Arkansas Administrative Code › Agency 239 - Department of Health › Division 02 - State Medical Board › Rule 239.02.23-004 - Rule 28 - Educational Licenses

Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 6, June, 2024
RULE
			 28 ACADEMIC LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Pursuant to Act 497 of the 85th
				General Assembly of the Regular Session of 2005 and amended by Act 701 of 2019,
				the Arkansas State Medical Board is empowered to issue an academic license to
				applicants who meet the following requirements:
1. Be 21 years of age.
2. Be of good moral character.
3. Submit a completed application to the
			 Board.
4. Submit a $400.00
			 application fee and a $100.00 licensure-processing fee.
5. Be serving as a faculty member in the
			 State of Arkansas under the supervision of a faculty member licensed by the
			 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.
6. The academic license
			 to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas shall authorize the practice of
			 medicine only within the clinical and academic 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.
7. Appear personally before the Arkansas
			 State Medical Board together with the sponsoring supervising faculty member
			 physician.
8. Present to the Board
			 such information as to what department he or she will be practicing medicine
			 and who will be his/her supervisor.
9. Said academic license will authorize the
			 licensee to practice medicine only within the clinical and academic programs
			 established and administered by the accredited medical school.
10. The Arkansas State Medical Board shall
			 issue each academic license for a period of one (1) year.
11. At the end of one (1) year, the academic
			 license issued to a licensee shall lapse and if the physician desires to
			 continue the practice of medicine under the academic license shall:
1. Submit a completed application to the
			 Arkansas State Medical Board providing such information as the Board
			 requests.
2. Pay a renewal fee of
			 $220.00.
3. If requested, appear in
			 person before the Board, together with the supervising faculty physician of the
			 clinical or educational academic program wherein the applicant will be
			 practicing medicine in the State of Arkansas.
12. 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.
13. 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.