Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions

§ 17-80-103. Immunity of board members and individuals acting on behalf of boards including expert witnesses - A member of a board or any individual acting on...

§ 17-80-104. Continuing education requirements - (a) The regulatory boards of the professions or occupations classified...

§ 17-80-105. Professional review under federal act - (a) The State of Arkansas hereby elects the early options...

§ 17-80-106. Investigations and inspections of alleged wrongdoing - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board, the Arkansas State Board...

§ 17-80-107. “Physician” defined - For the purposes of the “Good Samaritan” law, § 17-95-101,...

§ 17-80-108. Disciplinary or corrective measures - (a) Any assistance rendered with any execution carried out pursuant...

§ 17-80-109. Definitions — Acts 1999, No. 338 - As used in this act: (1) “Healing arts” means the...

§ 17-80-110. Using “Doctor” as title in documentation - In any written document or electronically transmitted document in connection...

§ 17-80-111. Restrictions on “Doctor” as title in advertising - No person shall advertise or allow oneself to be advertised...

§ 17-80-112. Use of “Doctor” as title in provision of healthcare services - In connection with the provision of healthcare services, no person...

§ 17-80-113. Authorized use of “Doctor” as title - This act shall not be construed to authorize any person...

§ 17-80-114. Scope of practice — Complaints — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “healing arts” means the...

§ 17-80-115. Jewelry eye implants - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

§ 17-80-116. Criminal background checks - (a) Any healthcare professional with prescriptive authority may request information...

§ 17-80-117. Definitions — Substance Abuse Reporting Act - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Disciplinary action” means...

§ 17-80-119. Medical education background checks - (a) Upon application to a medical education program or school,...

§ 17-80-120. Signature authority for advanced practice registered nurses and physician assistants - (a) When a provision of law or rule requires a...

§ 17-80-121. Unlawful female genital mutilation by a medical professional - (a) A state agency, board, or commission authorized to issue...

Subchapter 2 - Impaired Physician and Dentist Treatment Act

§ 17-80-201. Short title - This subchapter shall be known as the “Impaired Physician and...

§ 17-80-202. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the...

§ 17-80-203. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Board” means the Arkansas...

§ 17-80-204. Authority - The Arkansas Medical Society, Inc. shall have the authority to...

§ 17-80-205. Procedures - The physicians' health committee and the dentists' health committee shall...

§ 17-80-206. Evaluations - (a) If the Arkansas State Medical Board has reason to...

§ 17-80-207. Request for restricted license - (a) (1) An impaired physician or an impaired dentist may...

§ 17-80-208. Confidentiality of records - (a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of state law, records of...

§ 17-80-209. Participation in treatment program - An impaired physician who is participating in or has successfully...

§ 17-80-210. Limitation on liability - (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Arkansas Medical...

Subchapter 3 - Diversity in Licensed Health Professions

§ 17-80-301. Purposes - The purposes of this subchapter are to: (1) Provide appointment...

§ 17-80-302. Minority members of state health-related agencies, boards, and commissions - (a) The appointing authorities for state health-related agencies, boards, and...

Subchapter 4 - Telemedicine Act

§ 17-80-401. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 17-80-402. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Distant site” means the...

§ 17-80-403. Establishment of professional relationship - (a) (1) A healthcare professional at a distant site shall...

§ 17-80-404. Appropriate use of telemedicine - (a) (1) A professional relationship shall be established in compliance...

§ 17-80-405. Liability — Noncompliance - (a) If a decision is made to provide healthcare services...

§ 17-80-406. Rules - State licensing and certification boards for a healthcare professional shall...

§ 17-80-407. Construction - This subchapter does not: (1) Alter existing state law or...

Chapter 81 - Chiropractors

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-81-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Chiropractic Practices...

§ 17-81-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Analysis” includes physical examination,...

§ 17-81-103. Effect on existing licenses - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to invalidate or...

§ 17-81-104. False advertising - No person defined in § 17-81-102(5) as a physician may...

§ 17-81-105. Prosecution of violations - (a) Subject to reasonable prosecutorial discretion, it is the duty...

§ 17-81-106. Health and police rules applicable - Chiropractic practitioners licensed under this chapter shall be bound by...

§ 17-81-107. Use of a procurer — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Procurer” means...

§ 17-81-108. Rulemaking and enforcement - The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall establish rules...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners

§ 17-81-201. Creation — Members — Appointment - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is established....

§ 17-81-202. Members — Qualifications - (a) Each member of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic...

§ 17-81-203. Members — Liability - No member of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners,...

§ 17-81-204. Organization — Meetings - (a) The Department of Health shall maintain and operate an...

§ 17-81-205. Minutes — Records - (a) The Director of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic...

