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AR Code § 17-95-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Arkansas State Medical Board|§ 17-95-307. License eligibility

 A person is not eligible to receive or hold a license to practice medicine or another healthcare profession issued by the Arkansas State Medical Board if the person has pleaded guilty or nolo contendere to or has been found guilty of a felony listed under § 17-3-102.
AR Code § 17-95-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Arkansas State Medical Board|§ 17-95-308. Waiver

 (a) The requirements of § 17-95-307 may be waived by the Arkansas State Medical Board upon the request of:  (1) An affected applicant for licensure; or  (2) The person holding the license subject to revocation.    (b) The board may consider the following circumstances when considering a waiver, including, but not limited to:  (1) The age at which the crime was committed;  (2) The circumstances surrounding the crime;  (3) The length of time since the crime;  (4) Subsequent work history;  (5) Employment references;  (6) Character references; and  (7) Other evidence demonstrating that the applicant does not pose a threat to the health or safety to the public.
AR Code § 17-95-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Arkansas State Medical Board|§ 17-95-309. Background records sealed

 (a) Any background record received by the Arkansas State Medical Board from the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall not be available for examination except by:  (1) An affected applicant for licensure or his or her authorized representative; or  (2) A person whose license is subject to revocation or his or her authorized representative.    (b) No record, file, or document shall be removed from the custody of the Department of Arkansas State Police.
AR Code § 17-95-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 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.
AR Code § 17-95-402 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-402. Penalties — Injunction

 (a)  (1) Every person who practices or attempts to practice medicine in any of its branches or who performs or attempts to perform any surgical operation for any person or upon any person within this state without first having complied 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., shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor.  (2) Upon conviction he or she shall be punished by a fine of not less than two hundred fifty dollars ($250) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment in the county jail for a period of not less than one (1) month nor more than eleven (11) months, or by both fine and imprisonment. Each day of such a practice shall constitute a separate offense.    (b) The courts of record of this state having general equity jurisdiction are vested with jurisdiction and power to enjoin the unlawful practice of medicine in a proceeding by the Arkansas State Medical Board or any member thereof, or by any citizen of this state, in the county in which the alleged unlawful practice occurred or in which the defendant resides. The issuance of an injunction shall not relieve a person from criminal prosecution for violation of the provisions of the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., but the remedy of injunction shall be in addition to liability to criminal prosecution.  (c) It is declared that any person who practices or attempts to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas without first obtaining a license authorizing him or her to so practice medicine is a public nuisance, and it is declared that the illegal practice of medicine in violation of the laws of the State of Arkansas is a public nuisance and is detrimental to the health, safety, security, and welfare of the people of the State of Arkansas.
AR Code § 17-95-404 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-404. Examinations

 (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board by and through its rules will approve and designate the examinations to be given to those individuals who desire a license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas. The board will further set forth the standards by rule for successful completion of the examination for licensure.  (b) Examinations for a license to practice medicine shall be held not fewer than one (1) time in each year at such times and places as may be specified by the board.  (c) If in the opinion of the board the applicant possesses the necessary qualifications, the board shall issue to him or her a certificate.  (d) If an applicant fails to meet the minimum grade requirements in his or her examination, he or she may be reexamined upon a filing of a new application and the payment of a required fee.
AR Code § 17-95-405 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-405. Credentials

 (a) A legally licensed physician and surgeon who has been issued a license to practice medicine in another state where the requirements for licensure are equal to those established by the State of Arkansas may be permitted by the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice his or her profession in this state without taking an examination upon payment of a fee as provided in § 17-95-411.  (b) The issuance of a license by credentials by the board shall be at the sole discretion of the board, and the board may provide such rules governing such an admission as may be deemed necessary by or desirable to the board.
AR Code § 17-95-406 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-406. Temporary permits

 (a) In cases of emergency and to prevent hardship, the Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board may issue a temporary permit to practice medicine upon payment of the fee required for applicants after satisfying himself or herself that the applicant has all the qualifications and meets all the requirements of the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq. A temporary permit shall be valid only until the next meeting of the Arkansas State Medical Board and shall expire at that time.  (b)  (1) The board shall issue a temporary permit to practice medicine to any medical doctor licensed and qualified to practice medicine in the Philippines, a former possession of the United States, provided that the temporary permit issued shall authorize the person to practice medicine in this state only under the supervision of a duly licensed and qualified physician in this state.  (2) The temporary permit shall be for a period of not more than two (2) years. If at the end of the two (2) years the person to whom a temporary permit has been issued has not met the qualifications and has not passed the prescribed examinations for licensure to practice medicine in this state as provided in the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., it shall be unlawful for the board to grant an extension of or to issue a new temporary permit to that person.  (3) Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit the board from suspending or revoking the temporary permit of any person to whom a temporary permit is issued under the provisions of this subsection on any grounds which by law and rule would be grounds to revoke or suspend the license of a person licensed to practice medicine in this state, or for such periods of time as the person to whom the temporary permit is issued is not under the supervision of a licensed and qualified physician in this state.  (4) As used in this subsection, a person shall be deemed to be under the supervision of a licensed and qualified physician of this state when the physician shall notify the board in writing of his or her supervision of the medical practice of the person to whom the temporary permit is issued. It shall not be necessary that the person practice medicine out of the same office or in the same city or town in which the supervisory physician practices or resides.
AR Code § 17-95-408 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-408. Annual registration

