Arkansas Code
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 90 - Optometrists

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-90-101. Definition — Applicability - (a) (1) The “practice of optometry” means the examination, diagnosis,...

§ 17-90-102. Exemptions - This chapter does not: (1) Apply to physicians and surgeons...

§ 17-90-103. Status of profession - The practice of optometry is declared to be a learned...

§ 17-90-104. Unlawful practice - The following acts are declared to be unlawful: (1) The...

§ 17-90-105. Penalty — Injunction - (a) (1) Any optometrist, physician, or surgeon or individual, firm,...

§ 17-90-106. Service of process on nonresident practitioner - (a) (1) The performance by a nonresident person, firm, or...

§ 17-90-107. Subpoenas - A subpoena is to be directed to the sheriff of...

§ 17-90-108. Requirement to provide eyeglass prescription - (a) (1) If at the completion of an ophthalmic examination...

§ 17-90-109. Regulation of contact lenses - (a) No person, firm, corporation, or other legal entity located...

§ 17-90-110. Limitation on liability - Any optometrist or ophthalmologist who releases a contact lens prescription...

§ 17-90-111. Loans to optometry students - (a) The Division of Higher Education shall provide a loan...

Subchapter 2 - State Board of Optometry

§ 17-90-201. Appointment of members - The State Board of Optometry shall consist of seven (7)...

§ 17-90-202. Compensation of members and secretary - (a) Members of the State Board of Optometry may receive...

§ 17-90-203. Meetings — Officers — Records - (a) The State Board of Optometry shall meet at least...

§ 17-90-204. Powers and duties - The State Board of Optometry shall have the following powers...

§ 17-90-205. Disposition of funds — Secretary-treasurer's bond - (a) All renewal fees and all examination and application fees...

§ 17-90-206. Reporting requirements - (a) The State Board of Optometry shall require every optometrist...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing

§ 17-90-301. Examinations — Fees - (a) No person except those already licensed by the State...

§ 17-90-302. Licensure by endorsement - (a) Any person from another state desiring to engage in...

§ 17-90-303. License — Registration and display — Statement of services - (a) Any optometrist practicing in any county in this state...

§ 17-90-304. Renewal — Failure to renew - (a) (1) Except as provided in subdivision (a)(2) of this...

§ 17-90-305. Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew — Grounds - (a) The State Board of Optometry shall have the power...

§ 17-90-306. Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew — Procedures - (a) No certificate of license shall be rejected for renewal,...

Subchapter 4 - Optometric Drugs

§ 17-90-401. State Board of Optometry — Powers and duties - The State Board of Optometry shall have the following rights...

§ 17-90-402. Standards — Noncompliance - (a) Reasonable standards applicable only to those optometrists who are...

§ 17-90-403. Authority to possess, administer, and prescribe - (a) A person may possess, administer, and prescribe pharmaceutical agents...

Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program

§ 17-90-501. Title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Impaired Optometrist Treatment...

§ 17-90-502. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the...

§ 17-90-503. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Impaired” or “impairment” means...

§ 17-90-504. Authority - The State Board of Optometry may undertake the functions and...

§ 17-90-505. Procedures - The State Board of Optometry shall develop procedures for: (1)...

§ 17-90-506. Evaluation - (a) If the State Board of Optometry has reason to...

§ 17-90-507. Request for restricted license - (a) An impaired optometrist may request in writing to the...

§ 17-90-508. Confidentiality of records - (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of state law, records of...

§ 17-90-509. Participation in treatment program - An impaired optometrist who is participating in or has successfully...

§ 17-90-510. Limitation on liability - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the State Board...