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17-95-303. Powers and duties.
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17-95-303. Powers and duties.
The Arkansas State Medical Board shall:
(1) Make and adopt all rules and bylaws not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States and necessary or convenient to perform the duties and to transact the business required by law;
(2) Have authority to promulgate and put into effect such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., and the intentions expressed therein;
(3)(A)(i) Have authority to request the Department of Health to employ attorneys to represent the board in all legal matters for a compensation approved by the board.
(ii) Contracts for employment of attorneys shall be filed by the Secretary of the Department of Health with the Legislative Council.
(B) The board shall have authority to request the assistance of the Attorney General and the prosecuting attorneys of Arkansas in such manner as it deems necessary and proper;
(4) Have the authority to employ a director in consultation with the secretary to carry out the purposes and the mandates of the board;
(5) Examine, as is provided for by law, all applicants for a license to practice medicine in this state;
(6) Consider and give deference to data, studies, consensus documents, and conclusions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health whenever their data, studies, consensus documents, and conclusions are relevant to any decision made pursuant to the board's powers and duties under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.;
(7) Have the power and authority to collect practice data from licensees; and
(8) Promulgate rules limi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-303
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17-95-303. Powers and duties.
The Arkansas State Medical Board shall:
(1) Make and adopt all rules and bylaws not inconsistent with the laws of this state or of the United States and necessary or convenient to perform the duties and to transact the business required by law;
(2) Have authority to promulgate and put into effect such rules as are necessary to carry out the purposes of the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., and the intentions expressed therein;
(3)(A)(i) Have authority to request the Department of Health to employ attorneys to represent the board in all legal matters for a compensation approved by the board.
(ii) Contracts for employment of attorneys shall be filed by the Secretary of the Department of Health with the Legislative Council.
(B) The board shall have authority to request the assistance of the Attorney General and the prosecuting attorneys of Arkansas in such manner as it deems necessary and proper;
(4) Have the authority to employ a director in consultation with the secretary to carry out the purposes and the mandates of the board;
(5) Examine, as is provided for by law, all applicants for a license to practice medicine in this state;
(6) Consider and give deference to data, studies, consensus documents, and conclusions issued by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention or the National Institutes of Health whenever their data, studies, consensus documents, and conclusions are relevant to any decision made pursuant to the board's powers and duties under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.;
(7) Have the power and authority to collect practice data from licensees; and
(8) Promulgate rules limiting the amount of Schedule II narcotics that may be prescribed and dispensed by licensees of the board.
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17-95-201. Short title.
Sections 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., shall be known as the “Arkansas Medical Practices Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-201
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17-95-301. Creation — Members.
(a) There is created the Arkansas State Medical Board.
(b)(1)(A) The board shall consist of fourteen (14) members appointed by the Governor for terms of six (6) years.
(B) The Governor shall consider diversity of practice specialties and geographical areas of practice in making appointments to the board.
(2)(A)(i) Ten (10) members shall be duly qualified, licensed, and active medical practitioners and appointed by the Governor after consulting the Arkansas Medical Society, Inc., and subject to confirmation by the Senate.
(ii) At least two (2) members shall be appointed from each of the state's four (4) congressional districts.
(iii) Two (2) members shall be appointed at large.
(B) Congressional district representation required under this subdivision (b)(2) shall be achieved by appointment as vacancies occur.
(3) One (1) member shall be a licensed practicing physician in this state and shall be appointed by the Governor after consulting the Physicians' Section of the Arkansas Medical, Dental, and Pharmaceutical Association, Inc. and subject to confirmation by the Senate.
(4) Two (2) members of the board shall not be actively engaged in or retired from the practice of medicine. One (1) member shall represent consumers, and one (1) member shall be sixty (60) years of age or older and shall represent the elderly. Both shall be appointed from the state at large subject to confirmation by the Senate. The two (2) positions may not be held by the same person. Both shall be full voting members but shall not participate in the grading of examinations.
(5) One (1) member shall be a duly qualified, licensed, and practicing osteopathic physician and appointed after consulting the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association and subject
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-301
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17-95-401. License required.
If any person who does not possess a valid license to practice medicine within this state and who is not exempted from the licensing requirements does any of the acts constituting the practice of medicine, he or she shall be deemed to be practicing medicine without complying with the provisions of the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-401
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 17-95-401. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.