§ 20-19-309 - Area quarantine. - Arkansas Statutes

20-19-309. Area quarantine.

(a) (1) The Director of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services shall place certain areas under a rabies quarantine upon request of proper local officials.

(2) In serious situations, the director may place the area under quarantine without waiting for a local request.

(b) The occurrence of three (3) or more positive rabies cases in animals shall be sufficient basis for placing areas under quarantine.

(c) The positive rabies cases shall be laboratory-confirmed by the State Public Health Laboratory of the Division of Health of the Department of Health and Human Services or any other laboratory acceptable to or approved by the director.