Title 17, Professions, Occupations, and Businesses

(a) (1) The State Board of Health is authorized to:(A) (i) Incur whatever expenses the board may deem necessary or expedient in performing the board's duties under the provisions of this chapter.(ii) The board, pursuant to the administration of the Department of Health, may emplo…

(a) Other than a licensed practitioner, radiologic technologist, licensed technologist, or limited licensed technologist, no person shall use radioactive materials or medical equipment emitting or detecting ionizing radiation on human beings for diagnostic or therapeutic purposes…

(a) The Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee shall license any applicant who shall:(1) Make application and pay a nonrefundable fee established by the State Board of Health; and(2) Submit satisfactory evidence verified by oath or affirmation that the applicant:(A) Is qu…

(a) With the exception of those who are grandfathered under this chapter, each applicant for licensure shall be required to pass a license examination designated and approved by the State Board of Health. Standards for acceptable performance shall be established. (b) The State Bo…

(a) The Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee may issue a license to each applicant who has either successfully passed the examination or qualified under § 17-106-107(d) and (e) and has paid the prescribed fees. (b) (1) At its discretion, the committee may issue a tempor…

(a) Any license issued by the Medical Ionizing Radiation Licensure Committee may be suspended or revoked or the individual may be censured, reprimanded, or otherwise sanctioned by the committee in accordance with the provisions and procedures of this chapter if after due process …

(a) (1) Dentists, dental hygienists, registered dental assistants with the expanded duty of radiography, radiation health physicists, radiation medical physicists, chiropractic externs, bone densitometrists, and certified medical dosimetrists are excluded from this chapter.(2) An…

(a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall grant a license to practice as a radiologist assistant and a radiology practitioner assistant to a qualified applicant who complies with the rules for licensure adopted under this subchapter. (b) An individual shall not practice as a rad…

(1) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall adopt rules to:(1) Define the qualifications for licensure of a radiologist assistant or a radiology practitioner assistant;(2) (A) Define the services that may be performed by a radiologist assistant or a radiology practitioner assistan…

The Arkansas State Medical Board shall charge a licensure application fee not to exceed the administrative and disciplinary costs incurred by the board in administering the licensure program under this subchapter.

(1) If a radiologist assistant or a radiology practitioner assistant is found by the Arkansas State Medical Board to have violated the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., or the rules adopted under this subchapter, th…