Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-9-213 (2026)
License required — Administration by State Board of Health
✓ current as of May 2026
- No hospital, recuperation center, or related institution shall be established, conducted, or maintained in this state without obtaining a license.
- The State Board of Health may provide, by properly promulgating rules, for the issuance of a recuperation center license.
- The Department of Health may provide, by properly promulgating rules, for the issuance of permanent type licenses, subject to revocation.
History. Acts 1961, No. 414, § 19; 1965, No. 434, § 1; 1971, No. 258, § 2; A.S.A. 1947, § 82-345; Acts 2019, No. 315, § 1832.
Amendments. The 2019 amendment deleted “and regulations” following “rules” in (b) and (c).
Case Notes
Breach of Contract Action.
Submission of the defective design for medical facility on November 27, 1987, and its rejection by the Health Department on December 4, 1987, constituted a material breach of contract since without approved plans the facility would not be licensed and, without licensure the ambulatory surgery center could not operate. Zufari v. Architecture Plus, 323 Ark. 411, 914 S.W.2d 756 (1996).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 1996–1996 · leading case: Zufari v. Architecture Plus, 914 S.W.2d 756 (Ark. 1996).
Zufari v. Architecture Plus, 914 S.W.2d 756 (Ark. 1996). “See Ark. Code Ann. § 20-9-213 (Repl. 1991). Acquiring government approval was, therefore, a material element of the contract, and that approval was denied as of December 4, 1987, when the design work was 100% complete.”
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