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AR Code § 17-84-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-84-102. Applicability and construction

 (a) This chapter shall not apply to an audiologist who is licensed under the provisions of the Licensure Act of Speech-Language Pathologists and Audiologists, § 17-100-101 et seq., or to any person while engaged in the practice of recommending hearing instruments as part of the academic curriculum of an accredited institution of higher education or part of a program conducted by a public charitable institution or nonprofit organization which is primarily supported by voluntary contributions.  (b) This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit any doctor who holds a valid license issued by the Arkansas State Medical Board and specializes in otology or otolaryngology from treating or fitting hearing instruments to the human ear or to prohibit any corporation, partnership, trust, association, or other like organization from engaging in the business of fitting and selling hearing instruments at retail, if it employs only natural persons licensed under this chapter in the direct fitting and sale of such products.
AR Code § 17-84-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-84-103. Penalty — Injunction

 (a) Any person convicted of violating any provision of this chapter shall be guilty of a Class B misdemeanor.  (b) Any violation of the provisions of this chapter may be enjoined by the circuit courts of this state.
AR Code § 17-84-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-84-104. Bills of sale and instruction booklets

 (a) Whether supplied by the dispenser or at the dispenser's order or direction, any person who practices the dispensing of hearing instruments shall deliver to each person supplied with a hearing instrument a bill of sale or comparable document containing the following:  (1) The dispenser's signature;  (2) The address and telephone number of the dispenser's established place of business;  (3) The number of the dispenser's license;  (4) A description of the make, model, serial number, and condition of the hearing instrument stating whether it is new, used, rebuilt, or in-office assembled, identifying the manufacturer, rebuilder, or in-office assembler, together with a description of any warranties covering the hearing instrument;  (5) The amount charged;  (6) Information concerning when additional service for the hearing instrument will be available and where the additional service for the hearing instrument will be available; and  (7) Conditions of additional charges for additional service, including without limitation a testing fee, programming fee, adjustment fee, and other services provided by the dispenser.    (b) The dispenser of an in-office assembled hearing instrument shall deliver to the person supplied with the in-office assembled hearing instrument an instruction booklet for the in-office assembled hearing instrument.  (c) The Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers may require by rule a dispenser to provide instructions to a person supplied with a hearing instrument on how to file a complaint.
AR Code § 17-84-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers|§ 17-84-201. Creation and composition

 (a) There is created the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers.  (b) The board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate, for terms of three (3) years as follows:  (1)  (A) At least four (4) of the members shall be hearing instrument dispensers licensed under this chapter who have held a valid license for at least three (3) years.  (B) The Governor shall consult the Arkansas Hearing Society, Inc., before making an appointment under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section;    (2) At least one (1) member shall be a physician licensed to practice medicine in Arkansas and specializing in otology or otolaryngology;  (3) At least one (1) member shall be an audiologist holding a master's degree or doctoral degree in audiology from a recognized college or university; and  (4)  (A) One (1) member shall be appointed from the state at large to represent consumers.  (B) The consumer representative under subdivision (b)(4)(A) of this section shall not be actively engaged in or retired from the practice of dispensing hearing instruments.  (C) The consumer representative under subdivision (b)(4)(A) of this section shall be a full voting member but shall not participate in the grading of examinations.      (c)  (1) All terms shall expire on July 31 of the designated year.  (2) Each member shall serve for the term of his or her appointment and until his or her successor has been appointed and qualified.  (3) No member shall serve more than three (3) full terms consecutively.    (d) In the event of a vacancy on the board, a new member shall be appointed to serve out the unexpired term.  (e) The Governor may remove any member for cause.
AR Code § 17-84-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers|§ 17-84-202. Organization and proceedings

 (a)  (1) The Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers shall meet at least two (2) times a year at times and places to be designated by the board and upon such notice as the board may prescribe.  (2) The board shall elect a chair, vice chair, and secretary-treasurer annually, each to serve in his or her respective capacity for one (1) year.    (b) Any five (5) of the eight (8) members of the board, when properly convened, may conduct business of the board. The board may appoint one (1) or more of its members or any other person it deems appropriate as examiners for the purpose of hearing evidence, reporting findings thereon, and making recommendations to the entire board for a decision on any matter over which the board has authority.  (c) The board shall keep a record of all of its proceedings and transactions and shall annually make a report to the Secretary of the Department of Health showing all receipts and disbursements and a summary of all business transacted during the year.
AR Code § 17-84-204 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers|§ 17-84-204. Disposition of funds — Compensation of members

 (a)  (1) Fees collected by the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers shall be used to pay expenses in administering this chapter.  (2) All moneys shall be received, disbursed, and accounted for by the Secretary-treasurer of the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers or a person designated by the board who shall be bonded at the expense of the board.  (3) All moneys not expended by the board to pay expenses in administering this chapter shall be retained by the board from year to year to be expended for the purposes expressed in this chapter.    (b) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 17-84-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-301. Application of administrative procedure act

 The Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., shall apply to the authority and procedures of the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers in exercising control over licensing under this chapter.
AR Code § 17-84-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-302. License or internship certificate required

 No person shall engage in the sale of hearing instruments or display a sign or in any other way advertise or hold himself or herself out as a person who practices the dispensing of hearing instruments unless he or she is licensed under this chapter or is the holder of an internship as provided for in § 17-84-304 and has his or her license or internship certificate conspicuously posted in his or her office or place of business.
AR Code § 17-84-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-303. Unlawful practices

 It shall be unlawful for any person to:   (1) Sell or purchase a license or permit in a manner not authorized by this chapter;  (2) Willfully alter, with the intent to defraud, any license or permit;  (3) Represent as a valid license or permit one which has been purchased, fraudulently obtained, counterfeited, or materially altered; or  (4) Willfully make a false material statement in any application to the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers.
AR Code § 17-84-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-305. Examinations

 (a) The examination provided for in § 17-84-304 shall be given at least one (1) time each year.  (b) The examination may be written or practical, or both, and shall consist of tests of knowledge in the following areas as they pertain to the fitting of hearing instruments:  (1) Basic physics of sound;  (2) The human hearing mechanism, including the science of hearing and the causes and rehabilitation of abnormal hearing and hearing disorders;  (3) Structure and function of hearing instruments;  (4) Pure tone audiometry, including air conduction testing and bone conduction testing;  (5) Live voice or recorded voice speech audiometry, including speech reception threshold testing and speech discrimination testing;  (6) Effective masking;  (7) Recording and evaluation of audiograms and speech audiometry to determine hearing instrument candidacy;  (8) Selection and adaptation of hearing instruments;  (9) Taking earmold impressions;  (10) Tympanometry; and  (11) Testing of other knowledge and skills as may be required to determine an applicant's ability and suitability for the practice of dispensing hearing instruments to the public.    (c) The tests under this section shall not include questions requiring a medical or surgical education.  (d)  (1) Applicants who fail to pass the required examination may retake the examination by paying a reexamination fee, as prescribed by the board pursuant to this chapter, for each additional examination taken.  (2) After three (3) failed attempts to pass the examination, the applicant shall complete an internship or repeat the internship described in § 17-84-304.
AR Code § 17-84-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-306. Issuance and renewal

 (a) Upon payment of a permanent registration fee and an annual license fee as prescribed by the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers pursuant to this chapter, the board shall register and issue licenses to applicants who have fulfilled the requirements of this chapter.  (b) All licenses shall expire on the date or dates set by the board, and all licenses shall be renewed annually.  (c)  (1) The fee for renewal of a license as prescribed by the board pursuant to this chapter shall be paid before the expiration of the license.  (2)  (A) Failure to make the payment before the expiration date of the license shall result in the payment of the license renewal fee plus a late penalty as prescribed by the board pursuant to this chapter if paid within thirty (30) days after expiration.  (B) If the renewal fee is not paid within the thirty-day grace period, the board shall renew the license upon payment of the required fee as prescribed by the board pursuant to this chapter and satisfaction of all other requirements contained in this chapter for the renewal of the license.  (C) If the license renewal fee or other requirements for license renewal under this chapter, or both, are delinquent by at least sixty (60) days, the licensee shall be reexamined before the renewal of the license.      (d)  (1) The board shall require that all applicants seeking renewal of their licenses shall:  (A) Show proof of attending during the preceding year a minimum of twelve (12) hours of board-approved continuing education in the methods and techniques of testing for and fitting hearing instruments, including at least one (1) hour of ethics;  (B) Present written evidence of annual calibration of all audiometers and tympanometers to current national standards; and  (C) Provide a blank copy of the currently used bill of sale or comparable document provided to patients under § 17-84-104.    (2) The board shall require that all new applicants and all applicants seeking renewal of their licenses state whether they are engaged in the practice of dispensing in-office assembled hearing instruments.
AR Code § 17-84-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-308. Suspension, revocation, nonissuance, or nonrenewal

 (a) The Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers may suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew the license or internship of any person for any of the following causes:  (1) Being convicted of a crime listed under § 17-3-102;  (2) Securing a license or internship under this chapter through fraud or deceit;  (3) Unethical conduct, gross ignorance, or inefficiency in the conduct of his or her practice;  (4) Using a false name or an alias in his or her practice;  (5) Violation of any provision of this chapter; or  (6) Failure to comply with any of the requirements for issuance of the license or internship.    (b) In addition to acting against a license or internship or in lieu of acting against a license or internship, the board may fine the individual in an amount not to exceed two thousand dollars ($2,000) for each offense.  (c) The board may dismiss any complaint or charges which it finds to be unfounded or trivial. The board may settle any complaint or charges without holding a hearing.
AR Code § 17-84-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-309. Notification and use of business address

 (a) Every person who holds a license or internship shall notify the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers in writing of the address of his or her established place of business and all satellite locations.  (b) Any notice required to be given by the board to a person may be given by mailing it to him or her at the address of his or her established place of business.  (c) It shall be the responsibility of every person who holds a license or internship to notify the board by certified letter of every change in his or her established place of business and all satellite locations within ten (10) days of any change.
AR Code § 17-84-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 84 - Hearing Instrument Dispensers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-84-310. Mobile units — Definition

 (a) As used in this section, “mobile unit” means a hearing instrument dispensing site that occurs at any place other than a permanent physical location.  (b)  (1) A person engaging in the practice of dispensing hearing instruments as described in this chapter and by rules of the Arkansas Board of Hearing Instrument Dispensers shall notify the board thirty (30) days in advance of conducting business as a mobile unit.  (2) The notification shall include the dates of operation of the mobile unit, times of operation of the mobile unit, and locations of operation of the mobile unit.    (c)  (1) A mobile unit shall meet all requirements of the board as established by rule.  (2) The board may inspect a mobile unit during regular hours of operation.    (d)  (1) This section shall apply to the testing of hearing and the dispensing of hearing instruments regardless of where the service occurs.  (2) Failure to comply with this section is a violation of this chapter and subject to penalty under §§ 17-84-103 and 17-84-308.
AR Code § 17-86-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-86-101. Short title

 This chapter may be referred to and cited as the “Massage Therapy Act”.
AR Code § 17-86-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-86-103. Penalties

 (a) Any person who violates any of the provisions of this chapter shall be found guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by imprisonment in the county jail for not more than six (6) months or by a fine not exceeding one thousand five hundred dollars ($1,500), or by both fine and imprisonment, at the discretion of the court.  (b) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney in the county where the violation occurs, upon request by the Department of Health, to initiate proper legal proceedings in a court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the provisions of this chapter.  (c) Any person found guilty of violations of this chapter may be subject to emergency suspension or revocation of licensure dependent upon the findings.  (d) The courts of this state are vested with jurisdiction and power to enjoin the unlawful practice of massage therapy and related techniques in a proceeding by the department or by any citizen of this state in the county in which the alleged unlawful practice occurred, the county in which the defendant resides, or in Pulaski County. The issuance of an injunction shall not relieve a person from criminal prosecution for violation of the provisions of this chapter, but the remedy of injunction shall be in addition to liability to criminal prosecution.
AR Code § 17-86-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-86-104. Criminal background checks

 An applicant applying as a new massage therapy licensee, an individual applying for a new massage therapy school license, or a licensee applying for an upgrade issued by the Department of Health shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police for a state and federal criminal background check to be conducted by the Identification Bureau and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
AR Code § 17-86-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists|Subchapter 2 - Regulation by State Board of Health|§ 17-86-201. Members

 (a)  (1) The Massage Therapy Technical Advisory Committee shall consist of seven (7) members, who shall be appointed by the State Board of Health for a term of three (3) years.  (2)  (A) Six (6) of the members shall be licensees under this chapter.  (B) Only one (1) of the members shall be an owner of a massage therapy school.    (3) One (1) member, to represent the public, shall not be engaged in or retired from the practice of massage therapy.    (b) The State Board of Health shall promulgate by rule the duties and powers of the committee.
AR Code § 17-86-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists|Subchapter 2 - Regulation by State Board of Health|§ 17-86-202. Employees

 (a) The Department of Health may employ an executive director, regular or special counsel, inspectors, clerks, secretaries, and other personnel it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.  (b) An employee under this section shall not have any financial interest in the practice or instruction of massage therapy.
AR Code § 17-86-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 86 - Massage Therapists|Subchapter 2 - Regulation by State Board of Health|§ 17-86-203. Powers and duties

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Health may promulgate and enforce reasonable rules for the purpose of carrying out this chapter.  (2) The board shall follow the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., as to “rule” and “rulemaking” definitions and for the adoption and filing of rules.    (b)  (1)  (A) The Department of Health shall inspect or cause an inspection of student records at least one (1) time each year for each massage therapy school operated in this state.  (B) The department and its agents and employees may enter and inspect a massage therapy clinic, spa, or school during operating hours of the business.    (2) The department and its agents and employees shall not request or be granted permission to enter a room of a massage therapy clinic, spa, or school in which a client is receiving treatment from a licensee under this chapter.    (c) The department may hold licensing examinations from time to time at a place or places as the department may designate.  (d)  (1) The department may require each original applicant and each upgrade applicant for a license issued by the Department of Health to apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a state and federal criminal background check to be conducted by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (2) The state and federal criminal background check shall conform to applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints.  (3) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the department and shall be responsible for the payment of any fees associated with the state and federal criminal background check.  (4)  (A) Each applicant who has resided outside of Arkansas shall provide a state and federal criminal background check, including the taking of fingerprints, issued by the state or states in which the applicant resided.  (B) Results shall be sent directly to the department from the agency performing the state and federal criminal background check.      (e) For purposes of this section, the board shall follow the licensing restrictions based on criminal records under § 17-3-102.