§ 17-81-206. Duties and powers - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is...

§ 17-81-207. Director - (a) Pursuant to its authority set forth in § 17-81-206(b)(8),...

§ 17-81-208. Disposition of funds - (a) All fees and fines authorized by this chapter are...

§ 17-81-209. Preceptorship program - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing

§ 17-81-301. License required - In order to safeguard life and health, any person practicing...

§ 17-81-302. Exempted activities - This chapter does not prohibit or require a license with...

§ 17-81-303. Unlawful practice — Penalty — Injunction - (a) Any person who practices or attempts to practice chiropractic,...

§ 17-81-304. Application — Fees - (a) (1) (A) Applications for a license to practice chiropractic...

§ 17-81-305. Qualifications of applicants - (a) To qualify for licensure, an applicant shall: (1) Be...

§ 17-81-307. Issuance and recording of licenses - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall issue...

§ 17-81-308. Temporary licenses - Upon satisfactory evidence being submitted to the Arkansas State Board...

§ 17-81-310. Orientation class - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners is authorized...

§ 17-81-311. Renewal — Fee - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may...

§ 17-81-312. Renewal — Education requirement - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall not...

§ 17-81-313. Disciplinary proceedings — Revocation or suspension - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall have...

§ 17-81-314. Reinstatement - (a) A chiropractic license which has been revoked for repeated...

§ 17-81-315. Professional titles - (a) Each holder of a license under the provisions of...

§ 17-81-316. Chiropractic extern program - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners may establish...

§ 17-81-317. Reactivation of lapsed license - (a) Any licensee who allows his or her license to...

§ 17-81-318. Criminal background check - (a) (1) Each applicant for a license issued by the...

Chapter 82 - Dentists, Dental Hygienists, and Dental Assistants

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-82-101. Short title - This chapter may be known and cited as the “Arkansas...

§ 17-82-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) (A) “Practicing dentistry” means:...

§ 17-82-103. Employment of hygienists — Scope of duties - (a) Licensed dentists may employ licensed dental hygienists to act...

§ 17-82-104. Unlawful practice — Definition - (a) It is unlawful for a dentist or dental hygienist...

§ 17-82-105. Sales of dental services or appliances - (a) Any person other than a licensed dentist who sells...

§ 17-82-106. Advertising - Advertising to the general public for the purpose of soliciting...

§ 17-82-107. Pharmacists authorized to fill prescriptions - Pharmacists duly licensed in the State of Arkansas are authorized...

§ 17-82-108. Dental colleges - No college of dentistry shall be considered reputable by the...

§ 17-82-109. Enforcement - It is the duty of the several prosecuting attorneys of...

§ 17-82-110. Administration of fluoride varnish by physicians and nurses - (a) Following a risk assessment of the child's oral health...

§ 17-82-111. Nonclinical services - (a) Except as provided in subsection (b) of this section,...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners

§ 17-82-201. Members — Appointment — Oath - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners shall...

§ 17-82-202. Members — Qualifications - (a) The professional members of the Arkansas State Board of...

§ 17-82-203. Members — Removal - (a) Upon charges filed before it in writing, the Arkansas...

§ 17-82-204. Members — Liability - No member of the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners,...

§ 17-82-205. Meetings — Officers - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners shall...

§ 17-82-206. Records - The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners shall keep a...

§ 17-82-207. Power to sue — Subpoena power — Seal - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners, in its...

§ 17-82-208. Rules - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners shall have...

§ 17-82-209. Expenses — Compensation of members and employees - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners is empowered...

§ 17-82-210. Annual reports - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners at its...

§ 17-82-211. Disposition of funds - All fees authorized by this chapter and all fines imposed...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing Generally

§ 17-82-301. License required — Penalty - (a) (1) No person shall practice dentistry or dental hygiene...

§ 17-82-302. Exemptions — Definition - This chapter does not prohibit or require a license for...

§ 17-82-303. Examinations - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners has exclusive...

§ 17-82-304. Dentists generally — Licensing procedure - (a) (1) A person not previously licensed to practice dentistry...

§ 17-82-305. Dentists — Specialists — Licensing procedure - (a) (1) A dentist in this state licensed by the...

§ 17-82-306. Dental hygienists — Licensing procedure - (a) (1) A dental hygienist who desires to practice his...

§ 17-82-307. Applications — False information - A person who, in order to induce favorable action by...

§ 17-82-308. Credentials — Persons licensed in other states - (a) A dentist or dental hygienist who desires to practice...

§ 17-82-310. Annual renewal — Procedure - (a) All licenses to practice dentistry or dental hygiene issued...

§ 17-82-311. Renewal — Penalties for noncompliance - Failure to renew a license within a period of thirty...

