{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-100-102","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-102","heading":"Public policy","body":"It is declared to be a policy of the State of Arkansas that, in order to safeguard the public health, safety, and welfare; to protect the public from being misled by incompetent, unscrupulous, and unauthorized persons and from unprofessional conduct on the part of qualified speech-language pathologists and audiologists; and to help to assure the availability of the highest possible quality speech-language pathology and audiology services to individuals with disabilities that are communicative in nature who reside in this state, it is necessary to provide regulatory authority over persons offering speech-language pathology and audiology services to the public.","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 100","Subchapter 1"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"b836ac100ad7c8d9f3b8997b526b3417ce7af172332881dab98fca9325b478ac","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-100-101","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-100-103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}