Arkansas Assisted Living Regulations and Records

When choosing an assisted living community, it is important to understand Arkansas state regulations for assisted living facilities and know how to look up assisted living license information. But public access to assisted living records varies greatly by state.

We developed a system to rate each state on how easy – or difficult – it is to find important assisted living records and reports, and compiled tips to help you in your search.

States with the most transparent records allow you to look up important information about each assisted living facility online, including inspections, complaints, survey results, violations, capacity, and whether the facility accepts Medicaid.

Access to Arkansas assisted living records: Moderate

Public access to assisted living records and reports for the state of Arkansas is moderate. Key findings that informed this rating include:

• In Arkansas information about assisted living inspections, complaints, and violations must be requested through a written request.
• These records are only available to Arkansas residents, which could inhibit the ability of out-of-state relatives to find the right care for an elderly loved one in Arkansas.

How to look up Arkansas assisted living licenses and records

• A listing of licensed providers is available online from the Arkansas Department of Health.
• Contact the Long-term Care Ombudsman of Arkansas directly for information about long-term care providers and their backgrounds.

How we arrived at our Arkansas rating

We developed a standard methodology for state data collection and evaluation, and based our rating primarily on the objective, state-specific accessibility criteria outlined in these questions:

1. Are licensed assisted living communities listed online in any form? Yes
2. If Yes to #1, is the information updated frequently? Yes
3. If Yes to #1, is the list of licensed communities searchable? Yes
4. Does the state post inspections, complaints, survey results, or violations online? No
5. If Yes to #4, is the information updated frequently? [within 90 days] No or N/A
6. If Yes to #2 and #4, is the enforcement information included in the same place as licensed communities? No or N/A
7. If Yes to #4 and No to #6, are violations / inspections searchable at all? No
8. Is information about special licensing for care shown? Yes
9. Capacity shown? Yes
10. Payment types shown, [e.g. Medicaid, private pay]? Yes
11. Administrator / Contact name shown? Yes
12. State may fine facility? Yes
13. Frequency of inspections? Every 12 months
14. Website includes pricing of facility? No