§ 17-82-312. Annual renewal — Relicensing - (a) A dentist or dental hygienist whose license has been...

§ 17-82-313. Renewal — Nonresidents - (a) (1) A dentist or dental hygienist who has been...

§ 17-82-314. Failure to practice - (a) All licenses issued to dentists and dental hygienists are...

§ 17-82-316. Revocation or suspension — Grounds — Effect - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners is vested...

§ 17-82-317. Revocation or suspension — Procedure - (a) (1) If the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners...

Subchapter 4 - Licensing of Certain Dental Assistants

§ 17-82-401. Legislative intent - The provisions of this subchapter are intended to be supplemental...

§ 17-82-402. Penalties - Any person who violates the provisions of § 17-82-403 or...

§ 17-82-403. Permit required - No person shall perform the expanded duties of a dental...

§ 17-82-404. Applications — Issuance - (a) A dental assistant who desires to perform expanded duties...

§ 17-82-405. Annual registration - (a) (1) For dental assistants who perform expanded duties, all...

§ 17-82-406. Rules - All laws pertaining to dentists and dental hygienists as stated...

Subchapter 5 - Anesthetics and Sedatives

§ 17-82-501. Provisions supplemental - The provisions of this subchapter shall be supplemental to the...

§ 17-82-502. Permit to administer - A dentist receiving a permit to administer general anesthesia or...

§ 17-82-503. Application for permit - (a) Any dentist who desires to administer to a patient...

§ 17-82-504. Issuance of permits — Renewal - (a) All permits issued by the Arkansas State Board of...

Subchapter 6 - Mobile Dental Facilities

§ 17-82-601. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Dental home” means a...

§ 17-82-602. Permit requirement - (a) (1) Before an operator operates a mobile dental facility,...

§ 17-82-603. Requirements for operators — Definition - (a) An operator shall maintain an official business address that...

§ 17-82-604. Physical requirements for facilities - (a) A mobile dental facility shall comply with the following...

§ 17-82-605. Notification of changes - (a) An operator shall notify the Arkansas State Board of...

§ 17-82-606. Sale of a mobile dental facility — Notification requirements - If a mobile dental facility is sold, the current operator...

§ 17-82-607. Cessation of operation of a mobile dental facility — Notification requirements — Definition - (a) An operator of a mobile dental facility shall notify...

§ 17-82-608. Applicability - An operator, dentist, or dental hygienist working or performing services...

§ 17-82-609. Penalties - (a) An operator, dentist, or dental hygienist who violates this...

§ 17-82-610. Rules - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners shall adopt...

Subchapter 7 - Dental Hygienist Collaborative Care Program

§ 17-82-701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Collaborative agreement” means a...

§ 17-82-702. Permits — Fees - (a) (1) A dental hygienist licensed by the Arkansas State...

§ 17-82-703. Provision of services by collaborative dental hygienists - (a) A collaborative dental hygienist who obtains a Collaborative Care...

§ 17-82-704. Reimbursement - (a) A health insurance company, Medicaid, or other person that...

§ 17-82-705. Permission of the Department of Health — Responsibilities of the Department of Health - (a) In order for a collaborative dental hygienist to provide...

§ 17-82-706. Rules - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners shall adopt...

§ 17-82-707. Malpractice insurance - A collaborative dental hygienist who provides services permitted under this...

Subchapter 8 - Criminal Background Checks

§ 17-82-801. Criminal background check - (a) (1) Beginning July 1, 2011, every person applying for...

§ 17-82-802. License eligibility - A person shall not be eligible to receive or hold...

§ 17-82-803. Waiver - (a) Section 17-82-802 may be waived by the Arkansas State...

§ 17-82-804. Background records sealed - (a) A background record received by the Arkansas State Board...

Chapter 83 - Dietitians

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-83-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 17-83-102. Purpose - (a) It is the purpose of this chapter to protect...

§ 17-83-103. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Academy” means the Arkansas...

§ 17-83-104. Exemptions - This chapter does not affect or prevent: (1) Dietetics students...

§ 17-83-105. Violations of chapter - The following acts shall constitute violations of this chapter: (1)...

§ 17-83-106. Penalties — Enforcement - (a) Violations of this chapter shall constitute Class A misdemeanors....

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board

§ 17-83-201. Creation — Members - (a) There is hereby created the Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board,...

§ 17-83-202. Organization and meetings - (a) (1) At least two (2) regular meetings of the...

§ 17-83-203. Duties and powers — Fees — Continuing education - (a) In addition to the duties set forth elsewhere in...

§ 17-83-204. Funds - (a) (1) The Secretary of the Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing

§ 17-83-301. License required - Beginning July 4, 1990, no individual shall practice or offer...

