The Arkansas Department of Health (ADH) promotes and protects the health of Arkansans with the licensure and regulation of health facility services in Arkansas. ADH is the state survey agency for the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services (CMS). As such, ADH is the authority for survey and certification and compliance for the following facilities:
- Hospitals, end-stage renal dialysis units, infirmaries, portable x-ray units, outpatient psychiatric centers, rural health clinics, freestanding birthing centers, hospice facilities, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities, recuperation centers, physical and speech therapy center, ambulatory surgery center, perfusionists, independent laboratories, home health agencies, psychiatric, and rehabilitation units within a hospital.
Through the regulation of health facility services and enforcement of requirements, ADH maintains the mission of improving the health of the citizens of Arkansas.
- Applications for New Providers & Change of Ownership
- Attacking Healthcare Professional Is a Felony (poster)
- Clinical Laboratory Improvement Act (CLIA)
- Health Facility Services Complaint Form
- Hospital Pricing Transparency Complaints | Act 482 of 2023
- Criminal Background Checks
- Data Submission Programs
- OPP Advisory Board | Orthotists, Prosthetists, and Pedorthists
- Perfusionist Licensure
- Utilization Review
- Construction Plan Review
- Provider Lists
- HFS Rules and Regulations
- Utilization Review
- Rural Emergency Hospital Conversion Packet
Contact Information
Health Facility Services
5800 W. 10th St., Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72204
Phone: 501-661-2201 or
1-800-223-0340
Fax: 501-661-2165
[email protected]
End Organ and Genomic Harvesting Act of 2025
Act 772 of 2025 known as the End Organ and Genomic Harvesting Act requires reports by a medical facility or research facility.
§ 20-9-107
(b) Beginning on October 1, 2025, a medical facility or research facility in this state shall not put into service within this state any new or additional genetic sequencers or operational and research software used for genetic analysis produced by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, a company domiciled within a foreign adversary, or a company-owned or company-controlled subsidiary of a company domiciled within a foreign adversary for the purpose of conducting genetic analysis.
(c) A medical facility or research facility in this state shall report in writing to the Secretary of the Department of Health on all instances of ongoing usage of genetic sequencers and operational and research software used for genetic sequencers produced by a foreign adversary, a state-owned enterprise of a foreign adversary, a company domiciled within a foreign adversary, or a company-owned or company-controlled subsidiary of a company domiciled within a foreign adversary on January 1 of each year until the equipment is no longer in use.
(e) On or before December 31 of each year, a medical facility or research facility shall certify in writing to the Attorney General and the Department of Health that the medical facility or research facility is complying with this section.
For submittal to Arkansas Department of Health :
Arkansas Department of Health
Health Facility Services
5800 W. 10th St., Suite 400
Little Rock, AR 72204
Or via email: [email protected]
For more information on ACT 772 of 2025: Search Acts – Arkansas State Legislature