Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
83 chapters · 2,038 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Continuing education unit” means value given for participation in organized continuing education experience under reasonable sponsorship, capable direction, and qualified instruction approved by the Arkansas …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-102 Penalties
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Any person who violates any provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction shall be punished by a fine of not less than fifty dollars ($50.00) nor more than two hundred dollars ($200) or by imprisonment not exceeding three (3) months, or by both f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-201 Creation — Members
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(a) (1) There is created the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians to consist of six (6) members who shall be appointed by the Governor, subject to confirmation by the Senate.(2) (A) Five (5) members shall be sanitarians who have been residents in the State of Arkansas for at least…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-202 Organization and proceedings
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(a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall hold a meeting at least one (1) time a year and at such times as the Chair of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall appoint. (b) At the first meeting and annually thereafter, the board shall elect a chair and a secretary f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-203 Duties and powers
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(a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall have such authority as is reasonably necessary to administer this chapter. (b) The Chair of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians and the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may administer oaths and subpoena wit…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-204 Disposition of funds — Report
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(a) All fees or payments of any type collected by the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians under this chapter shall be kept in a separate fund. (b) The board shall make a report annually to the Secretary of the Department of Health, showing all receipts and disbursements of moneys…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-205 Operating expenses
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The operating expenses of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall be paid solely from cash funds of the board, and no funds shall be used either directly or indirectly from general revenues for such support.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-206 Board seminars or workshops — Travel expenses
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The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may authorize payments to be made to each registered sanitarian as partial reimbursement for actual travel expenses incurred, but not to exceed the amounts authorized for state employees for such expenses and not otherwise reimbursed, in at…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-207 Transfer of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians
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(a) (1) Effective July 1, 2013, the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians is transferred to the Department of Health and shall be administered by the Secretary of the Department of Health.(2) All authority, powers, duties, functions, records, authorized positions, property, unexpen…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-301 Certificate required
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(a) No person shall offer his or her service as a registered sanitarian or use, assume, or advertise in any way any title or description tending to convey the impression that he or she is a registered sanitarian unless he or she is the holder of a current certificate of registrat…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-302 Examination — Scope
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(a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall hold examinations to test the fitness of applicants for registration at such times and places within this state as the board shall determine, but shall hold at least one (1) examination every year. (b) The scope of the examination…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-303 Application for examination
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(a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall admit to examination any person who makes application to the Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians on forms prescribed and furnished by the board and pays an application fee of twenty dollars ($20.00) to defray the …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-304 Notice of time and place of examination
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The Secretary of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall give reasonable notice by mail of the time and place of examination to each applicant accepted for examination.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-305 Notice of examination results
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Within sixty (60) days after the examination is given, the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall notify by mail each person who took the examination as to whether he or she has passed or failed the examination.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-306 Issuance
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Each person who passes the examination to the satisfaction of the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall be issued a certificate of registration upon payment of a registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00).
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-307 Reciprocity
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(1) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall issue a certificate of registration without examination to any person who makes application on forms prescribed and furnished by the board, pays a registration fee of ten dollars ($10.00), and submits satisfactory proof that he or…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-308 Expiration and renewal
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(1) Each certificate of registration issued by the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians shall expire on June 30 following the date of issuance. A renewal certificate may be issued:(1) To the holder of a current certificate of registration who makes application before the expiratio…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-309 Grounds for suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew — Duty of board to hire independent investigator — Scope of investigation
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(a) The Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration upon proof that the applicant is guilty of fraud, deceit, gross negligence, incompetency, or misconduct in relation to his or her duties as a sanitarian. (b) (1) When…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-43-310 Proceedings for suspension, revocation, or refusal to renew
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(a) Before the Arkansas State Board of Sanitarians may suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a certificate of registration, it shall set the matter for a hearing before the board. (b) At least twenty (20) days before the date set for hearing, the board shall give written notice of …