{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-10-1302","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-1302","heading":"Purpose","body":"It is recognized that:\n\n(1) The sixth leading cause of death in Arkansas is the combined diagnostic category of pneumonia and influenza;\n\n(2) Approximately ninety percent (90%) of the pneumonia and influenza deaths are in those over sixty-five (65) years of age;\n\n(3) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommends that individuals over the age of sixty-five (65) years have annual flu shots and a pneumococcal vaccine one (1) time;\n\n(4) The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention further suggests that consent for immunization be acquired at the time of nursing home admission;\n\n(5) Current utilization of the flu shots by nursing home residents is approximately fifty percent (50%);\n\n(6) The elderly living in an institutional setting, where disease may be more readily transmitted, are less protected than those living in the community; and\n\n(7) The pneumococcal vaccine utilization by nursing home residents is approximately thirty percent (30%).","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 10","Subchapter 13"],"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":"eb05824a982188637bda8629e7c48f43ac87baf139211ff588018092d770dd1c","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-10-1301","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-10-1303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}