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AR Code § 17-90-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-90-305. Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew — Grounds

 (a) The State Board of Optometry shall have the power to revoke, suspend, place a license on probation for such time as the board shall order and under such conditions as the board may impose, to ensure the health and safety of the citizens of Arkansas, impose a fine of up to one thousand dollars ($1,000) per violation, refuse to renew a license or reprimand the licensee, or any combination thereof, if the board finds that the individual has committed any of the following offenses:  (1) Perpetrating a fraud on the public;  (2) Presenting false information or documentation to the board in an attempt to obtain or to retain a license;  (3) Conviction of a felony listed under § 17-3-102 or the conviction of a misdemeanor, if the misdemeanor conduct would denote an impairment in the ability to practice optometry;  (4) Habitual drunkenness;  (5) Habitual or excessive use of schedule medication or other habit-forming or mind-altering drugs that would impair the ability to practice optometry;  (6) Violation of the laws of the United States or the State of Arkansas regulating the possession, distribution, and prescribing of schedule medication;  (7) Flagrant overcharging or billing;  (8) False representation of materials;  (9) False or misleading advertising;  (10) Gross incompetency in the treatment of patients;  (11) Unprofessional conduct;  (12) Suffering from mental disease or defect rendering the licensee incompetent to practice optometry as a result of proof given by a licensed medical psychiatrist in the State of Arkansas and in combination with testimony of a licensed optometrist;  (13) Violation of any provision of the laws of Arkansas regulating the practice of optometry;  (14) Violation of any rule of the board;  (15) Violation of any term of probation or order rendered by the board; or  (16) Having been found in violation of a statute or a rule or regulation governing the practice of optometry by the optometry licensing authority or agency of another state.    (b) In addition to those acts which may be prescribed by the board as unprofessional conduct, the following shall be deemed by the board to be unprofessional:  (1) The violation of any provision of this chapter; or  (2) The acceptance of employment either directly or indirectly by a licensed optometrist from an optometrist not licensed in Arkansas or from an unlicensed person, firm, or corporation engaged in any business or profession to assist it, him or her, or them, in practicing optometry in this state.
AR Code § 17-90-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 3 - Licensing|§ 17-90-306. Revocation, suspension, or refusal to renew — Procedures

 (a) No certificate of license shall be rejected for renewal, suspended, or revoked for any cause, unless the person accused has been given at least thirty (30) days' notice in writing setting forth the nature of the charges against him or her.  (b) The accused person must also be afforded a public hearing at which time the person accused shall have the right to appear with or without counsel, to confront witnesses who appear against him or her, and to adduce testimony in his or her own behalf.  (c) A record of the charges filed and the action taken thereon shall be prepared.  (d) All hearings of the State Board of Optometry and appeals from decisions or orders of the board will be subject to the provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
AR Code § 17-90-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 4 - Optometric Drugs|§ 17-90-402. Standards — Noncompliance

 (a) Reasonable standards applicable only to those optometrists who are authorized to use drugs for referral of eye patients with eye pathology discoverable by the use of drugs shall be promulgated only if the State Board of Optometry finds that the standards are required to protect the health of the citizens of the state.  (b) The standards shall not require referral in cases in which an optometrist is aware that a condition has been previously diagnosed by a physician.  (c) If these standards are promulgated, they shall be enforced by the board.  (d) Any violation of these standards shall be deemed unprofessional conduct under this chapter.  (e) If the board finds that an optometrist has habitually violated the standards of referral, then the board shall withdraw the authority to use drugs from that optometrist.
AR Code § 17-90-403 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 4 - Optometric Drugs|§ 17-90-403. Authority to possess, administer, and prescribe

 (a) A person may possess, administer, and prescribe pharmaceutical agents for the diagnosis or treatment of conditions involving only the eye, lids, or adnexa if the person:  (1) Is engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in § 17-90-101;  (2) Has the education and professional competence as determined by the State Board of Optometry;  (3) Has satisfied the educational requirements established by the State Board of Optometry from a college or university accredited by a regional or professional accreditation organization that is recognized or approved by the Council for Higher Education Accreditation, the United States Department of Education, or the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board; and  (4) Has met the requirements of § 17-90-401.    (b)  (1) Optometrists shall not possess, administer, or prescribe the 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 analgesic drugs.  (2) A prescription written by an optometrist for hydrocodone combination drugs, regardless of their schedule, in combination with oral analgesic drugs, shall not exceed seventy-two (72) hours and shall not authorize refills.
AR Code § 17-90-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-501. Title

 This subchapter shall be known as the “Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program”.
AR Code § 17-90-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-502. Purpose

 The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the identification and treatment of optometrists licensed under the Arkansas Optometry Law, § 17-90-101 et seq., who suffer from impairment, in order to promote the public health and safety and to ensure the continued availability of the skills of highly trained optometric professionals for the benefit of the public.
AR Code § 17-90-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-503. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Impaired” or “impairment” means the presence of the diseases of alcoholism, drug abuse, or mental illness;  (2) “Impaired Optometrist Treatment program” means the State Board of Optometry-approved or sponsored program for the detection, intervention, and monitoring of impaired providers;  (3)  (A) “Professional incompetence” means the inability or failure of an optometrist to practice his or her profession with reasonable skill and safety.  (B) Impairment in and of itself shall not give rise to a presumption of professional incompetence; and    (4) “Treatment program” means a plan of care and rehabilitation services provided by those organizations and persons authorized to provide such services for impaired providers taking part in the programs provided under this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-90-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-504. Authority

