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AR Code § 17-95-702 (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|§ 17-95-702. Findings

 The General Assembly finds that:   (1) Pain management plays an important role in good medical practice;  (2) Physicians should recognize the need to make pain relief accessible to all patients with chronic intractable pain; and  (3) Physicians should view pain management as a regular part of their medical practice for all patients with chronic intractable pain.
AR Code § 17-95-703 (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|§ 17-95-703. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1) “Chronic intractable pain” means a pain state for which the cause of the pain cannot be removed or otherwise treated and for which no relief or cure has been found after reasonable efforts by a physician;  (2)  (A) “Dangerous or controlled drugs” means drugs used for pain relief, including, but not limited to:  (i) Opioids; and  (ii) Other drugs classified under Schedule II, III, IV, or V by the United States Food and Drug Administration.    (B) “Dangerous or controlled drugs” does not include any substance the prescription of which is illegal under federal law;    (3) “Disciplinary action” means any remedial or punitive sanctions imposed on a licensed physician by the Arkansas State Medical Board;  (4) “Patient” means a person seeking medical diagnosis and treatment; and  (5) “Physician” means a licensee of the board.
AR Code § 17-95-705 (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|§ 17-95-705. Pain Management Review Committee — Membership — Duties

 (a) There is created the Pain Management Review Committee, appointed by the Arkansas State Medical Board.  (b) The committee shall consist of five (5) members who are full-time active physicians in direct patient care, two (2) of whom may be board-certified pain management specialists and three (3) of whom may be physicians with significant pain management in their practices or with a degree in pharmacy, appointed by the board from a list provided by the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association, the Arkansas Medical Society, Inc., and the Arkansas Pain Society.  (c) The committee shall:  (1) Have committee representation from the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association, the Arkansas Medical Society, Inc., and the Arkansas Pain Society to develop guidelines for investigations of complaints regarding conduct in violation of this subchapter;  (2) Review complaints on an individual patient-needs basis regarding physicians treating chronic intractable pain in violation of this subchapter; and  (3)  (A) Provide an objective critique to the board for board determination in a timely manner and if so determined, before the board's disciplinary hearing.  (B) In order to ensure a fair, impartial, and objective board hearing, no board member shall be:  (i) Present while the committee reviews allegations of improper prescribing; or  (ii) Involved in any way in the committee's deliberations.
AR Code § 17-95-706 (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|§ 17-95-706. Scope

 This subchapter does not condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing or euthanasia, and no treatment authorized by this subchapter may be used for mercy killing or euthanasia.
AR Code § 17-95-707 (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|§ 17-95-707. Immunity — Criminal prosecution

 No physician shall be subject to criminal prosecution for prescribing or administering controlled substances under appropriate criteria in the course of treatment of a person for chronic intractable pain.
AR Code § 17-95-801 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 8 - Physician Assistant Committee|§ 17-95-801. Physician Assistant Committee — Members

 (a)  (1) The Physician Assistant Committee is created with the Arkansas State Medical Board.  (2) The committee shall consist of five (5) members as follows:  (A) Three (3) members who shall be members of the board; and  (B) Two (2) physician assistant members selected by the board from a list of physician assistants nominated by the Arkansas Academy of Physician Assistants, Inc.      (b)  (1)  (A) Committee members who are physician assistants shall serve three-year terms.  (B) Committee members who are physician assistants shall not serve more than two (2) consecutive terms.    (2) A physician assistant committee member shall serve until a successor is appointed by the board.  (3) If a vacancy occurs among the committee members who are physician assistants, the board shall appoint a new member from a list of three (3) physician assistants nominated by the Arkansas Academy of Physician Assistants, Inc. to fill the vacancy.    (c)  (1) The committee shall elect a chair with powers and duties the committee shall fix.  (2) The Chair of the Arkansas State Medical Board shall serve a two-year term.  (3) A chair may be elected for no more than two (2) consecutive terms.    (d)  (1) A quorum of the committee shall be three (3) members.  (2) The committee shall hold a meeting at least quarterly and at other times the committee considers advisable to review applications for licensure or renewal and for approval of the protocol between the physician assistant and the supervising physician.    (e)  (1) The committee members who are physician assistants shall serve without remuneration.  (2) However, if funds are available, the committee members who are physician assistants may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with §§ 25-16-902 and 25-16-903, as follows:  (A) Their actual expenses while attending regular and special meetings of the committee; and  (B) A per diem allowance when in attendance at regular or special meetings of the committee.      (f) The members of the committee who are members of the board shall receive remuneration as now provided to members of the board.
AR Code § 17-95-802 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 8 - Physician Assistant Committee|§ 17-95-802. Duties of Physician Assistant Committee

