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20-77-502. Applicability.
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20-77-502. Applicability.
(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to any person who personally takes, carries, or transports a person with an injured or cut eye due to a current accidental injury or current trauma to any physician or surgeon licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., in an emergency, or personally calls any physician or surgeon on behalf of that person in an emergency.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to any person licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., or the Arkansas Optometry Practices Act, § 17-90-101 et seq., when that person is engaged in the practice of medicine as defined in § 17-95-202 or engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in § 17-90-101.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-77-502
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20-77-502. Applicability.
(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to any person who personally takes, carries, or transports a person with an injured or cut eye due to a current accidental injury or current trauma to any physician or surgeon licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., in an emergency, or personally calls any physician or surgeon on behalf of that person in an emergency.
(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to any person licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., or the Arkansas Optometry Practices Act, § 17-90-101 et seq., when that person is engaged in the practice of medicine as defined in § 17-95-202 or engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in § 17-90-101.
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17-90-101. Definition — Applicability.
(a)(1) The “practice of optometry” means the examination, diagnosis, treatment, and management of conditions of the human eye, lid, adnexa, and visual system, including the removal of foreign bodies from the cornea, conjunctiva, lid, or adnexa but shall exclude other surgery of the lid, adnexa, or visual system which requires anything other than a topical anesthetic.
(2) “Optometry” shall include utilizing any method or means which the licensed optometrist is educationally qualified to provide, as established and determined by the State Board of Optometry. In administering this chapter, the board shall by rule prescribe those acts, services, procedures, and practices which constitute both primary optometric eye care and the practice of optometry.
(3)(A) The “practice of optometry” shall include, but not be limited to, the prescribing and sale of eyeglasses and contact lenses, the prescribing and administering of all oral and topical drugs for the diagnosis or treatment only of conditions of the eye, lids, and adnexa, and the prescribing and administering of epinephrine, benadryl, or other comparable medication for the emergency treatment of anaphylaxis or anaphylactic reactions.
(B) All licensed optometrists are prohibited from using ophthalmic lasers for surgical procedures except as permitted in subdivision (a)(3)(D) of this section, performing cataract surgery, performing radial keratotomy surgery, and selling prescription drugs.
(C)(i) Optometrists are excluded from possessing, administering, or prescribing those pharmaceutical agents listed in Schedules I and II of the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., except hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral an
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-90-101
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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.