{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-27-51-1602","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 27-51-1602","heading":"Definitions","body":"As used in this subchapter: (1) \"Emergency\" means a situation in which a person is in need of assistance from any of the following: (A) Law enforcement personnel; (B) Fire department personnel; (C) Public safety personnel; (D) Emergency medical personnel; or (E) A 911 public safety communications center; (2) \"Serious physical injury\" means physical injury that: (A) Creates a substantial risk of death; or (B) Causes protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or loss or protracted impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ; (3) \"Texting\" means reading from or manually entering data into a wireless telecommunications device, including doing so for the purpose of short message service texting, emailing, instant messaging, or engaging in another form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication; (4) \"Wireless interactive communication\" means talking, typing, texting, emailing, or accessing information on the internet via Wi-Fi, cellular data, or similar means; and (5) (A) \"Wireless telecommunications device\" means a handheld cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a stand-alone computer, or a substantially similar wireless device that is readily removable from a vehicle and is used to talk or type, send, or read text or data through manual input. (B) \"Wireless telecommunications device\" does not include a: (i) Citizens band radio; (ii) Citizens band radio hybrid; (iii) Commercial two-way radio communication device; (iv) Two-way radio transmitter or receiver used by a licensee of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service; (v) Hands-free wireless telephone or device; or (vi) Global positioning or navigation device system. Amended by Act 2023, No. 445,§ 5, eff. 8/1/2023. Amended by Act 2019, No. 738,§ 7, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 707,§ 353, eff. 8/1/2017. Acts 2009, No. 197, § 1; 2009, No. 247, § 1; 2011, No. 37, § 1.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(1) \"Emergency\" means a situation in which a person is in need of assistance from any of the following: (A) Law enforcement personnel; (B) Fire department personnel; (C) Public safety personnel; (D) Emergency medical personnel; or (E) A 911 public safety communications center;\n\n(A) Law enforcement personnel;\n\n(B) Fire department personnel;\n\n(C) Public safety personnel;\n\n(D) Emergency medical personnel; or\n\n(E) A 911 public safety communications center;\n\n(2) \"Serious physical injury\" means physical injury that: (A) Creates a substantial risk of death; or (B) Causes protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or loss or protracted impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ;\n\n(A) Creates a substantial risk of death; or\n\n(B) Causes protracted disfigurement, protracted impairment of health, or loss or protracted impairment of the function of any bodily member or organ;\n\n(3) \"Texting\" means reading from or manually entering data into a wireless telecommunications device, including doing so for the purpose of short message service texting, emailing, instant messaging, or engaging in another form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication;\n\n(4) \"Wireless interactive communication\" means talking, typing, texting, emailing, or accessing information on the internet via Wi-Fi, cellular data, or similar means; and\na wireless telecommunications device, including doing so for the purpose of short message service texting, emailing, instant messaging, or engaging in another form of electronic data retrieval or electronic data communication;\n\n(4) \"Wireless interactive communication\" means talking, typing, texting, emailing, or accessing information on the internet via Wi-Fi, cellular data, or similar means; and\n\n(5) (A) \"Wireless telecommunications device\" means a handheld cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a stand-alone computer, or a substantially similar wireless device that is readily removable from a vehicle and is used to talk or type, send, or read text or data through manual input. (B) \"Wireless telecommunications device\" does not include a: (i) Citizens band radio; (ii) Citizens band radio hybrid; (iii) Commercial two-way radio communication device; (iv) Two-way radio transmitter or receiver used by a licensee of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service; (v) Hands-free wireless telephone or device; or (vi) Global positioning or navigation device system.\n\n(A) \"Wireless telecommunications device\" means a handheld cellular telephone, a text-messaging device, a personal digital assistant, a stand-alone computer, or a substantially similar wireless device that is readily removable from a vehicle and is used to talk or type, send, or read text or data through manual input.\n\n(B) \"Wireless telecommunications device\" does not include a: (i) Citizens band radio; (ii) Citizens band radio hybrid; (iii) Commercial two-way radio communication device; (iv) Two-way radio transmitter or receiver used by a licensee of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service; (v) Hands-free wireless telephone or device; or (vi) Global positioning or navigation device system.\n\n(i) Citizens band radio;\n\n(ii) Citizens band radio hybrid;\n\n(iii) Commercial two-way radio communication device;\n\n(iv) Two-way radio transmitter or receiver used by a licensee of the Federal Communications Commission in the Amateur Radio Service;\n\n(v) Hands-free wireless telephone or device; or\n\n(vi) Global positioning or navigation device system.","path":["AR Code","Title 27","Chapter 51","Subchapter 16"],"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":"d9d2654b4c2e20372a52a4227d2e2180707956686ff6cea4e3273eec2304593d","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-27-51-1601","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-27-51-1603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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