§ 20-64-707 - Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention -- Cooperation by other departments. - Arkansas Statutes

20-64-707. Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention -- Cooperation by other departments.

(a) To effectuate the purpose of this subchapter and to make maximum use of existing facilities and personnel, it shall be the duty of all departments and agencies of the state government and all officers and employees of the state, when requested by the Bureau of Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, to cooperate with it in all activities consistent with their proper respective functions.

(b) Nothing in this section shall be construed as giving the bureau control over existing facilities, institutions, or agencies, or as requiring the facilities, institutions, or agencies to serve the bureau inconsistently with their respective functions, or with the authority of their respective offices, or with the laws and regulations governing their respective activities, or as giving the bureau power to make use of any private institution or agency without the consent of the private institution or agency, or to pay a private institution or agency for services which a public institution or agency is willing and able to perform adequately.