§ 17-83-302. Waivers for licensing - (a) For one (1) year beginning July 3, 1989, the...

§ 17-83-303. Qualifications for licenses - The Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board may issue a license as...

§ 17-83-304. Provisional licenses - (a) A provisional license to practice as a dietitian may...

§ 17-83-305. Reciprocity - Reciprocity shall be provided for licensed dietitians from other states,...

§ 17-83-306. Renewal of licenses - (a) All licenses shall be effective when issued by the...

§ 17-83-307. Grounds for denial, revocation, or suspension - The Arkansas Dietetics Licensing Board may refuse to issue or...

§ 17-83-308. Disciplinary proceedings - (a) Hearings shall be conducted by the Arkansas Dietetics Licensing...

Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-84-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Arkansas...

§ 17-84-102. Applicability and construction - (a) This chapter shall not apply to an audiologist who...

§ 17-84-103. Penalty — Injunction - (a) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this...

§ 17-84-104. Bills of sale and instruction booklets - (a) Whether supplied by the dispenser or at the dispenser's...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers

§ 17-84-201. Creation and composition - (a) There is created the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument...

§ 17-84-202. Organization and proceedings - (a) (1) The Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers shall...

§ 17-84-203. Powers and duties - The powers and duties of the Arkansas Board of Hearing...

§ 17-84-204. Disposition of funds — Compensation of members - (a) (1) Fees collected by the Arkansas Board of Hearing...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing

§ 17-84-301. Application of administrative procedure act - The Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., shall...

§ 17-84-302. License or internship certificate required - No person shall engage in the sale of hearing instruments...

§ 17-84-303. Unlawful practices - It shall be unlawful for any person to: (1) Sell...

§ 17-84-304. Qualifications for licensure and internship - (a) An applicant for a license by examination or for...

§ 17-84-305. Examinations - (a) The examination provided for in § 17-84-304 shall be...

§ 17-84-306. Issuance and renewal - (a) Upon payment of a permanent registration fee and an...

§ 17-84-308. Suspension, revocation, nonissuance, or nonrenewal - (a) The Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers may suspend,...

§ 17-84-309. Notification and use of business address - (a) Every person who holds a license or internship shall...

§ 17-84-310. Mobile units — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “mobile unit” means a...

Chapter 85 - Lay Midwives

§ 17-85-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known as the “Licensed Lay Midwife...

§ 17-85-102. Purpose - (a) (1) It is the purpose and intent of this...

§ 17-85-103. Definition - As used in this chapter a “lay midwife” is any...

§ 17-85-104. Construction - Neither the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq.,...

§ 17-85-105. Unlawful actions — Exception - (a) It is unlawful for any person not licensed as...

§ 17-85-106. Penalty — Injunctions - (a) Anyone unlawfully practicing lay midwifery without a license shall...

§ 17-85-107. Power to license - (a) The State Board of Health is empowered to license...

§ 17-85-108. Certificates of birth - (a) When a birth occurs without a physician in attendance...

§ 17-85-109. Reporting of transfers - A hospital or licensed healthcare facility shall report to the...

Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-86-101. Short title - This chapter may be referred to and cited as the...

§ 17-86-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Licensee” means an individual...

§ 17-86-103. Penalties - (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of...

§ 17-86-104. Criminal background checks - An applicant applying as a new massage therapy licensee, an...

Subchapter 2 - Regulation by State Board of Health

§ 17-86-201. Members - (a) (1) The Massage Therapy Technical Advisory Committee shall consist...

§ 17-86-202. Employees - (a) The Department of Health may employ an executive director,...

§ 17-86-203. Powers and duties - (a) (1) The State Board of Health may promulgate and...

§ 17-86-204. Records - (a) (1) The Department of Health shall maintain a record...

§ 17-86-205. Disposition of funds - (a) (1) All moneys remitted to the Department of Health...

Subchapter 3 - Registration

§ 17-86-301. Registration required — Exemptions - (a) It shall be unlawful: (1) (A) For any person...

§ 17-86-302. Sanitary requirements - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person or school...

§ 17-86-303. Massage therapist - (a) In order to be licensed as a massage therapist,...

§ 17-86-304. Master massage therapist - (a) A person who holds a license as a massage...

§ 17-86-305. Massage therapy instructor - (a) A person who holds a license as a master...

§ 17-86-306. Massage therapy school - (a) A person shall not establish, operate, or maintain a...

§ 17-86-307. Massage therapy clinic and spa - (a) A person shall not establish, maintain, or operate a...

§ 17-86-308. Reciprocity - (a) (1) The Department of Health may enter into reciprocal...

§ 17-86-309. Renewals — Inactive list — Continuing education - (a) (1) (A) A license issued under this chapter is...

