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17-92-902. License required.
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17-92-902. License required.
(a)(1) No person or entity subject to licensure shall sell or rent or offer to sell or rent directly to patients in this state any home medical equipment, legend devices, or medical gases, or any combination thereof, unless the person or entity is licensed as required by this subchapter.
(2) The licensure requirements of this subchapter will apply to all companies, agencies, and other business entities that are in the business of supplying medical equipment to patients in their residences and that bill the patient or the patient's insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or other third-party payor for the rent or sale of that equipment.
(b)(1) The application for a license shall be on a form furnished by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy and shall be accompanied by payment of the fee prescribed by § 17-92-108.
(2) The board shall require a separate license for each facility directly or indirectly owned or operated within this state by the same person or business entity within this state, or for a parent entity with divisions, subdivisions, subsidiaries, or affiliate companies, or any combination thereof, when operations are conducted at more than one (1) location and there exists joint ownership and control among all the entities.
(c)(1) All licenses issued under this subchapter shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year.
(2)(A) Each application for renewal of the license must be made on or before December 31 of each year.
(B) Penalties for late payment include:
(i) A twenty-dollar penalty if not paid by February 1 of each year; and
(ii) A forty-dollar penalty if not paid by March 1 of each year.
(C) The license shall be considered null and void if the fee is not paid by April 1 of each year.
(d) Wholesale distributors
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-92-902
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17-92-902. License required.
(a)(1) No person or entity subject to licensure shall sell or rent or offer to sell or rent directly to patients in this state any home medical equipment, legend devices, or medical gases, or any combination thereof, unless the person or entity is licensed as required by this subchapter.
(2) The licensure requirements of this subchapter will apply to all companies, agencies, and other business entities that are in the business of supplying medical equipment to patients in their residences and that bill the patient or the patient's insurance, Medicare, Medicaid, or other third-party payor for the rent or sale of that equipment.
(b)(1) The application for a license shall be on a form furnished by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy and shall be accompanied by payment of the fee prescribed by § 17-92-108.
(2) The board shall require a separate license for each facility directly or indirectly owned or operated within this state by the same person or business entity within this state, or for a parent entity with divisions, subdivisions, subsidiaries, or affiliate companies, or any combination thereof, when operations are conducted at more than one (1) location and there exists joint ownership and control among all the entities.
(c)(1) All licenses issued under this subchapter shall expire on December 31 of each calendar year.
(2)(A) Each application for renewal of the license must be made on or before December 31 of each year.
(B) Penalties for late payment include:
(i) A twenty-dollar penalty if not paid by February 1 of each year; and
(ii) A forty-dollar penalty if not paid by March 1 of each year.
(C) The license shall be considered null and void if the fee is not paid by April 1 of each year.
(d) Wholesale distributors licensed under § 20-64-501 et seq. may exchange those licenses for licenses issued under this subchapter without payment of additional fees.
(e) Each license issued hereunder shall be displayed by the holder thereof in a conspicuous place.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
17-92-108. Fees.
(a) The fees charged by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy for the various examinations, permits, licenses, certificates, credentials, and books issued by the board shall be as follows:
(1) The fee for examination for a license as a licensed pharmacist upon examination shall not exceed twenty-five dollars ($25.00) plus the actual cost of the examination;
(2) The fee for a license as a licensed pharmacist from another state by reciprocity and without examination shall not exceed two hundred dollars ($200);
(3)(A) The fee for the initial license as a licensed pharmacist shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00).
(B) The fee for the renewal of a license as a licensed pharmacist shall not exceed seventy-five dollars ($75.00) per year;
(4)(A)(i) The fee for issuance of a pharmacy permit for the first time to operate an in-state pharmacy shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
(ii) The fee for renewal of a permit to operate an in-state pharmacy shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year.
(iii) When there is a change in ownership in an in-state pharmacy, a new permit must be obtained, and the fee shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(B)(i) The fee for issuance of a permit for the first time to operate a specialty pharmacy shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
(ii) The fee for renewal of a permit to operate a specialty pharmacy shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150) per year.
(iii) When there is a change in ownership in a specialty pharmacy, a new permit must be obtained, and the fee shall not exceed one hundred fifty dollars ($150).
(C)(i) The fee for issuance of a permit for the first time to operate an out-of-state pharmacy shall not exceed three hundred dollars ($300).
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-92-108
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 17-92-108. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-64-501. Applicability.
Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to the sale of chemicals or poisons for use for nonmedical purposes, or for uses as insecticides or biologics or medicine used for the cure, mitigation, or prevention of disease of animals or fowl, and uses for agricultural use which comply with the requirements of the Federal Food, Drug, and Cosmetic Act and all amendments thereto unless those products are prescription drugs under this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-64-501
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 20-64-501. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.