(a) Any person not licensed under this chapter is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and is subject to penalties applicable to the unlicensed practice of medicine if he or she:
(1) Holds himself or herself out as a physician assistant;
(2) Uses any combination or abbreviation of the term “physician assistant” to indicate or imply that he or she is a physician assistant; or
(3) Acts as a physician assistant.
(b) An unlicensed physician shall not be permitted to use the title of physician assistant or to practice as a physician assistant unless he or she fulfills the requirements of this chapter.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 105 - Physician Assistants
§ 17-105-102. Qualifications for licensure
§ 17-105-103. Graduate license — Temporary license
§ 17-105-104. Inactive license
§ 17-105-106. Exemption from licensure
§ 17-105-107. Scope of authority — Delegatory authority — Agent of supervising physician
§ 17-105-108. Prescriptive authority
§ 17-105-110. Supervising physician
§ 17-105-111. Notification of intent to practice
§ 17-105-112. Exclusions of limitations of employment
§ 17-105-114. Disciplinary authority
§ 17-105-115. Title and practice protection
§ 17-105-116. Identification requirements
§ 17-105-117. Rulemaking authority
§ 17-105-118. Regulation by Arkansas State Medical Board
§ 17-105-119. “Good Samaritan” provision
§ 17-105-120. Retired physician assistants
§ 17-105-121. Physician assistant employment — Uniform Classification Plan
§ 17-105-122. Physician assistant patient care orders
§ 17-105-123. Medical malpractice — Professional and legal liability for actions