§ 17-86-310. Display of license - (a) An official license shall be conspicuously and publicly displayed...

§ 17-86-311. Disciplinary actions and penalties - (a) The Massage Therapy Technical Advisory Committee may deny, suspend,...

§ 17-86-312. Fees - (a) All registration fees and other fees due the Department...

§ 17-86-314. Active military duty licensure - (a) If a licensee fails to renew timely his or...

Chapter 87 - Nurses

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-87-101. License required — Purpose - (a) In order to safeguard life and health, a person...

§ 17-87-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Board” means the Arkansas...

§ 17-87-103. Exceptions — Definitions - This chapter does not prohibit: (1) The furnishing of nursing...

§ 17-87-104. Penalty - (a) (1) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person...

§ 17-87-105. Injunction - (a) The Pulaski County Circuit Court is vested with jurisdiction...

§ 17-87-106. Construction of chapter - Nothing in this chapter relating to the practice of advanced...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Nursing

§ 17-87-201. Creation — Members - (a) There is created the Arkansas State Board of Nursing,...

§ 17-87-202. Organization and proceedings - (a) (1) It shall be the duty of the Arkansas...

§ 17-87-203. Powers and duties - The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall have the following...

§ 17-87-204. Deposit of funds - All funds received by the Arkansas State Board of Nursing...

§ 17-87-205. Prescriptive Authority Advisory Committee - (a) (1) The Prescriptive Authority Advisory Committee is created as...

§ 17-87-206. Subpoenas and subpoenas duces tecum - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall have the...

§ 17-87-207. Continuing education - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall adopt...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing

§ 17-87-301. Registered nurses - (a) Qualifications. Before taking the examination or before the issuance...

§ 17-87-302. Advanced practice registered nurses - (a) Qualifications. In order to be licensed as an advanced...

§ 17-87-303. Registered nurse practitioners - (a) (1) Any person holding a license to practice as...

§ 17-87-304. Licensed practical nurses - (a) Qualifications. An applicant for a license to practice practical...

§ 17-87-305. Licensed psychiatric technician nurses - (a) Qualifications. An applicant for a license to practice psychiatric...

§ 17-87-306. Fees - The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall establish and collect...

§ 17-87-307. Temporary permits - (a) (1) Upon application and payment of the required fee,...

§ 17-87-308. Renewal of licenses - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall prescribe...

§ 17-87-309. Disciplinary actions - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall have sole...

§ 17-87-310. Prescriptive authority - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing may grant a...

§ 17-87-311. Direct reimbursement agreements - (a) An advanced practice registered nurse or a registered nurse...

§ 17-87-312. Criminal background checks - (a) (1) Each first-time applicant for a license issued by...

§ 17-87-313. Licensing of noncitizens - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing may grant a...

Subchapter 4 - Educational Programs

§ 17-87-401. Nursing education programs - (a) An institution desiring to conduct a nursing education program...

§ 17-87-402. Institutions of higher education — Challenge and validation examinations — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Challenge examination” means...

§ 17-87-403. Nursing recruitment and admission - Upon request, the Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall provide...

Subchapter 6 - Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact

§ 17-87-601. Text of Compact - The Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact is enacted into law and...

§ 17-87-602. Practice privileges — Power of board to limit or revoke - The Arkansas State Board of Nursing may limit or revoke...

§ 17-87-603. Definition - As used in this subchapter, the term “head of the...

§ 17-87-604. Effective date - (a) The effective date of this Compact shall be July...

Subchapter 7 - Medication Assistive Persons

§ 17-87-701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Board” means the Arkansas...

§ 17-87-702. Certificate required - In order to safeguard life and health, any person serving...

§ 17-87-703. Designated facilities - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall designate the...

§ 17-87-704. Qualifications - (a) In order to be certified as a medication assistive...

§ 17-87-705. Scope of work - (a) (1) A medication assistive person may perform the delegated...

§ 17-87-706. Renewal of certifications - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall prescribe...

§ 17-87-707. Disciplinary actions - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall have sole...

§ 17-87-708. Penalty - (a) (1) It shall be a misdemeanor for any person...

§ 17-87-709. Injunction - (a) The Pulaski County Circuit Court is vested with jurisdiction...

§ 17-87-710. Medication Assistive Person Advisory Committee - (a) (1) The Medication Assistive Person Advisory Committee is created...

§ 17-87-711. Applicability of subchapter - Nothing in this subchapter relieves a nurse from the responsibility...

Subchapter 8 - Alternative to Discipline Act

§ 17-87-801. Title - This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 17-87-802. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to: (1) Provide for...

§ 17-87-803. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Alternative to discipline program”...

§ 17-87-804. Alternative to discipline program — Program coordinator duties — Board review - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall create an...

