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DEPT. OF HEALTH v. WESTARK CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL

No. 94-1264.

910 S.W.2d 199 (1995)

322 Ark. 440

ARKANSAS DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH, Sandra B. Nichols, M.D., Director, and Henry C. Robinson, Jr., Director and State Registrar, Division of Vital Records, Appellants, v. WESTARK CHRISTIAN ACTION COUNCIL, a Nonprofit Corporation, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

November 13, 1995.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

George A. Harper, Little Rock, for appellant.

R. Gunner Delay, Fort Smith, L. Vance Marker, J. Fred Hart Jr., Charles J. Suphan, Little Rock, for Amici Curiae.

BROWN, Justice.

The issue in this appeal is whether certain reports of aborted pregnancies are either "medical records" or "vital records" and, thus, exempt from the requirements of the Arkansas Freedom of Information Act (FOIA), which is codified at Ark.Code Ann. § 25-19-101 to 107 (Repl.1992, Supp.1993). Appellants Arkansas Department of Health; Sandra B. Nichols, Director; and Henry C. Robinson, Director and State Registrar of the Division of Vital Records...

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