ARKANSAS
“Occupational disease”, unless the context otherwise requires, means any disease that results in disability or death and arises out of and in the course of the occupation or employment of the employee or naturally follows or unavoidably results from an injury as that term is defined in this chapter.
(B) However, a causal connection between the occupation or employment and the occupational disease must be established by a preponderance of the evidence.
(2) No compensation shall be payable for any contagious or infectious disease unless contracted in the course of employment in or immediate connection with a hospital or sanitorium in which persons suffering from that disease are cared for or treated.
(3) No compensation shall be payable for any ordinary disease of life to which the general public is exposed.