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17-103-201. Creation — Members.
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17-103-201. Creation — Members.
(a) There is created the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board.
(b) All members of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate for terms of three (3) years and shall be residents of the state and citizens of the United States.
(c) The Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board shall have nine (9) members, with no fewer than two (2) African-American members, and shall be composed of the following:
(1)(A) Three (3) members who are licensed certified social workers, two (2) members who are licensed master social workers, and one (1) member who is a licensed social worker.
(B)(i) The professional members shall be appointed from the list of social workers licensed by this chapter and shall have five (5) years of full-time social work practice experience before appointment to the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board.
(ii) The experience required under subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i) of this section may consist of direct social work practice, teaching, or administration in social work;
(2)(A) One (1) member who is a psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.
(B) The member appointed under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section shall be in good standing with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.;
(3) One (1) member who is a representative of the public at large; and
(4)(A) One (1) member who is sixty (60) years of age or older, not actively engaged in or retired from professional social work, and shall represent the elderly.
(B) The member appointed under subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section shall be appointed from the state at large and shall be a full voting member.
(C) The same member may not represent both the public at
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-103-201
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17-103-201. Creation — Members.
(a) There is created the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board.
(b) All members of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board shall be appointed by the Governor with the consent of the Senate for terms of three (3) years and shall be residents of the state and citizens of the United States.
(c) The Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board shall have nine (9) members, with no fewer than two (2) African-American members, and shall be composed of the following:
(1)(A) Three (3) members who are licensed certified social workers, two (2) members who are licensed master social workers, and one (1) member who is a licensed social worker.
(B)(i) The professional members shall be appointed from the list of social workers licensed by this chapter and shall have five (5) years of full-time social work practice experience before appointment to the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board.
(ii) The experience required under subdivision (c)(1)(B)(i) of this section may consist of direct social work practice, teaching, or administration in social work;
(2)(A) One (1) member who is a psychiatrist certified by the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.
(B) The member appointed under subdivision (c)(2)(A) of this section shall be in good standing with the American Board of Psychiatry and Neurology, Inc.;
(3) One (1) member who is a representative of the public at large; and
(4)(A) One (1) member who is sixty (60) years of age or older, not actively engaged in or retired from professional social work, and shall represent the elderly.
(B) The member appointed under subdivision (c)(4)(A) of this section shall be appointed from the state at large and shall be a full voting member.
(C) The same member may not represent both the public at large and the elderly.
(d)(1) A member of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board may be removed from office by the Governor for cause.
(2) In case of death, resignation, or removal, the vacancy of the unexpired term shall be filled by the Governor in the same manner as other appointments.
(3) A member shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.
(e)(1) A member of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board may receive expense reimbursement in accordance with § 25-16-902.
(2) All reimbursements for expenses authorized by this chapter shall be paid from the Social Work Licensing Fund.
(3) Money shall not be paid from the General Revenue Fund Account for the administration of this chapter.
(f) In addition to the expense reimbursement under subsection (e) of this section, each member of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board may receive a stipend in accordance with § 25-16-904.
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25-16-902. Expense reimbursement.
(a) Every state board may, by a majority vote of the total membership of the board cast during its first regularly scheduled meeting of each calendar year, authorize expense reimbursement for each board member for performing official board duties.
(b) The expense reimbursement shall not exceed the rate established for state employees by state travel regulations.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-16-902
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25-16-904. Stipend — Authorization for $85.
Each of the following state boards, by a majority vote of the total membership of the board cast during its first regularly scheduled meeting of each calendar year, may authorize payment to its members of a stipend not to exceed eighty-five dollars ($85.00) per day for each meeting, examination, evaluation, or inspection attended or for any day while performing any proper business of the board, and the board members shall receive no other compensation, expense reimbursement, or in-lieu-of payments except as provided in § 25-16-902:
(1) Auctioneer's Licensing Board;
(2) Arkansas Economic Development Commission;
(3) Supervisory Board for the Arkansas Crime Information Center;
(4) Board of Corrections;
(5) State Board of Education;
(6) State Board of Embalmers, Funeral Directors, Cemeteries, and Burial Services;
(7) State Board of Health;
(8) Arkansas Health Policy Council;
(9) State Parks, Recreation, and Travel Commission;
(10) Arkansas Pollution Control and Ecology Commission;
(11) Parole Board;
(12) Arkansas Racing Commission;
(13) Arkansas Sentencing Commission;
(14) Career Education and Workforce Development Board;
(15) Oil and Gas Commission;
(16) Professional Bail Bond Company and Professional Bail Bondsman Licensing Board;
(17) Arkansas Natural Resources Commission;
(18) Red River Commission;
(19) Board of Trustees of the Arkansas School for the Blind and the Arkansas School for the Deaf;
(20) Board of Directors of the Arkansas Development Finance Authority;
(21) [Repealed.]
(22) Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board; and
(23) [Repealed.]
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 25-16-904
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 25-16-904. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.