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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 17-95-101. “Good Samaritan” law — Definition - (a) Any healthcare professional under the laws of the State...
§ 17-95-102. Legend drugs - (a) A dispensing physician is a physician licensed under the...
§ 17-95-103. Notice of malpractice claims - (a) Every physician licensed to practice medicine and surgery in...
§ 17-95-104. Hospital's duty to report physician misconduct - (a) (1) A hospital licensed by or under the jurisdiction...
§ 17-95-106. Volunteer services by retired physicians and surgeons — Immunity from liability - (a) Retired physicians and surgeons who are still licensed to...
§ 17-95-107. Credentialing organization — Definitions - (a) The purpose of this section is to allow the...
§ 17-95-108. Informed consent required for gastric bypass surgery - (a) No gastric bypass surgery may be performed in this...
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — General Provisions
§ 17-95-201. Short title - Sections 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and §...
§ 17-95-202. Definitions - As used in the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201...
§ 17-95-203. Exemptions - Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit or to require...
§ 17-95-204. Perjury - Any person who shall willfully and knowingly make any false...
§ 17-95-206. Out-of-state physicians - (a) A physician who is physically located outside this state...
§ 17-95-207. Temporary license for out-of-state physicians - Any physician who seeks licensure in this state pursuant to...
§ 17-95-208. Rules on physician's authority to delegate - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall adopt rules that...
§ 17-95-209. Regulation of office-based surgery - Within eighteen (18) months after August 16, 2013, the Arkansas...
§ 17-95-210. Use of credentialing information — Definitions - (a) The purpose of this section is to allow the...
Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Arkansas State Medical Board
§ 17-95-301. Creation — Members - (a) There is created the Arkansas State Medical Board. (b)...
§ 17-95-302. Organization and proceedings - (a) Within thirty (30) days after their appointment, the members...
§ 17-95-303. Powers and duties - The Arkansas State Medical Board shall: (1) Make and adopt...
§ 17-95-304. Inspectors — Use of prescriptions, orders, or records - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall utilize the...
§ 17-95-305. Disposition of funds - (a) All funds received by the Arkansas State Medical Board...
§ 17-95-306. Criminal background check - (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2005, every person applying for...
§ 17-95-307. License eligibility - A person is not eligible to receive or hold a...
§ 17-95-308. Waiver - (a) The requirements of § 17-95-307 may be waived by...
§ 17-95-309. Background records sealed - (a) Any background record received by the Arkansas State Medical...
Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing
§ 17-95-401. License required - If any person who does not possess a valid license...
§ 17-95-402. Penalties — Injunction - (a) (1) Every person who practices or attempts to practice...
§ 17-95-403. Application — Qualifications - (a) (1) Every person desiring a license to practice medicine...
§ 17-95-404. Examinations - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board by and through its...
§ 17-95-405. Credentials - (a) A legally licensed physician and surgeon who has been...
§ 17-95-406. Temporary permits - (a) In cases of emergency and to prevent hardship, the...
§ 17-95-408. Annual registration - (a) The annual license or reregistration fee of a physician...
§ 17-95-409. Denial, suspension, or revocation — Grounds — Definition - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Medical Board may revoke an...
§ 17-95-410. Denial, suspension, or revocation — Proceedings - (a) Any person may file a complaint with the Arkansas...
§ 17-95-411. Fees - The Arkansas State Medical Board shall charge the following fees:...
§ 17-95-412. Academic licenses - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board may issue an academic...
§ 17-95-413. Nonparticipation in maintenance of licensure or maintenance of certification — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Maintenance of certification”...
Subchapter 5 - Critical Medical Shortage Areas
§ 17-95-501. Legislative intent - (a) The General Assembly finds and declares that this subchapter...
§ 17-95-502. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Critical medical shortage area”...
§ 17-95-503. Temporary license - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board may issue a temporary...
§ 17-95-504. Remedial training - (a) A temporary license may be granted to an eligible...
