Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses

(1) If a law enforcement agency desires to sell property forfeited to it under § 17-50-404, the law enforcement agency shall:(1) Publish at least two (2) times a week for two (2) consecutive weeks in a newspaper having general circulation in the county notice of the sale, includi…

(a) The proceeds of any sale under § 17-50-406 shall be applied as follows:(1) To payment of the balance due on any lien preserved by the court in the forfeiture proceedings;(2) To payment of the costs incurred by the seizing agency in connection with the storage, maintenance, se…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Community public water system” means any public water system which serves at least fifteen (15) connections or twenty-five (25) persons who are year-round residents;(2) “Drinking Water Operator Certification Program” means those activities conduct…

(a) (1) Any person or persons representing a firm, corporation, municipality, or other political authority who violate any of the provisions of this chapter shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, upon conviction thereof, shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dol…

(a) The State Board of Health shall have the authority to:(1) Adopt rules in accordance with this chapter as may be necessary for the administration and enforcement of this chapter;(2) Set fees to cover the cost of the administration of this chapter;(3) Revoke a water system oper…

(a) (1) There is created the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee to consist of seven (7) members to be appointed by the State Board of Health.(2) One (1) shall be a member of the staff of the Engineering Section of the Department of Health who shall be a regi…

(1) The duties of the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee shall be as follows:(1) To assist the Department of Health in examining applicants for water system operator licenses;(2) To advise the department as to the fitness of the applicant for licensing and c…

(a) The State Board of Health shall have the authority to:(1) Set fees to cover only the cost of the administration of this chapter; and(2) Establish fees for:(A) Examination;(B) Licensing;(C) Renewal of license;(D) Penalty for late renewal;(E) Evaluation for reciprocity; and(F) …

(a) In order to safeguard the public health, all water system operators of community and certain noncommunity public water systems from which water is sold, distributed, or otherwise offered for human consumption, whether such water systems are publicly or privately owned and ope…

(a) Water system operators shall be licensed in appropriate grades according to responsibilities and in accordance with classifications designated by the State Board of Health which consider both the population served and the level of treatment required to produce an acceptable q…

(a) The Department of Health shall license and certify all applicants for licenses under this chapter who satisfy the requirements of the chapter. Licenses shall be granted according to classifications set forth by the State Board of Health. (b) In an emergency, the department at…

(a) Licenses shall be valid for a period of two (2) years and shall be renewable by the Department of Health upon application without examination, provided that the applicant is in good standing. (b) The licensee, in order to remain in good standing, shall demonstrate his or her …

(a) The Department of Health shall suspend the license of a water system operator for cause. (b) The suspension shall remain in effect until the case can be reviewed by the Drinking Water Advisory and Operator Licensing Committee, where the licensee shall have the opportunity to …

This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Home Inspectors Registration Act”.

(a) It is the intent of the General Assembly in enacting this subchapter:(1) To assure that consumers of home inspection services can rely upon the competence of home inspectors as determined by educational and testing requirements;(2) That in ascertaining the degree of care that…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Applicant” means a person who is applying for registration or renewal of registration under this subchapter;(2) “Client” means a person who engages the services of a home inspector for the purpose of obtaining inspection of and a written report…

(1) The State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors may:(1) Perform the duties and functions appropriate and necessary to carry out the provisions of this subchapter;(2) Review, approve, or reject registration applications and issue registration certificates to ap…

(a) As part of an investigation or as a condition of renewal, the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors may require a home inspector to submit in writing home inspection reports and other documents to be reviewed by the board. (b) Requests by the board for c…

(a) Disciplinary hearings conducted by the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors for the purpose of determining whether to levy civil penalties under this subchapter and for the purpose of determining whether to revoke or suspend any registration, license, o…

(a) (1) It is unlawful for any person not registered under this subchapter to perform any act for which registration is required.(2) Any person acting as a home inspector within the meaning of this subchapter without a home inspector certificate of registration and any person who…

