Statutes > Arkansas Statutes > Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare > Subtitle 4 - Food, Drugs, And Cosmetics > Chapter 57 - Regulation Of Food Generally > Subchapter 2 - Food Service Establishments > § 20-57-203 - Director of the Department of Health -- Powers and duties.

§ 20-57-203 - Director of the Department of Health -- Powers and duties.

20-57-203. Director of the Department of Health -- Powers and duties.

The Director of the Department of Health shall have:

(1) Power and authority to prevent the proliferation of infections, contagious, and communicable diseases resulting from unsanitary food service operations; and

(2) Direction and control over all sanitary and quarantine measures for dealing with all such diseases within the state and to suppress the diseases and prevent their spread.