(a)
(1) A physician who is supervising a graduate registered physician may delegate prescriptive authority to a graduate registered physician to include prescribing, ordering, and administering Schedules III-V controlled substances as described in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., and 21 C.F.R. Part 1300, all legend drugs, and all nonschedule prescription medications and medical devices.
(2) All prescriptions and orders issued by a graduate registered physician also shall identify his or her supervising physician.
(b) A graduate registered physician's level of prescriptive authority shall not exceed the authority of the supervising physician.
(c) A graduate registered physician who prescribes controlled substances shall register with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration as part of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Mid-Level Practitioner Registry, 21 C.F.R. Part 1300, 58 F.R. 31171-31175, and the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons
Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act
§ 17-95-903. Qualifications for licensure
§ 17-95-905. Scope of authority
§ 17-95-906. Prescriptive authority
§ 17-95-908. Notification of intent to practice
§ 17-95-909. Exclusions of limitations of employment
§ 17-95-911. Disciplinary authority
§ 17-95-912. Title and practice protection
§ 17-95-913. Identification requirements
§ 17-95-914. Rulemaking authority
§ 17-95-915. “Good Samaritan” provision
§ 17-95-916. Patient care orders
§ 17-95-917. Medical malpractice — Professional and legal liability for actions