 The Physician Assistant Committee shall:   (1) Review all applications for physician assistants' licensure and for renewal of physician assistants' licensure;  (2) Review protocols between a physician assistant and a supervising physician;  (3) Recommend to the Arkansas State Medical Board approval or disapproval of applications submitted under subdivision (1) of this section and of protocols reviewed under subdivision (2) of this section; and  (4) Recommend the approval, disapproval, or modification of the application for prescriptive privileges for a physician assistant.
AR Code § 17-95-901 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-901. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act”.
AR Code § 17-95-902 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-902. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Graduate registered physician” means an individual who:  (i) Is a resident of Arkansas who has graduated from an accredited allopathic medical school or osteopathic medical school and is not currently enrolled in an accredited graduate medical education training program; or  (ii) Is a citizen of the United States or a legal resident alien who has graduated from an accredited Arkansas allopathic medical school or Arkansas osteopathic medical school and is not currently enrolled in an accredited graduate medical education training program.    (B) The graduate registered physician is a dependent medical practitioner who:  (i) Only provides healthcare services under the supervision of a physician; and  (ii) Works under a physician-drafted protocol approved by the Arkansas State Medical Board, which describes how the graduate registered physician and the physician will work together and practice guidelines required by the supervising physician;      (2) “Medical school” means a school as defined by the board;  (3) “Resident of Arkansas” means a natural person who provides evidence deemed sufficient to the board that the person uses an Arkansas residence address for federal or state tax purposes;  (4) “Supervising physician” means a physician licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., who has agreed to practice in consultation with a graduate registered physician and who is board eligible in his or her specialty; and  (5)  (A) “Supervision” means overseeing the activities of and accepting responsibility for the medical services rendered by a graduate registered physician.  (B) Supervision of each graduate registered physician by a physician or physicians shall be continuous.
AR Code § 17-95-903 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-903. Qualifications for licensure

 (a) Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter, an individual shall be licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board before the individual may practice as a graduate registered physician.  (b) The board may grant a license as a graduate registered physician to an applicant who:  (1) Submits an application on forms approved by the board;  (2) Pays the appropriate fees as determined by the board;  (3) Has successfully completed Step 1 and Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination, Comprehensive Osteopathic Medical Licensing Examination, or the equivalent of both steps of a board-approved medical licensing examination within the two-year period immediately preceding application for licensure as a graduate registered physician, but not more than two (2) years after graduation from a medical school, an allopathic medical college, or an osteopathic medical college;  (4) Has not completed an approved postgraduate residency but has successfully completed Step 2 of the United States Medical Licensing Examination or the equivalent of Step 2 from a board-approved medical licensing examination within the two-year period immediately preceding application for licensure as a graduate registered physician;  (5) Has no licensure, certification, or registration under current discipline, revocation, suspension, or probation for cause resulting from the applicant's medical practice, unless the board considers the conditions and agrees to licensure;  (6) Enters into a physician-drafted protocol within six (6) months of initial licensure; and  (7) [Repealed.]  (8) Submits to the board any other information that the board deems necessary to evaluate the applicant's qualifications.
AR Code § 17-95-904 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-904. Renewal

 (a) Upon notification from the Arkansas State Medical Board, an individual who holds a license as a graduate registered physician in this state shall renew the license by:  (1) Submitting the appropriate fee as determined by the board;  (2) Completing the appropriate renewal forms;  (3) Submitting verification of actual practice under a physician-drafted protocol during the immediately preceding licensure period; and  (4) Meeting other requirements set by the board.    (b) The board shall determine the renewal period.
AR Code § 17-95-905 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-905. Scope of authority

 (a)  (1) A graduate registered physician may provide healthcare services with physician supervision.  (2) The supervising physician shall be identified on all prescriptions and orders.  (3) A graduate registered physician may perform those duties and responsibilities, including the prescribing, ordering, and administering of drugs and medical devices that are delegated by his or her supervising physician.    (b) A graduate registered physician shall be considered the agent of his or her supervising physician in the performance of all practice-related activities, including, but not limited to, the ordering of diagnostic, therapeutic, and other medical services.  (c) A graduate registered physician may perform healthcare services in a setting authorized by the supervising physician in accordance with any applicable facility policy.
AR Code § 17-95-906 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-906. Prescriptive authority

 (a)  (1) A physician who is supervising a graduate registered physician may delegate prescriptive authority to a graduate registered physician to include prescribing, ordering, and administering Schedules III-V controlled substances as described in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., and 21 C.F.R. Part 1300, all legend drugs, and all nonschedule prescription medications and medical devices.  (2) All prescriptions and orders issued by a graduate registered physician also shall identify his or her supervising physician.    (b) A graduate registered physician's level of prescriptive authority shall not exceed the authority of the supervising physician.  (c) A graduate registered physician who prescribes controlled substances shall register with the United States Drug Enforcement Administration as part of the United States Drug Enforcement Administration's Mid-Level Practitioner Registry, 21 C.F.R. Part 1300, 58 F.R. 31171-31175, and the Controlled Substances Act, 21 U.S.C. § 801 et seq.
AR Code § 17-95-907 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-907. Supervision

