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17-27-403. Exemptions.
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17-27-403. Exemptions.
(a) This subchapter is not applicable to employees of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or local boards of education who meet the certification as established or which may be established by the State Board of Education.
(b) This subchapter does not:
(1) Limit or restrict the regulation of the title, setting of standards, qualifications, training, or experience of those who seek to engage in the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling and who have been or will be certified by the State Board of Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors for the position for which they have been employed;
(2) Require persons employed by the State of Arkansas, the director or administrative head of a social service agency or division of a city or county, or applicants for such employment to be licensed;
(3) Limit the activities and services of a student or intern seeking to fulfill the educational requirements in order to qualify for a license under this subchapter or acts of other recognized health or behavioral sciences professions;
(4) Prohibit individuals not licensed under the provisions of this subchapter who work in self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations from providing services in those groups, programs, or organizations or agencies;
(5) Prevent qualified members of other recognized health or behavioral science professions from performing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions;
(6) Prevent persons licensed under other health or behavioral science boards from the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling so long as those persons maintain current licensure in their respective fields;
(7) Prevent members of the clergy or Christian Science practitioners fr
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-27-403
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17-27-403. Exemptions.
(a) This subchapter is not applicable to employees of the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education or local boards of education who meet the certification as established or which may be established by the State Board of Education.
(b) This subchapter does not:
(1) Limit or restrict the regulation of the title, setting of standards, qualifications, training, or experience of those who seek to engage in the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling and who have been or will be certified by the State Board of Examiners of Alcoholism and Drug Abuse Counselors for the position for which they have been employed;
(2) Require persons employed by the State of Arkansas, the director or administrative head of a social service agency or division of a city or county, or applicants for such employment to be licensed;
(3) Limit the activities and services of a student or intern seeking to fulfill the educational requirements in order to qualify for a license under this subchapter or acts of other recognized health or behavioral sciences professions;
(4) Prohibit individuals not licensed under the provisions of this subchapter who work in self-help groups or programs or not-for-profit organizations from providing services in those groups, programs, or organizations or agencies;
(5) Prevent qualified members of other recognized health or behavioral science professions from performing work within the standards and ethics of their respective professions;
(6) Prevent persons licensed under other health or behavioral science boards from the practice of alcoholism and drug abuse counseling so long as those persons maintain current licensure in their respective fields;
(7) Prevent members of the clergy or Christian Science practitioners from performing work within the standards and any code of ethics of their respective professions as long as they do not hold themselves out to the public as being licensed alcoholism and drug abuse counselors; or
(8) Restrict the licensure of programs under §§ 20-64-901 — 20-64-909.
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20-64-901. Purpose.
The purpose of this subchapter is to require all persons, partnerships, associations, or corporations holding themselves out to the public as alcohol and drug abuse treatment programs in the State of Arkansas to meet the licensure standards set by the Division of Aging, Adult, and Behavioral Health Services of the Department of Human Services, unless expressly exempted by this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-64-901
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20-64-909. Penalties.
(a) Any person, partnership, association, or corporation establishing, conducting, managing, or operating any alcohol, drug, or alcohol and drug abuse treatment program within the meaning of this subchapter without first obtaining licensure shall be guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine imposed pursuant to a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) Each day that an alcohol and drug abuse treatment program shall operate after a first conviction shall be considered a Class D felony and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine imposed pursuant to a Class D felony.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-64-909
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 20-64-909. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.