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17-95-501. Legislative intent.
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17-95-501. Legislative intent.
(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that this subchapter is necessary to assist those areas of critical medical shortage in the State of Arkansas in recruiting and retaining physicians to meet the primary medical care needs of the citizens residing in these areas.
(b)(1) It is the intent of the General Assembly to grant authority to the Arkansas State Medical Board to issue temporary licenses to practice medicine in defined critical medical shortage areas for a specified period of time and under required conditions to be defined in § 17-95-503.
(2) It is the further intent of the General Assembly that the board utilize every means at its disposal under the laws of this state, including the authority granted by this subchapter, to increase the number of practicing physicians in the areas of critical medical shortage as defined in § 17-95-502.
(3) It is the further intent of this subchapter that neither the board nor the Executive Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board, when acting in behalf of the board and under authority granted to him or her by the board, shall be liable, collectively or individually, for civil damages from claims pertaining to the administration of this subchapter.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-501
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17-95-501. Legislative intent.
(a) The General Assembly finds and declares that this subchapter is necessary to assist those areas of critical medical shortage in the State of Arkansas in recruiting and retaining physicians to meet the primary medical care needs of the citizens residing in these areas.
(b)(1) It is the intent of the General Assembly to grant authority to the Arkansas State Medical Board to issue temporary licenses to practice medicine in defined critical medical shortage areas for a specified period of time and under required conditions to be defined in § 17-95-503.
(2) It is the further intent of the General Assembly that the board utilize every means at its disposal under the laws of this state, including the authority granted by this subchapter, to increase the number of practicing physicians in the areas of critical medical shortage as defined in § 17-95-502.
(3) It is the further intent of this subchapter that neither the board nor the Executive Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board, when acting in behalf of the board and under authority granted to him or her by the board, shall be liable, collectively or individually, for civil damages from claims pertaining to the administration of this subchapter.
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17-95-502. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Critical medical shortage area” is an area wherein there is a critical shortage of physicians for the area's population as defined by the Department of Health, Education, and Welfare in the Federal Register, Volume 41, No. 13, dated July 6, 1976, and as updated by the Department of Health;
(2) “E.C.F.M.G.” is an examination for graduates of foreign medical schools prepared and administered by the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates;
(3) “FLEX” is the Federation Licensing Examination prepared and issued semiannually by the Federation of State Medical Boards. The Federation Licensing Examination includes three (3) parts: the basic science, the clinical science, and the clinical competency average. Successful passage of the Federation Licensing Examination with an overall weighted average of seventy-five (75) is required for medical licensure by the Arkansas State Medical Board; and
(4) “Temporary license” is a license issued by the board to practice medicine for a period of twelve (12) months in a critical medical shortage area as defined in subdivision (1) of this section. A temporary license may be renewable by the board under the conditions and requirements of this subchapter for additional periods of twelve (12) months not to exceed the limitations set forth in § 17-95-504.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-502
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 17-95-502. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.
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17-95-503. Temporary license.
(a) The Arkansas State Medical Board may issue a temporary license to any physician who meets the qualifications and requirements for medical licensure as established by the board except for successful passage of the examination as prescribed by the rules of the board. However, the physician must fulfill the following additional conditions and requirements to be eligible for temporary licensure:
(1) The physician must practice medicine in an area of critical medical shortage in Arkansas; and
(2) The physician, if a graduate of a foreign medical school, must have satisfactorily passed the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates examination.
(b) To be eligible for a renewal of a temporary license by the board, the physician must fulfill the following requirements to be administered by the board:
(1) The physician must submit a written request for the renewal to the board;
(2) The physician must agree to repeat the examination for licensure during the twelve-month term of the renewed temporary license; and
(3) The physician must continue to fulfill the conditions and requirements of this subchapter for temporary licensure during the term of the renewed licensure.
(c) The board shall review the physician's progress toward successfully passing the examination for licensure, as well as the physician's performance in the community where he or she is practicing medicine before renewing the physician's temporary license.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-95-503
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 17-95-503. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.