 (a) Supervision of a graduate registered physician shall be continuous and require the physical presence of the supervising physician at the place that the services are rendered.  (b) Each team of physicians and graduate registered physicians has an obligation to ensure that:  (1) The graduate registered physician's scope of practice is identified;  (2) The delegation of a medical task is appropriate to the graduate registered physician's level of competence;  (3) The relationship and access to the supervising physician are defined; and  (4) A process of evaluation of the graduate registered physician's performance is established.    (c) The graduate registered physician and supervising physician may designate back-up physicians who agree to supervise the graduate registered physician during the absence of the supervising physician.  (d) A physician who desires to supervise a graduate registered physician shall:  (1) Be licensed in this state;  (2) Notify the Arkansas State Medical Board of his or her intent to supervise a graduate registered physician;  (3) Submit a statement to the board that he or she will exercise supervision over the graduate registered physician in accordance with rules adopted by the board; and  (4) Limit supervision to no more than two (2) graduate registered physicians per supervising physician.
AR Code § 17-95-908 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-908. Notification of intent to practice

 (a)  (1) Before initiating practice, a graduate registered physician licensed in this state must submit on forms approved by the Arkansas State Medical Board notification of an intent to practice.  (2) The notification shall include:  (A) The name, business address, email address, and telephone number of the supervising physician; and  (B) The name, business address, and telephone number of the graduate registered physician.      (b) A graduate registered physician shall notify the board of any changes or additions in supervising physicians within ten (10) calendar days.
AR Code § 17-95-909 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-909. Exclusions of limitations of employment

 This subchapter does not limit the employment arrangement of a graduate registered physician licensed under this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-95-910 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-910. Violation

 Following the exercise of due process, the Arkansas State Medical Board may discipline a graduate registered physician who:   (1) Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts to obtain a license;  (2) Fraudulently or deceptively uses a license;  (3) Violates any provision of this subchapter or any rules adopted by the board pertaining to this chapter;  (4) Is convicted of a felony listed under § 17-3-102;  (5) Is a habitual user of intoxicants or drugs to the extent that he or she is unable to safely perform as a graduate registered physician; or  (6) Has been adjudicated as mentally incompetent or has a mental condition that renders him or her unable to safely perform as a graduate registered physician.
AR Code § 17-95-911 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-911. Disciplinary authority

 Upon finding that a graduate registered physician has committed an offense described in § 17-95-910, the Arkansas State Medical Board may:   (1) Refuse to grant a license;  (2) Administer a public or private reprimand;  (3) Revoke, suspend, limit, or otherwise restrict a license;  (4) Require a graduate registered physician to submit to the care, counseling, or treatment of a physician or physicians designated by the board;  (5) Suspend enforcement of its finding and place the graduate registered physician on probation with right to vacate the probationary order for noncompliance; or  (6) Restore or reissue, at its discretion, a license and impose any disciplinary or corrective measure that may have been imposed previously.
AR Code § 17-95-912 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-912. Title and practice protection

 An individual who is not licensed under this subchapter is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and is subject to penalties applicable to the unlicensed practice of medicine if he or she:   (1) Holds himself or herself out as a graduate registered physician; or  (2) Uses any combination or abbreviation of the term “graduate registered physician” to indicate or imply that he or she is a graduate registered physician.
AR Code § 17-95-913 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-913. Identification requirements

 A graduate registered physician licensed under this subchapter shall keep his or her license available for inspection at his or her primary place of business, and when engaged in professional activities, a graduate registered physician shall wear a name tag identifying himself or herself as a graduate registered physician, and immediately below the licensure of degree, information in equal size or larger lettering.
AR Code § 17-95-914 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-914. Rulemaking authority

 The Arkansas State Medical Board shall promulgate rules that are reasonable and necessary to implement this subchapter.
AR Code § 17-95-915 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-915. “Good Samaritan” provision

 A graduate registered physician shall be subject to the “Good Samaritan” provisions embodied in § 17-95-101.
AR Code § 17-95-916 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-916. Patient care orders

 (a) Patient care orders generated by a graduate registered physician shall be construed as having the same medical, health, and legal force and effect as if the orders were generated by his or her supervising physician, provided that the supervising physician's name is identified in the patient care order.  (b) The orders shall be complied with and carried out as if the orders had been issued by the graduate registered physician's supervising physician.
AR Code § 17-95-917 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Graduate Registered Physician Act|§ 17-95-917. Medical malpractice — Professional and legal liability for actions

 A graduate registered physician shall be covered under the provisions regarding medical malpractice and legal liability as they apply to his or her supervising physician as embodied in §§ 16-114-201 — 16-114-203 and 16-114-205 — 16-114-209.
AR Code § 17-95-1001 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses|Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions|Chapter 95 - Physicians and Surgeons|Subchapter 10 - Surgical Technologists|§ 17-95-1001. Title

 This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Surgical Technologists Act”.