Opinion No.

The Honorable T.J. Hively Prosecuting Attorney Sixteenth Judicial District P.O. Box 2476 Batesville, Arkansas 72503

Dear Mr. Hively:

This is in response to your request for an opinion on whether a nonprofit corporation which operates a school and a residential facility and provides other services for mentally retarded and developmentally disabled persons would be in violation of A.C.A. 11-9-406 if it terminated workers' compensation insurance for its employees. You indicate that the nonprofit corporation involved is "The Community School, Inc.," located in Batesville, Arkansas. You have asked…