§ 17-87-805. Reporting procedure - The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall develop rules and...

§ 17-87-806. Program requirements - (a) (1) Eligibility to participate in the alternative to discipline...

§ 17-87-807. Failure to comply - (a) Participation in the alternative to discipline program under this...

§ 17-87-808. Liability - (a) A person acting on behalf of the Arkansas State...

Chapter 88 - Occupational Therapists

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-88-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...

§ 17-88-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Occupational therapist” means a...

§ 17-88-103. Exceptions - Nothing in this chapter shall be construed as preventing or...

§ 17-88-104. False oath or affirmation — Penalty - (a) A person who makes a willfully false oath or...

§ 17-88-105. Disposition of funds - All fees and penalties provided for in this chapter shall...

Subchapter 2 - Regulatory Agencies

§ 17-88-201. Arkansas State Medical Board - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall administer the provisions...

§ 17-88-202. Arkansas State Occupational Therapy Examining Committee - (a) There is created an Arkansas State Occupational Therapy Examining...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing

§ 17-88-301. License required - No person shall practice occupational therapy or hold himself or...

§ 17-88-302. Qualifications of applicants - Each applicant must meet the following conditions: (1) The applicant...

§ 17-88-303. Issuance pursuant to examination - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall register as an...

§ 17-88-304. Examinations - (a) (1) Any person applying for licensure, in addition to...

§ 17-88-305. Reciprocity - (a) A licensed occupational therapist who has been issued a...

§ 17-88-306. Temporary licenses - (a) The Executive Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board...

§ 17-88-307. Reregistration - (a) (1) A renewal or reregistration fee which shall be...

§ 17-88-308. Display of license or renewal certificate - Each licensee shall display his or her license and renewal...

§ 17-88-309. Denial, revocation, or suspension — Grounds - (a) After notice and hearing, the Arkansas State Medical Board...

§ 17-88-310. Denial, revocation, or suspension — Proceedings - (a) (1) Any person may file a complaint with the...

§ 17-88-311. Unlawful practice — Injunction - (a) The courts of record in this state having general...

§ 17-88-312. Unlawful use of professional title — Penalty - (a) (1) It is unlawful for any person who is...

Chapter 89 - Ophthalmic Dispensers

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-89-101. Short title - This chapter shall be known and cited as the “Ophthalmic...

§ 17-89-102. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Apprentice dispensing optician” means...

§ 17-89-103. Exceptions - (a) Except as expressly provided otherwise in this chapter, nothing...

§ 17-89-104. Practice of optometry or medicine prohibited - (a) With the exception of those acts listed in §...

§ 17-89-105. Penalties - (a) Any person who violates any provision of this chapter...

§ 17-89-106. Injunctions - (a) The courts of record in this state having general...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians

§ 17-89-201. Creation — Members - (a) There is created the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians...

§ 17-89-202. Meetings — Officers - (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall meet at...

§ 17-89-203. Powers and duties - (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall: (1) (A)...

§ 17-89-204. Financial reporting — Disposition of funds - (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall report quarterly...

§ 17-89-205. Refund to expenditure - Fines collected by the Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall...

Subchapter 3 - Licensing and Registration

§ 17-89-301. License or registration required - Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, any person not...

§ 17-89-302. Qualifications — Licensed dispensing opticians - (a) Every applicant for examination as a licensed dispensing optician...

§ 17-89-303. Qualifications — Registered dispensing opticians - Every applicant for examination as a registered dispensing optician shall...

§ 17-89-304. Examinations - (a) No person other than a licensed optometrist or licensed...

§ 17-89-305. Reciprocity - (a) Any person who desires to provide ophthalmic dispensing services...

§ 17-89-306. Dispensers from nonlicensing states - (a) Any person from a nonlicensing state who desires to...

§ 17-89-307. Certificates — Renewal - (a) All licensed and registered opticians shall pay by July...

§ 17-89-308. Continuing education program - (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians may institute a...

§ 17-89-309. Denial, suspension, or revocation — Grounds - (a) The Arkansas Board of Dispensing Opticians shall revoke or...

§ 17-89-310. Complaints — Hearings - (a) (1) Any person may file a complaint with the...

Subchapter 4 - Regulation of Practice

§ 17-89-401. Employment of apprentice dispensing opticians - (a) (1) Licensed or registered opticians under this chapter may...

§ 17-89-402. Written prescription required - (a) It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician or...

§ 17-89-403. Standards for materials - All ophthalmic materials, including eyeglasses, spectacles, lenses, or other optical...

§ 17-89-404. Branch offices - (a) No licensed or registered dispensing optician or other person...

§ 17-89-405. Fraudulent, misleading, or deceptive advertising prohibited - It shall be unlawful for any dispensing optician or any...

