Title 17, Professions, Occupations, and Businesses

(a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall hold its regular meetings on the fourth Thursday in November and the fourth Thursday in June and shall have the power to call special meetings at such times as it deems necessary. (b) It may meet at such places as a majority may agree up…

(a) There is created the Arkansas State Respiratory Care Examining Committee to assist the Arkansas State Medical Board in carrying out the provisions of this chapter. (b) The committee shall consist of five (5) members appointed by the Governor for a term of three (3) years:(1) …

(a) All fees and penalties provided for in this chapter shall be received by the Arkansas State Medical Board and shall be expended by it in furtherance of the purposes of this chapter and in accordance with the provisions of § 17-95-305. (b) The members of the Arkansas State Res…

The Arkansas State Medical Board, in cooperation with the Arkansas Society for Respiratory Care, Inc., shall develop and implement rules for continuing education.

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person to practice respiratory care or to profess to be a respiratory care practitioner or to use any initials, letters, words, abbreviations, or insignia which indicate that he or she is a respiratory care practitioner, or to practice or to assum…

(a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall register as a respiratory care practitioner and shall issue a license to:(1) Any person who satisfactorily passes the examination provided for in this chapter, and who otherwise meets the requirements for qualification contained herein a…

(a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall register as a respiratory care practitioner each applicant who provides evidence of his or her fitness for licensure under the terms of this chapter. (b) It shall issue to each person registered a license, which shall be prima facie evid…

(a) A legally licensed practitioner who has been issued a license to practice respiratory care in another state or territory whose requirements for registration and licensure were at the time of his or her registration or licensure equal to the requirements contained in this chap…

(a) In cases of emergency, the Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board may issue a temporary permit without examination to practice respiratory care to persons who are not licensed in other states, but who otherwise meet the qualifications for licensure set out in this chapt…

(a) (1) A license or reregistration fee not to exceed fifty dollars ($50.00) shall be paid to the Arkansas State Medical Board by each respiratory care practitioner who holds a license to practice respiratory care in the State of Arkansas.(2) The reregistration fee shall be paid …

(1) The Arkansas State Medical Board, after due notice and hearing, may revoke, suspend, or refuse to renew any license or permit or place on probation or otherwise reprimand a licensee or permit holder or deny a license to an applicant who:(1) Is habitually drunk or who is addic…

(a) The procedure on all refusals, revocations, and suspensions of registration shall be prescribed by the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq. (b) (1) Any person may file a complaint with the Arkansas State Medical Boa…

(a) A legally licensed practitioner who has been issued a license to practice respiratory care in another state or territory whose requirements for licensure were equal at the time of his or her licensure to the requirements contained in this chapter may be licensed by the Arkans…

(1) A qualified medical director shall:(1) Be readily available to respiratory care practitioners employed by or providing services for the organization he or she directs; and(2) Establish a policy that prohibits any person from ordering respiratory care for a patient, except a p…