Powers and duties

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Public Health and Welfare
  4. Health and Safety
  5. Health Facilities and Services Generally
  6. Acute Stroke Care Act of 2005
  7. Powers and duties

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The Acute Stroke Care Task Force shall:

  1. (1) Make recommendations to the State Board of Health consistent with the intent and purpose of this subchapter;

  2. (2) Pursue both public and private funding to further the intent of this subchapter; and

  3. (3) Develop standards and policy recommendations considering, but not limited to, the following:

    1. (A) Methods for raising public awareness of the prevalence and treatment considerations for strokes;

    2. (B) The professional development of emergency medical services professionals to identify victims of potential stroke;

    3. (C) The professional development of emergency room and hospital personnel to identify and treat victims of potential stroke;

    4. (D) Methods for encouraging the use of thrombolytics, clot-busting drugs, or other accepted or emerging treatments, when appropriate;

    5. (E) Methods for ensuring that a comprehensive range of stroke recovery services are available to Arkansans as they recover physical and mental functions affected by a stroke;

    6. (F) Methods for developing stroke treatment centers; and

    7. (G) Methods for developing a stroke registry for Arkansas.


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