§ 17-89-406. Disclaimer in advertisements required - (a) Any advertisement made by, for, or in behalf of...

§ 17-89-407. Penalties — Enforcement - (a) (1) Any person violating the provisions of § 17-89-405...

§ 17-89-408. Office permit - (a) (1) It shall be unlawful for any person or...

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...

Chapter 91 - Osteopaths

§ 17-91-101. Osteopathic physician — Licensing requirements - (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall accept for licensure...

§ 17-91-102. Examination - (a) The examination given to the applicants shall be: (1)...

§ 17-91-103. Effect of licensing - (a) The license issued to a person meeting the qualifications...

Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies

Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

§ 17-92-101. Definitions - As used in this chapter: (1) “Biological product” means a...

§ 17-92-102. Exemptions - (a) Nothing in this section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-103,...

§ 17-92-103. Pharmacy laws unaffected - This section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-102, § 17-92-105, §...

§ 17-92-104. Privilege tax unaffected - Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or...

§ 17-92-105. Prohibited acts — Penalties - (a) Violation of any part of this section and §...

§ 17-92-106. Injunctions - The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, in its discretion and...

§ 17-92-107. Prosecutions — Disposition of fines - (a) (1) All suits for the collection of any fine...

§ 17-92-108. Fees - (a) The fees charged by the Arkansas State Board of...

§ 17-92-111. Construction of Acts 1997, No. 1204 - Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize or...

§ 17-92-113. Preservation of professional responsibilities of pharmacist — Prohibitions — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Exercise of professional...

§ 17-92-114. Reciprocity - The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may adopt rules applicable...

§ 17-92-115. Requirements for administering and dispensing under statewide protocol - When initiating therapy and administering or dispensing, or both, under...

§ 17-92-116. Exemption for home peritoneal kidney dialysis - (a) The provisions of §§ 17-92-101, 17-92-103, 17-92-105, 17-92-205, 17-92-206,...

§ 17-92-117. Prescriptions for all healthcare professionals — Definition - (a) As used in this section, “healthcare professional” means a...

Subchapter 2 - Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy

§ 17-92-201. Members — Qualifications - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of...

§ 17-92-202. Members — Oath - Before entering upon the duties of the office, the members...

§ 17-92-203. Members — Compensation - Members of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may receive...

§ 17-92-204. Organization and proceedings - (a) Immediately after the appointment and qualification of the Arkansas...

§ 17-92-205. Rules — Enforcement - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall have...

§ 17-92-206. Issuance of bulletins — Annual report - (a) It shall be the duty of the Arkansas State...

§ 17-92-208. Authorization for payment to the Department of Health - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may make payment...

Subchapter 3 - Licensed Pharmacists

§ 17-92-301. License required - (a) No person shall perform any of the acts constituting...

§ 17-92-302. Unlicensed practice — Penalty - (a) No person shall fill a prescription, compound medicines, or...

§ 17-92-303. Unlawful use of professional title — Penalty - Any person who shall take, use, or exhibit the title...

§ 17-92-304. Board administration — Support services - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall be fully...

§ 17-92-305. Application — Qualification of applicants - (a) Each applicant for examination as a pharmacist shall: (1)...

§ 17-92-306. Examinations - Upon application and at such time and place and in...

§ 17-92-307. Internship required - (a) (1) Every applicant for licensure must have experience and...

§ 17-92-308. Reciprocity - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, in its discretion,...

§ 17-92-309. Registration and certificate - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall register in...

§ 17-92-310. Failure to renew - (a) (1) (A) All retail pharmacy permits, out-of-state pharmacy permits,...

§ 17-92-311. Revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal — Grounds - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke or...

§ 17-92-312. Revocation and fine — Adulteration of drugs - Any licensed pharmacist who shall knowingly, intentionally, and fraudulently adulterate...

§ 17-92-313. Revocation — Procedure - (a) (1) Before revoking a certificate of licensure, license, registration,...

§ 17-92-314. Revocation — Appeals - Any person whose certificate of licensure, license, or permit has...

§ 17-92-315. Alternative penalties - (a) (1) Whenever the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy has...

§ 17-92-316. Credential required for professional pharmacy service - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may provide...

§ 17-92-317. Criminal background check - (a) (1) Each applicant for a new intern or pharmacist...

Subchapter 4 - Pharmacies

§ 17-92-401. Applicability to out-of-state operations - (a) A pharmacy operating outside the state that routinely ships,...

§ 17-92-402. Licensed pharmacist required - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person not a...

§ 17-92-403. Licensed pharmacist required — Exceptions - (a) No person shall operate a pharmacy or other facility...

§ 17-92-404. Pharmacy permit required - (a) No person shall conduct any pharmacy or other facility...