§ 17-95-505. Nonliability of board - In the application of the authorities and provisions of this...
Subchapter 7 - Treatment of Chronic Intractable Pain
§ 17-95-701. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 17-95-702. Findings - The General Assembly finds that: (1) Pain management plays an...
§ 17-95-703. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Chronic intractable pain” means...
§ 17-95-704. Arkansas State Medical Board — Treatment — Prohibitions - (a) (1) A physician shall not be subject to disciplinary...
§ 17-95-705. Pain Management Review Committee — Membership — Duties - (a) There is created the Pain Management Review Committee, appointed...
§ 17-95-706. Scope - This subchapter does not condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing...
§ 17-95-707. Immunity — Criminal prosecution - No physician shall be subject to criminal prosecution for prescribing...
Subchapter 8 - Physician Assistant Committee
§ 17-95-801. Physician Assistant Committee — Members - (a) (1) The Physician Assistant Committee is created with the...
§ 17-95-802. Duties of Physician Assistant Committee - The Physician Assistant Committee shall: (1) Review all applications for...
Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act
§ 17-95-901. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 17-95-902. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) (A) “Graduate registered physician”...
§ 17-95-903. Qualifications for licensure - (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, an individual...
§ 17-95-904. Renewal - (a) Upon notification from the Arkansas State Medical Board, an...
§ 17-95-905. Scope of authority - (a) (1) A graduate registered physician may provide healthcare services...
§ 17-95-906. Prescriptive authority - (a) (1) A physician who is supervising a graduate registered...
§ 17-95-907. Supervision - (a) Supervision of a graduate registered physician shall be continuous...
§ 17-95-908. Notification of intent to practice - (a) (1) Before initiating practice, a graduate registered physician licensed...
§ 17-95-909. Exclusions of limitations of employment - This subchapter does not limit the employment arrangement of a...
§ 17-95-910. Violation - Following the exercise of due process, the Arkansas State Medical...
§ 17-95-911. Disciplinary authority - Upon finding that a graduate registered physician has committed an...
§ 17-95-912. Title and practice protection - An individual who is not licensed under this subchapter is...
§ 17-95-913. Identification requirements - A graduate registered physician licensed under this subchapter shall keep...
§ 17-95-914. Rulemaking authority - The Arkansas State Medical Board shall promulgate rules that are...
§ 17-95-915. “Good Samaritan” provision - A graduate registered physician shall be subject to the “Good...
§ 17-95-916. Patient care orders - (a) Patient care orders generated by a graduate registered physician...
§ 17-95-917. Medical malpractice — Professional and legal liability for actions - A graduate registered physician shall be covered under the provisions...
Subchapter 10 - Surgical Technologists
§ 17-95-1001. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 17-95-1002. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Surgical technologist” means an...
§ 17-95-1003. Registration - The Arkansas State Medical Board shall register as a surgical...
§ 17-95-1004. Title protection - A person shall not use or assume the title “registered...
§ 17-95-1005. Rules - The Arkansas State Medical Board may adopt and promulgate rules...
Subchapter 11 - Arkansas Genetic Counselor Licensure Act
§ 17-95-1101. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 17-95-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Genetic counseling” means the...
§ 17-95-1103. Exemptions from genetic counselor licensure - This subchapter does not require licensure as a genetic counselor...
§ 17-95-1104. Authority of the Arkansas State Medical Board - The Arkansas State Medical Board shall: (1) Develop appropriate rules...
§ 17-95-1105. Title protection - A person shall not use or assume the title “licensed...
§ 17-95-1106. Genetic counselor licensure - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall license as a...
§ 17-95-1107. Renewal of genetic counselor license - (a) Except in the case of a temporary license under...
§ 17-95-1108. Temporary licensure - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Medical Board may issue a...
§ 17-95-1109. Denial, suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew — Censure - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board may deny, suspend, revoke,...
§ 17-95-1110. Surrendering license due to retirement - (a) In order to retire his or her license, a...