 (a) The annual license or reregistration fee of a physician licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas shall be paid before or during the birth month of the license holder beginning in 1998, and each year thereafter. During the implementation year of 1998, fees shall be prorated.  (b) Failure to pay the annual reregistration fee as provided in this section by the last day of the birth month of the license holder shall cause the license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas of any person so failing to pay the reregistration fee to expire automatically.  (c) Any delinquent licentiate may be reinstated by paying all delinquent fees and a penalty of fifty dollars ($50.00) for each year or part thereof that he or she has been delinquent.  (d)  (1) If any licentiate fails for three (3) consecutive years to pay the reregistration fee, it shall be the duty of the board, without hearing or notice, to cancel and revoke his or her license, subject to reinstatement.  (2) If application for reinstatement is made, the board shall consider the professional qualifications of the applicant upon notice and hearing before ordering reinstatement. Unless such a showing shall thereupon be made to the board as would entitle the applicant to the issuance of an original license, reinstatement shall be denied.  (3) The applicant for reinstatement shall file a written application and pay the same fees required for the issuance of an original license.    (e) Any person practicing his or her profession while his or her license is suspended or after it has been canceled pursuant to this section shall be subject to the penalties prescribed by law.
AR Code § 17-95-411 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-411. Fees

 The Arkansas State Medical Board shall charge the following fees:   (1)  (A) For application for license by examination or by credentials, four hundred dollars ($400).  (B) If it is determined by the board that the credentials of the applicant are insufficient or the applicant withdraws his or her application before taking the examination, the board may return such portion of the fee as allowed by the rules of the board;    (2) For a temporary license or permit, fifty dollars ($50.00) for each six-month period;  (3) For certification of licentiate to another state, fifteen dollars ($15.00); and  (4)  (A)  (i) For annual license or reregistration fee, seventy dollars ($70.00).  (ii) Except as provided in subdivision (4)(C) of this section, an annual license or reregistration fee is to be imposed upon each physician who holds a license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas.    (B) The annual license or reregistration fee may be changed by the board provided that the amount shall be fixed by the board not less than sixty (60) days in advance of January 1 of each year.  (C) The board shall waive the annual license or reregistration fee of a physician who:  (i) Holds a license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas; and  (ii) Is an active-duty member of the military.
AR Code § 17-95-412 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-412. Academic licenses

 (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board may issue an academic license to practice medicine to any physician who meets:  (1) The qualifications and requirements set forth in the rules of the Arkansas State Medical Board; and  (2) The conditions and requirements set forth in subsection (b) of this section.    (b)  (1) The physician shall:  (A) Submit an application to the Arkansas State Medical Board;  (B) Provide information the Arkansas State Medical Board by rule may require;  (C) Pay a licensure fee that the Arkansas State Medical Board may set by rule to cover the costs of administering the Alternative to Discipline Program; and  (D) Be serving as a faculty member in the State of Arkansas under the supervision of a faculty member licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board at an academic medical program accredited by the Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association operated in the State of Arkansas and established by and under the control of a medical school located in the State of Arkansas and accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or approved by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to seek accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.    (2) The academic license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas shall authorize the practice of medicine only within the clinical and educational programs in the State of Arkansas that are established and administered by a medical school located in the State of Arkansas and accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education or approved by the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to seek accreditation by an accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of Education.    (c)  (1) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall issue each academic license for a period of one (1) year.  (2) At the end of the one (1) year, the academic license shall lapse, and the physician shall make an additional application to the Arkansas State Medical Board if the physician desires to continue the practice of medicine under the academic license.  (3) At the end of the second year of practice with an academic license, the physician is eligible for an active, unrestricted license to practice medicine in the state.    (d) A physician who obtains an academic license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas shall comply with the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., and all rules of the Arkansas State Medical Board.
AR Code § 17-95-413 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 4 - Arkansas Medical Practices Act — Licensing|§ 17-95-413. Nonparticipation in maintenance of licensure or maintenance of certification — Definitions

 (a) As used in this section:  (1) “Maintenance of certification” means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other activities to maintain specialty medical certification; and  (2) “Specialty medical board certification” means a certification by a board that:  (A) Specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine; and  (B) Typically requires examinations that are in addition to the requirements of the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine.      (b) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall not require any form of specialty medical board recertification or any maintenance of certification to practice medicine in this state.
AR Code § 17-95-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 5 - Critical Medical Shortage Areas|§ 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.
AR Code § 17-95-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 5 - Critical Medical Shortage Areas|§ 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.
AR Code § 17-95-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 5 - Critical Medical Shortage Areas|§ 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.
AR Code § 17-95-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 5 - Critical Medical Shortage Areas|§ 17-95-504. Remedial training

 (a) A temporary license may be granted to an eligible physician for not more than three (3) twelve-month terms.  (b)  (1) If after that time the physician has not satisfactorily passed the examination for licensure, the Arkansas State Medical Board, in collaboration with the Dean of the College of Medicine of the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences, shall review the physician's performance and areas of deficiency on the examination for licensure and shall prescribe a plan of remedial training for the physician.  (2) The physician must carry out the prescribed plan before being eligible for either a regular license based on successful passage of the examination for licensure or another period of temporary licensure under the same provisions and requirements as were originally applied for his or her temporary license under the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-95-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 5 - Critical Medical Shortage Areas|§ 17-95-505. Nonliability of board

 In the application of the authorities and provisions of this subchapter, the Arkansas State Medical Board, either individually or collectively, and the Executive Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board, when acting on behalf of the board, are not liable for civil damages from claims pertaining to the administration of the provisions of this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-95-701 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 7 - Treatment of Chronic Intractable Pain|§ 17-95-701. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Chronic Intractable Pain Treatment Act”.