§ 17-92-405. Pharmacy permit — Application - (a) (1) Upon application, the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy...

§ 17-92-407. Revocation — Grounds - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke any...

§ 17-92-408. Revocation — Procedure - The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall follow the same...

§ 17-92-409. Pharmacy library required - There shall be kept in every pharmacy or other facility...

§ 17-92-410. Records of poison sales - (a) The proprietor shall at all times keep in his...

§ 17-92-411. Prescription contents and labels - (a) Labels on original packages shall bear the label of...

§ 17-92-412. Nursing home consultant permit - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall provide...

Subchapter 5 - Generic Drugs and Price Lists

§ 17-92-501. Penalty - Any person licensed or otherwise permitted to practice pharmacy in...

§ 17-92-502. Rules - The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may adopt such reasonable...

§ 17-92-503. Generic drug product and biological product substitutions - (a) (1) (A) Except as provided in subsection (b) of...

§ 17-92-505. Labeling - (a) (1) The pharmacist filling a prescription for dispensing to...

§ 17-92-506. Available drug product and biological product lists - (a) (1) A pharmacist may display, within the confines of...

§ 17-92-507. Maximum Allowable Cost Lists — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) (A) “Maximum Allowable...

Subchapter 6 - Hospital Pharmacies Act

§ 17-92-601. Short title - This subchapter may be cited as the “Hospital Pharmacies Act”.

§ 17-92-602. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Hospital” means a hospital...

§ 17-92-604. Regulatory authority - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall adopt, promulgate,...

§ 17-92-605. Hospital pharmacy license — Services permitted - (a) All hospital pharmacies shall be licensed by the Arkansas...

§ 17-92-606. Hospital pharmaceutical permit - Any hospital pharmacy holding a hospital pharmaceutical permit issued by...

§ 17-92-607. Unlawful for hospital to hold licensed pharmacy permit — Exceptions - (a) It shall be unlawful for any nonprofit, tax exempt,...

Subchapter 7 - Program for Pharmacists Impaired by Chemical Dependency

§ 17-92-701. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Board-approved intervenors” means persons...

§ 17-92-702. Administration - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may appoint a...

§ 17-92-703. Functions - The functions of the committee shall include: (1) Evaluation of...

§ 17-92-704. Board review - The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall review the activities...

§ 17-92-705. Notification of procedures, rights, and responsibilities — Failure to comply - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall inform each...

§ 17-92-706. Funding - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may provide...

§ 17-92-707. Liability - (a) All persons acting on behalf of the Arkansas State...

Subchapter 8 - Certification and Registration of Pharmacist Assistants

§ 17-92-801. Powers and duties of Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy - (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall provide that...

Subchapter 9 - Suppliers

§ 17-92-901. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Home medical equipment, legend...

§ 17-92-902. License required - (a) (1) No person or entity subject to licensure shall...

§ 17-92-903. Exemption from license and permit requirements - (a) The licensure requirements of this subchapter and any retail...

§ 17-92-904. Supply order required - (a) Home medical equipment, legend device, and medical gas suppliers...

§ 17-92-905. Labeling - (a) Medical gases shall be labeled in compliance with existing...

§ 17-92-906. Rules - (a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall adopt...

§ 17-92-907. Manufacture, shipment, or sale of medical gases - (a) The manufacture within this state, shipment into this state,...

§ 17-92-908. Revocation or suspension of license - The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke or suspend...

Subchapter 10 - Arkansas Internet Prescription Consumer Protection Act

§ 17-92-1001. Title - This subchapter may be known and cited as the “Arkansas...

§ 17-92-1002. Purpose - The purpose of this subchapter is to require internet pharmacies...

§ 17-92-1003. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Deliver” means the actual,...

§ 17-92-1004. Requirements for internet sales - (a) A pharmacy operating within or outside Arkansas shall not...

§ 17-92-1005. Requirements for internet sites - No pharmacy shall sell, dispense, distribute, deliver, or participate in...

§ 17-92-1006. Disclaimers or limitations of liabilities - (a) No pharmacy that sells, dispenses, distributes, delivers, prescribes, or...

§ 17-92-1007. Enforcement - Any violation of this subchapter is an unconscionable act or...

Subchapter 11 - Prescription Drug Redispensing Program

§ 17-92-1101. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to: (1) Improve...

§ 17-92-1102. Definitions - As used in this subchapter: (1) “Charitable clinic” means a...

§ 17-92-1103. Prescription drug redispensing program - (a) The prescription drug redispensing program established by this subchapter...

§ 17-92-1104. Donations of unused prescription drugs - (a) (1) A charitable clinic may accept for redispensing prescription...

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Arkansas Code Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions

Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions