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AR Code § 17-103-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-301. License required

 (a) A person shall not practice or offer to practice social work under this chapter unless the person is licensed, a student under this chapter, or otherwise entitled to practice under subsections (b) and (c) of this section.  (b) A person shall not engage in the private independent practice of social work unless that person is licensed under this chapter as a licensed certified social worker.  (c) A person shall not engage in social work consultation unless that person is licensed under this chapter as a licensed certified social worker.
AR Code § 17-103-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-302. Endorsement

 The Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board may grant a license without examination to a person meeting all of the other requirements of this chapter and who at the time of application is licensed as a social worker by a similar board of another state, territory, district, or Canadian province whose standards, in the opinion of the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board, are substantially equivalent to those required by this chapter.
AR Code § 17-103-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-304. Expiration and renewal

 (a) A license is effective at the time of issuance by the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board.  (b) The license of a licensed social worker, licensed master social worker, and licensed certified social worker is valid for two (2) years after the date of issuance.  (c)  (1) A license may be renewed by the payment of a renewal fee as set by the board.  (2) A notice of license renewal shall be sent to a licensee at the most recent address as it appears in the records of the board approximately two (2) months before the expiration date of the license.  (3) Before the expiration date of the license, the licensee shall:  (A) Submit a renewal application and fee online; or  (B) Mail the renewal application and fee to the office of the board.    (4) Upon receipt of an application and fee, the board shall verify the accuracy of the application and, if approved, issue to the applicant a notice of license renewal valid for the next two (2) years.    (d)  (1) If a licensee fails to renew his or her license before the expiration date, the license shall lapse the last day of the month of the calendar year that is exactly two (2) years from the calendar year and month in which the license was issued.  (2) A license that has lapsed for a period of less than three (3) months may be renewed by submission of:  (A) A completed renewal application;  (B) A fee that is two (2) times the amount of the renewal fee specified; and  (C) An attestation that the licensee has not practiced social work since the day that his or her license lapsed and the licensee will not practice social work until his or her license is approved for renewal by the board.    (3) If a license has lapsed for three (3) months or longer, the applicant for the license shall be considered a new applicant subject to appropriate provisions of this chapter.  (4) A license that has expired over three (3) months is not renewable.    (e) At the time of license renewal, an applicant shall present satisfactory evidence that in the period since the license was issued, he or she has completed the continuing education requirements as required by the board.
AR Code § 17-103-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-305. Renewal, revocation, suspension — Disciplinary proceedings

 (a) The Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board may refuse to issue or renew a license or may revoke or suspend a license issued under this chapter or may impose other appropriate restrictions or additional impositions, including without limitation supervision, probation, counseling, reporting, drug screening, and additional continuing education for any of the following causes or reasons:  (1) Violation of a provision of this chapter;  (2) Gross negligence in the practice of social work;  (3) Engaging in a course of unprofessional conduct as defined by the rules established by the board or violation of the code of ethics made and published by the board; or  (4) Failing to meet one (1) of the qualifications for issuance of a license under § 17-103-307.    (b) The board shall refuse to issue or shall revoke the license of a person who has been found guilty of a felony listed under § 17-3-102 or criminal offense involving violence, dishonesty, fraud, deceit, breach of client trust, or abuse of the vulnerable unless the person requests and the board grants a waiver under § 17-3-102(b).  (c)  (1) The board shall conduct hearings.  (2) Decisions shall be determined by a majority vote of the board. All proceedings shall be conducted in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 17-103-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-307. Criminal background checks

 (a) Each applicant for a license issued by the Arkansas Social Work Licensing Board is required to apply for a state and national criminal background check, to be conducted by the Division of Arkansas State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.  (b) The criminal background check shall conform to the applicable federal standards and shall include the taking of fingerprints.  (c) The applicant shall sign a release of information to the board and shall be responsible for the payment of any fee associated with the criminal background check.  (d) Upon completion of the criminal background check, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall forward to the board all releasable information obtained concerning the applicant.  (e) For purposes of this section, the board shall follow the licensing restrictions based on criminal records under § 17-3-102.  (f)  (1) Information received by the board from the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police under this section shall not be available for examination except by the affected applicant for licensure or his or her authorized representative or the person whose license is subject to revocation or his or her authorized representative.  (2) No record, file, or document shall be removed from the custody of the division.    (g) Information made available to the affected applicant for licensure or the person whose license is subject to revocation shall be information pertaining to that person only.  (h) Rights of privilege and confidentiality established in this section do not extend to any document created for purposes other than the criminal background check.  (i) The board shall adopt the necessary rules to fully implement the provisions of this section.
AR Code § 17-103-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-308. Licensure certificate

 (a) Under this chapter, a licensee involved in independent private practice with the public shall:  (1) Display his or her license; and  (2) Immediately notify clients if his or her license expires without renewal or is suspended or revoked.    (b) Under this chapter, a licensee whose license expires without renewal or is suspended or revoked shall immediately:  (1) Notify his or her employer, employees, and partners that he or she is no longer licensed; and  (2) Remove from public display his or her license certificate and license card.
AR Code § 17-103-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 103 - Social Workers|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-103-309. Practice by electronic, telephonic, or other means

 The provision of social work services to a client within this state through any means, including without limitation electronic means or by telephone, regardless of the location of the social worker, constitutes the practice of social work and is subject to this chapter and to rules adopted under this chapter.
AR Code § 17-104-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-104-101. Title

 This chapter shall be known as the “Perfusionist Licensure Act”.
AR Code § 17-104-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-104-102. Definitions

 As used in this chapter:   (1) “Extracorporeal circulation” means the diversion of a patient's blood through a heart-lung machine or a similar device that assumes the functions of the patient's heart, lungs, kidneys, liver, or other organs;  (2) “Licensed perfusionist” means a person licensed under this chapter;  (3) “Perfusion” means the functions necessary for the support, treatment, measurement, or supplementation of the cardiovascular, circulatory, or respiratory systems or other organs, or a combination of those activities, and to ensure the safe management of physiologic functions by monitoring and analyzing the parameters of the systems under an order and supervision of a licensed physician, including:  (A) The use of extracorporeal circulation, long-term cardiopulmonary support techniques, including, but not limited to, extracorporeal carbon-dioxide removal and extracorporeal membrane oxygenation and associated therapeutic and diagnostic technologies;  (B) Counterpulsation, ventricular assistance, autotransfusion, blood conservation techniques, myocardial and organ preservation, extracorporeal life support, and isolated limb perfusion;  (C) The use of techniques involving blood management, advanced life support, and related functions;  (D) The administration of pharmacological and therapeutic agents or blood products or anesthetic agents through the extracorporeal circuit or through an intravenous line for perfusion purposes as ordered by a physician;  (E) The performance and use of:  (i) Anticoagulation monitoring and analysis;  (ii) Physiologic monitoring and analysis;  (iii) Blood gas and chemistry monitoring and analysis;  (iv) Hematologic monitoring and analysis;  (v) Hypothermia;  (vi) Hyperthermia;  (vii) Hemoconcentration and hemodilution; and  (viii) Hemodialysis; and    (F) The observation of signs and symptoms related to perfusion services, the determination of whether the signs and symptoms exhibit abnormal characteristics, and the implementation of appropriate reporting, perfusion protocols, or changes in or the initiation of emergency procedures;    (4) “Perfusion protocols” means perfusion-related policies and protocols developed or approved by a licensed healthcare facility or a physician through collaboration with administrators, licensed perfusionists, and other healthcare professionals; and  (5) “Provisional licensed perfusionist” means a person provisionally licensed under this chapter.
AR Code § 17-104-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-104-103. State Board of Health

 In accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., the State Board of Health shall promulgate and implement rules that it deems necessary to carry out the provisions of this chapter.
AR Code § 17-104-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-104-104. Department of Health

 The Department of Health shall:   (1) Administer the provisions of this chapter;  (2) Enforce the rules promulgated by the State Board of Health for the administration and enforcement of this chapter;  (3) Employ and prescribe the duties of employees as may be necessary to administer the provisions of this chapter;  (4) Issue initial and renewal licenses to qualified applicants who provide perfusion services; and  (5) Collect fees for licensure and accept public and private gifts, grants, and donations for the purpose of administering this chapter.
AR Code § 17-104-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-301. License applicants

 (a) An applicant for a perfusionist license shall submit a sworn application to the Department of Health for consideration.  (b) To qualify for the licensing examination, the applicant shall have successfully completed a perfusion education program approved by the State Board of Health.  (c) To qualify for a license, an applicant shall pass a competency examination. The examination shall be approved by the board and shall be administered to qualified applicants at least one (1) time per calendar year.  (d) No later than two (2) months after the date on which a licensing examination is administered, the board shall notify each examinee of the results of the examination.  (e) An applicant who has failed the licensing examination may request in writing that the board furnish the applicant with an analysis of the applicant's performance on the examination.
AR Code § 17-104-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-302. License recipients

 (a) Any person who meets the licensing qualifications under this chapter is entitled to receive a license as a licensed perfusionist.  (b) The licensed perfusionist shall:  (1) Display the license in an appropriate and public manner or maintain an accurate copy of the perfusionist's license on file in the healthcare facility in which the licensed perfusionist is working; and  (2) Keep the Department of Health informed of any change of address.    (c) A license certificate issued by the department is the property of the department and shall be surrendered upon demand.
AR Code § 17-104-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-303. License validity

 (a) A perfusionist's license is valid for two (2) years from the date it is issued and may be renewed.  (b) A person may renew an unexpired license by submitting proof satisfactory to the Department of Health of compliance with the continuing professional education and clinical activities requirements prescribed by the State Board of Health and by paying the required renewal fee to the board before the expiration date of the license.  (c) A person whose license has been expired for less than ninety (90) days may renew the license by submitting proof satisfactory to the department of compliance with the continuing professional education and clinical activities requirements prescribed by the board and by paying the required renewal fee and a penalty as established by the board.  (d) A person whose license has been expired for more than ninety (90) days but less than two (2) years may renew the license by submitting proof satisfactory to the department of compliance with the continuing professional education and clinical activities requirements prescribed by the board and by paying the required renewal fee and a penalty as established by the department.  (e) A person whose license has been expired for more than two (2) years may not renew the license. The person may obtain a new license by submitting to reexamination and complying with the requirements and procedures for obtaining a license established under this chapter.  (f) The department may renew an expired license without reexamination if the person was originally licensed in the State of Arkansas and at the time of the request for relicensure in Arkansas is licensed in another state and has been licensed to practice in that state for the preceding two (2) years before the request. The fee for this license shall be determined by the board.  (g) The department shall notify each licensee in writing of the expiration date of the license at the licensee's last known address according to the records of the department.
AR Code § 17-104-304 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-304. License qualification

 (a) A license for a provisional licensed perfusionist may be issued to a person who has successfully completed an approved perfusion education program and filed an application, paid the application fee, and submitted evidence satisfactory to the Department of Health of the successful completion of the education requirements set forth in this chapter.  (b) A provisional licensed perfusionist shall be under the supervision and direction of a licensed perfusionist at all times. Rules governing the supervision and direction of the provisionally licensed perfusionist shall not require the immediate physical presence of the supervising licensed perfusionist.  (c) A provisional perfusionist license is valid for one (1) year from the date issued and may be renewed by the same procedures established for renewal for a licensed perfusionist.  (d) Upon notification by the department that a person has failed any portion of the licensure examination, the person shall surrender the provisional perfusionist license to the department.
AR Code § 17-104-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-305. License requirements waived

 (a) Under the authority of the State Board of Health, the Department of Health may waive the examination requirement for an applicant who at the time of the application:  (1) Is licensed or certified by another state if the requirements of that state for the license or certificate are the substantial equivalent of the requirements of this chapter as determined by the State Board of Health; or  (2) Holds a current certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, or its successor, before January 1, 2000.    (b) The applicant shall pay to the department the application fee.
AR Code § 17-104-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-306. Unlicensed practice

 (a) A person shall not engage or offer to engage in perfusion for compensation or use the title or represent or imply that the person has the title of “licensed perfusionist” or “provisional licensed perfusionist” or use the letters “LP” or “PLP” and shall not use any facsimile of these titles in any manner to indicate or imply that the person is a licensed perfusionist or provisional licensed perfusionist, unless the person holds that license issued under this chapter.  (b) A person shall not use the title or represent or imply that the person has the title of “certified clinical perfusionist” or use the letters “CCP” and shall not use any facsimile of those titles in any manner to indicate or imply that the person is a certified clinical perfusionist by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion, unless the person holds a certificate as a certified clinical perfusionist issued by the American Board of Cardiovascular Perfusion.  (c) A violation of the provisions of this chapter is a Class C misdemeanor.
AR Code § 17-104-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-307. Scope

 This chapter does not apply to:   (1) A person licensed by another health professional licensing board if:  (A) The person does not represent to the public, directly or indirectly, that the person is licensed under this chapter; and  (B) The person confines the person's acts or practice to the scope of practice authorized by the other health professional licensing law;    (2) A student enrolled in an accredited perfusion education program if perfusion services performed by the student are:  (A) An integral part of the student's course of study; and  (B) Performed under the direct supervision of a licensed perfusionist assigned to supervise the student and who is on duty and immediately available in the assigned patient care area; and    (3) The practice of any qualified perfusionist employed by the United States Government while in the discharge of official duties.
AR Code § 17-104-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-308. Complaints

 (a) The Department of Health shall keep an information file containing each complaint filed with the department. The information file shall be kept current and contain a record for each complaint of:  (1) All persons contacted in relation to the complaint;  (2) A summary of findings made at each step of the complaint process;  (3) An explanation of the legal basis and reason for a dismissed complaint; and  (4) Other relevant information.    (b) If a written complaint is filed with the department, the department shall notify the parties of the status of the complaint, unless the notice would jeopardize an undercover investigation.  (c) The State Board of Health shall adopt a form to standardize information concerning complaints made to the department and shall prescribe the information to be provided to a person when a complaint has been filed.
AR Code § 17-104-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-309. Investigation of complaints

 (a) The State Board of Health shall adopt rules concerning the investigation of a complaint filed with the Department of Health. The rules adopted under this section shall:  (1) Ensure that complaints are not dismissed without appropriate consideration; and  (2) Ensure that the person who filed the complaint has an opportunity to explain the allegations made in the complaint.    (b) The department shall dispose of all complaints in a timely manner.
AR Code § 17-104-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 104 - Perfusionists Licensure Act|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-104-310. Monitoring

 The State Board of Health shall develop a system for monitoring licensees' compliance with this chapter. Rules adopted under this section shall include procedures for monitoring licensees to determine that the licensee performs the acts required by the Department of Health and to identify and monitor licensees who represent a risk to the public.