 The State Board of Optometry may undertake the functions and responsibilities to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, which may include any of the following:   (1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs;  (2) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source;  (3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;  (4) Referring impaired optometrists to treatment programs;  (5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired optometrists;  (6) Providing posttreatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired optometrists;  (7) Suspending, limiting, or restricting the optometrist's license for the duration of the impairment; and  (8) Performing such other activities as the board deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-90-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-505. Procedures

 The State Board of Optometry shall develop procedures for:   (1) Informing each participant in the Impaired Optometric Treatment program of the program procedures, responsibilities of program participants, and the possible consequences of noncompliance with the program; and  (2) Voluntary self-reporting and treatment program participation by an optometrist.
AR Code § 17-90-506 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-506. Evaluation

 (a) If the State Board of Optometry has reason to believe that an optometrist is impaired, the board may cause an evaluation of the optometrist to be conducted for the purpose of determining if there is an impairment.  (b) If the board finds after examination and hearing that a licensee is impaired, it may take one (1) or more of the actions specified in this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-90-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-507. Request for restricted license

 (a) An impaired optometrist may request in writing to the State Board of Optometry a restriction of his or her license to practice.  (b) The board may grant such a request for restriction and shall have the authority to attach conditions to the licensure of the optometrist to practice optometry within specified limitations.
AR Code § 17-90-508 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-508. Confidentiality of records

 (a)  (1) Notwithstanding any provision of state law, records of the State Board of Optometry pertaining to an impaired optometrist shall be exempt from the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., shall be kept confidential and shall not be subject to discovery or subpoena.  (2) No person in attendance at any meeting of the board concerning an impaired optometrist shall be required to testify as to any discussions or proceedings.    (b) However, information, documents, or records otherwise available from original sources are not to be construed as immune from discovery or use in any such action merely because they were presented during the proceedings of the board meeting on an optometrist, nor shall any person who testifies before the board meeting on an optometrist, or who is a member of the board, be prevented from testifying as to matters within his or her knowledge, but the witness shall not be asked about his or her testimony before the board or about opinions formed by him or her as a result of the board hearings.
AR Code § 17-90-509 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-509. Participation in treatment program

 An impaired optometrist who is participating in or has successfully completed a treatment program pursuant to this subchapter shall not be limited or restricted in his or her professional practice or excluded from any hospital staff solely because of such participation.
AR Code § 17-90-510 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 90 - Optometrists|Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program|§ 17-90-510. Limitation on liability

 (a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the State Board of Optometry and committees and members thereof shall not be held liable in damages to any person within the scope of their responsibilities pursuant to this subchapter.  (b) No person who in good faith and without malice makes a report pursuant to this subchapter to the board shall be liable for damages to any person.
AR Code § 17-92-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-102. Exemptions

 (a) Nothing in this section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-103, § 17-92-105, § 17-92-205(b), § 17-92-206(b), § 17-92-303, § 17-92-402, § 17-92-404, § 17-92-405, § 17-92-409, § 17-92-410, and § 17-92-411(a) shall prevent the personal administration of drugs and medicines carried and kept for emergencies by licensed physicians, dentists, or veterinarians in order to supply the immediate needs of their patients while in their presence, nor shall it apply to physicians, dentists, or veterinarians compounding or dispensing their own prescriptions.  (b) The provisions of this section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-103, § 17-92-105, § 17-92-205(b), § 17-92-206(b), § 17-92-303, § 17-92-402, § 17-92-404, § 17-92-405, § 17-92-409, § 17-92-410, and § 17-92-411(a) shall not apply:  (1) To the sale of drugs and medicines when intended for agricultural, technical, and industrial use, unless those drugs and medicines are legend drugs as defined in § 20-64-503;  (2) To the sales by wholesale druggists, wholesale or retail grocers, or other wholesale or retail dealers or manufacturers of proprietary medicines in original packages; or  (3) To the sales of those drugs commonly known as “grocers' drugs” in original packages when put up under the direction of a licensed pharmacist of this or some other state.    (c) Further exempted from the provisions of this section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-103, § 17-92-105, § 17-92-205(b), § 17-92-206(b), § 17-92-303, § 17-92-402, § 17-92-404, § 17-92-405, § 17-92-409, § 17-92-410, and § 17-92-411(a) are the sale of legend drugs approved by the State Board of Optometry by licensed pharmacists to duly licensed optometrists and the possession and use of legend drugs by duly licensed optometrists as authorized by the board and by §§ 17-90-401 — 17-90-403.  (d) In the event a pharmacist receives a request for a prescription refill and the pharmacist is unable to obtain refill authorization from the prescriber, the pharmacist may dispense a one-time emergency refill of the prescribed medication, provided that:  (1) The prescription is not for a medicinal drug listed in Schedule II as defined in § 5-64-205;  (2) The medication is essential to the maintenance of life or to the continuation of therapy;  (3) In the pharmacist's professional judgment, the interruption of therapy might reasonably produce undesirable health consequences or may cause physical or mental discomfort;  (4) The pharmacist properly records the dispensing; and  (5) The dispensing pharmacist notifies the prescriber of the emergency dispensing within a reasonable time after the one-time emergency refill dispensing.
AR Code § 17-92-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-103. Pharmacy laws unaffected

 This section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-102, § 17-92-105, § 17-92-205(b), § 17-92-206(b), § 17-92-303, § 17-92-402, § 17-92-404, § 17-92-405, § 17-92-409, § 17-92-410, and § 17-92-411(a) shall not be construed to repeal any portion of the pharmacy laws in force before June 12, 1929, unless they are in direct conflict with these sections.
AR Code § 17-92-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-104. Privilege tax unaffected

 Nothing in this act shall be construed to repeal or anywise interfere with the collection of the privilege taxes now levied, or that may be levied, for state, county, or city purposes on the business of hawking, peddling, or street vending of goods, wares, and merchandise.
AR Code § 17-92-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-105. Prohibited acts — Penalties

 (a) Violation of any part of this section and § 17-92-101, § 17-92-102, § 17-92-103, § 17-92-205(b), § 17-92-206(b), § 17-92-303, § 17-92-402, § 17-92-404, § 17-92-405, § 17-92-409, § 17-92-410, and § 17-92-411(a) not otherwise provided for shall be a violation and shall be punished by a fine of not less than twenty-five dollars ($25.00) nor more than three hundred dollars ($300).  (b) Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.
AR Code § 17-92-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-106. Injunctions

 The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, in its discretion and in addition to various remedies now provided by law, may apply to a court having competent jurisdiction over the parties and subject matter for a writ of injunction to restrain repetitious violations of the pharmacy laws of this state.
AR Code § 17-92-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-107. Prosecutions — Disposition of fines

 (a)  (1) All suits for the collection of any fine or penalty prescribed in this act may be instituted in any court having jurisdiction thereof by any citizen of the county wherein the fine or penalty is incurred.  (2) It shall be the duty of the prosecuting attorney of the county wherein the fine or penalty is incurred to prosecute all persons incurring them when notified by any citizen of the county.    (b)  (1) Upon affidavit made before any justice of the peace by any citizen of the county showing a violation of this act, the justice of the peace shall issue his or her warrant as provided by law.  (2) However, the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy or any member thereof, or its authorized agent, may institute and prosecute proceedings in any county in this state for violations of this act or for the collection of any fine or penalty prescribed in this act in any court having jurisdiction.    (c) All fines and penalties collected under the provisions of this act shall inure to the public school fund of the school district in which the offense was committed.
AR Code § 17-92-111 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-111. Construction of Acts 1997, No. 1204

 Nothing in this act shall be construed to authorize or permit any licensed or registered pharmacist to examine, diagnose, treat, or manage diseases or conditions of the human eye, lid, adnexa, or visual system or to adapt, fill duplicate, modify, prescribe, or sell contact lenses or prescription eyeglasses.
AR Code § 17-92-113 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-113. Preservation of professional responsibilities of pharmacist — Prohibitions — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Exercise of professional responsibilities” includes without limitation a pharmacist's or pharmacy's:  (A) Discussing any aspect of a patient's medical condition, treatment alternatives, or plan options with the patient;  (B) In good faith communicating with or advocating on behalf of a patient concerning the patient's needs; or  (C) Asserting rights under:  (i) The contract with the pharmacy benefits manager; or  (ii) State or federal law; and      (2) “Pharmacy benefits manager” means a nongovernmental entity that administers or manages a pharmacy benefits plan or program.    (b) A pharmacy benefits manager shall not interfere with the exercise of professional responsibilities to a patient by a pharmacist or a pharmacy.
AR Code § 17-92-114 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-114. Reciprocity

 The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may adopt rules applicable to a pharmacy or a pharmacist licensed in another state that renders services in Arkansas that mirror qualifications, requirements, prerogatives, prohibitions, and limitations imposed by the other state on Arkansas pharmacies and pharmacists rendering services in the other state.
AR Code § 17-92-115 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 17-92-115. Requirements for administering and dispensing under statewide protocol

 When initiating therapy and administering or dispensing, or both, under a statewide protocol, a pharmacist shall:   (1) Notify the primary care provider of the patient of any drug or device furnished to the patient or enter the appropriate information in a patient record system shared with the primary care provider, as permitted by the primary care provider;  (2) Provide the patient with a written record of the drugs or devices furnished and advise the patient to consult a physician of the patient's choice, if the patient does not have a primary care provider; and  (3)  (A) Make a standardized fact sheet available to the recipient of the drug or device.  (B) The standardized fact sheet shall include without limitation:  (i) The indications and contraindications for the use of the drug or device;  (ii) The appropriate method for the use of the drug or device;  (iii) The need for medical follow-up; and  (iv) Other appropriate information.