Arkansas Code Annotated
Ark. Code Ann. § 9-34-201 (2026)
Definitions
✓ current as of May 2026
For purposes of this chapter:
- “Fire department” means any organization that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day and established for the prevention or extinguishment of fires, including, but not limited to, fire departments organized under municipal or county ordinances, improvement districts, membership fee-based private fire departments, and volunteer fire departments;
- “Law enforcement agency” means any police force or organization whose primary responsibility as established by law or ordinance is the enforcement of the criminal, traffic, or highway laws of this state as defined in § 12-9-301 and that is staffed twenty-four (24) hours a day; and
- “Medical provider” means any emergency department of a hospital licensed under § 20-9-214.
History. Acts 2001, No. 236, § 1; 2019, No. 185, § 2.
Amendments. The 2019 amendment added the definition for “Fire department”.
Research References
U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev.
Survey of Legislation, 2001 Arkansas General Assembly, Family Law, 24 U. Ark. Little Rock L. Rev. 483.
Case Notes
Cited: Burnette v. State, 354 Ark. 584, 127 S.W.3d 479 (2003).
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1
case, 2003–2003 · leading case: Burnette v. State, 127 S.W.3d 479 (Ark. 2003).
Burnette v. State, 127 S.W.3d 479 (Ark. 2003). “Indeed the cross reference to Ark. Code Ann. § 9-34-201 , et seq., reflects that section 5-27-203 is aimed at protecting children from being deserted by a person charged with the child's care who "does not express an intent to return for the child.”
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