§ 20-13-210 - Rules, regulations, and standards -- Review required. - Arkansas Statutes

20-13-210. Rules, regulations, and standards -- Review required.

(a) (1) All rules, regulations, and standards relating to emergency medical services promulgated and adopted by the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Council and the State Board of Health or any other state agency or department authorized to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to carry out this subchapter shall be submitted to the House Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof for consideration and review prior to being placed in effect by the department or agency.

(2) No rules, regulations, or standards promulgated to carry out this subchapter shall be enforced by any state agency or department until they have been submitted to, considered, and approved for enforcement by the House Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

(b) (1) Rules and regulations promulgated by the council shall receive approval of the Governor after he or she receives the review of the House Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Interim Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof prior to effect and enforcement.

(2) The rules and regulations shall be of a temporary nature, and no rules or regulations shall become final until specifically approved by the General Assembly.