program Fund.
- A.C.A. § 19-6-836 – Arkansas Medical Marijuana Implementation and Operations Fund.
- A.C.A. § 19-6-837 – Medical Marijuana Commission Fund.
- ADA – Plant Industries – Hemp Program Rules & the Law
- Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment 98, Sections 1-8 (2016)
- Arkansas Medical Marijuana Amendment 98, Sections 9-26
Arkansas Medication Assisted Treatment (MAT) Information
- A.C.A. § 20-64-903 – Authority – Exemptions – Current programs.
- A.C.A. § 23-99-1103 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 23-99-1119 – Medication-assisted treatment for opioid addiction.
Arkansas Naloxone Information
- HB1514 – An Act to require that Opioid Overdose Rescue Kits be located on each campus of each public high school and state-supported institution of higher education
- A.C.A. § 6-18-723 – Opioid overdose rescue kit — Required.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-217 – Gabo’s Law — Police dogs — Injured on duty.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1701 – Title: “Joshua Ashley-Pauley Act”
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1702 – Legislative findings.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1703 – Definitions.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1704 – Immunity for seeking medical assistance. [Effective January 1, 2024.]
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1705 – Construction.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1801 – Title: “Naloxone Access Act”
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1802 – Legislative findings.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1803 – Definitions.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1804 – Opioid antagonist – Immunity.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1805 – Opioid antagonist — Mandatory prescription — Definitions.
Arkansas Needle Exchange Programs (NEP) & Syringe Services programs (SSP) Information
- A.C.A. § 5-64-101 – Definitions.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-802 – Illegal drug paraphernalia business.
- A.C.A. § 20-13-1803 – Definitions.
Arkansas Neonatal Abstinence Syndrome (NAS), Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal (NOWS) Information
- A.C.A. § 12-18-310 – Referrals on children born with and affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or prenatal drug exposure to an illegal drug or a legal substance.
- Arkansas Code Annotated §20-15-301, et seq., as amended by Act 490 of 2023.
- A.C.A. § 20-85-101 – Family Treatment and Rehabilitation Program for Addicted Women and their Children.
Arkansas Opioid Litigation Proceeds Information
Arkansas Overdose Prevention Centers (OPC), Supervised Consumption Sites (SCS), Supervised Injection Facilities (SIF) Information
- NO STATE LAWS OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED
Arkansas Overdose Surveillance/Reporting Information
- NO STATE LAWS OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED
Arkansas Pain Management Information
- A.C.A. § 20-7-702 – Definitions.
- A.C.A. § 20-7-703 – Opioid prescribing guidelines for emergency department.
- A.C.A. § 20-7-704 – Prescriber education.
- A.C.A. § 20-7-705 – Licensing board rules.
- A.C.A. § 20-7-706 – Patient evaluation.
- A.C.A. § 20-7-707 – Prescriber requirements.
- A.C.A. § 20-7-708 – Immunity.
- A.C.A. § 17-95-701 – Title. “Chronic Intractable Pain Treatment Act”.
- A.C.A. § 17-95-702 – Findings
- A.C.A. § 17-95-703 – Definitions
- A.C.A. § 17-95-704 – Arkansas State Medical Board — Treatment — Prohibitions.
- A.C.A. § 17-95-705 – Pain Management Review Committee — Membership — Duties.
Arkansas Pill Press & Counterfeit Medication Information
- A.C.A. § 5-64-403(a)(4) – Controlled Substances – Fraudulent Practices.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-445 – Advertisement of a counterfeit substance or drug paraphernalia.
Arkansas Prescription Drug Drop-Off Information
- AAR 016.26.4 § 6 (2023) – Reporting requirements.
Arkansas Prescription Drug Importation Information
- NO STATE LAWS OR REGULATIONS IDENTIFIED
Arkansas Prescription Drug Monitoring Program Information
Arkansas Precursor Chemicals/Including Pseudoephedrine Information
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1101 – Possession — Penalty.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1102 – Possession with purpose to manufacture — Unlawful distribution.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1103 – Sales limits.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1104 – Sales records — Entering transactions into real-time electronic logbook — Purchaser’s proof of identity.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1105 – Definitions.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1106 – Real-time electronic logbook.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1107 – Confidentiality of information.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1108 – Authorized access to the real-time electronic logbook.
- A.C.A. § 5-64-1109 – Promulgation of rules.
- AR Pharmacy Pseudoephedrine Guidelines (Combat Meth Act of 2005)
Arkansas Prison/Jail Program(s) Information
Arkansas School Programs/Information
- HB1514 – An Act to require that Opioid Overdose Rescue Kits be located on each campus of each public high school and state-supported institution of higher education
- A.C.A. § 6-18-723 – Opioid overdose rescue kit — Required.
Arkansas Sober Living Homes/Recovery Residence Information
- A.C.A. § 20-64-901 – Purpose.
- A.C.A. § 20-64-902 – Definition.
- A.C.A. § 20-64-903 – Authority — Exemptions — Current programs.
- A.C.A. § 20-64-904 – Licenses.
- A.C.A. § 20-64-907 – Reporting requirements.
- A.C.A. § 20-64-909 – Penalties.
Arkansas Substance Abuse Services Information
- A.C.A. § 20-64-815 – Petition for involuntary commitment.
Arkansas Telemedicine/Telehealth Information
- Act 1112 of 2021 – An ACT to Amend the Telemedicine Act…
- A.C.A. § 17-80-401 – Title
- A.C.A. § 17-80-402 – Definitions.
- A.C.A. § 17-80-403 – Establishment of professional relationship.
- A.C.A. § 17-80-404 – Appropriate use of telemedicine.
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