(a) The State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors shall implement requirements for home inspectors to successfully complete continuing education annually as a condition to registration renewal. (b) The board shall:(1) Review the curriculum of continuing educatio…

(a) (1) The Director of the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors shall be the custodian of permanent, official, home inspector registration files.(2) The director shall maintain the permanent records of the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home I…

(a) There is created in the State Treasury a fund to be known as the “State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors Fund”. (b) All funds, fees, charges, costs, and collections accruing to or collected under the provisions of this subchapter shall be deposited into t…

(a) (1) The Director of the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors shall receive, disburse, and account for all income paid to or received by the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors.(2) The director shall institute a system of books an…

(a) No person shall advertise as a home inspector or undertake or attempt to undertake the conduct of a home inspection in this state without first having complied with this subchapter. (b) No person who is registered under one (1) name as provided in this subchapter shall engage…

(a) Any person applying for registration or renewal of registration as a home inspector shall submit to the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors:(1) An application upon a form to be prescribed by the board;(2) A current certificate of insurance issued by an…

(a) (1) The State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors may set registration and renewal fees not to exceed three hundred dollars ($300) per year.(2) The board shall notify the Secretary of the Department of Labor and Licensing of the registration fee for the next…

(a) (1) Certificates of registration shall be issued by the State Board of Appraisers, Abstracters, and Home Inspectors to an applicant after compliance with the registration or renewal requirements of this subchapter.(2) Certificates of registration shall be consecutively number…

(a) (1) A home inspector is required to carry a professional liability insurance policy or an errors and omissions insurance policy approved by the State Insurance Department for the home inspections performed by the home inspector.(2) Coverage limits shall be not less than one h…

(a) It is the duty of all home inspectors doing business in the state to conduct home inspections with the degree of care that a reasonably prudent home inspector would exercise. (b) All home inspections conducted for compensation in this state shall be conducted according to the…

Any cause of action to recover damages suffered by a consumer as a result of any act or omission of a home inspector relating to a home inspection report must be commenced within one (1) year from the date the home inspection report is completed.

(a) It is an unfair business practice for a home inspector, a company that employs the home inspector, or a company that has a financial interest in a company employing a home inspector to do any of the following:(1) Perform or offer to perform for an additional fee any repairs t…

(a) A person who by virtue of his or her employment by a public entity does home inspection work for that agency shall not be required to be registered under this subchapter if the home inspections are conducted:(1) Solely for the benefit of that entity; and(2) For no compensatio…

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Health Educator Practice Act”.

It is the purpose of this chapter to protect the health, safety, and welfare of the public by providing for the certification and regulation of persons engaged in the practice of health education who hold themselves under the title of certified health education specialist or cert…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Certified health education specialist” or “CHES” means a person certified by the National Commission for Health Education Credentialing, Inc., and concurrently certified under this chapter to engage in the practice of health education in this stat…

(1) The following acts shall constitute violations of this chapter:(1) Representing oneself to be a certified health education specialist or a certified professional health educator or using the letters CHES or CPHE or any facsimile thereof, or under such title or descriptions of…

Any person who violates this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(a) This chapter shall not be construed to limit the professional pursuits of:(1) A health educator serving in the United States Armed Forces or the United States Public Health Service or employed by the United States Department of Veterans Affairs, provided that the person's pra…

(a) A person employed as an electrical inspector in the State of Arkansas shall hold an electrical inspector license issued by the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas. (b) (1) A person shall apply for licensure as an electrical inspector on a form approved by t…

(a) (1) Licensure as an electrical inspector does not qualify a person to act as an electrician under § 17-28-101 et seq.(2) (A) This chapter shall not require an individual to hold a license before doing electrical work on his or her primary residence except as otherwise require…

A.C.A. § 17-55-103Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

All funds received by the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas under this chapter shall be deposited as special revenues into the State Treasury to the credit of the Department of Labor and Licensing Special Fund, there to be used by the Department of Labor and …

(a) The Department of Labor and Licensing may charge fees for continuing education classes that it conducts or sponsors for electrical inspectors. (b) Fees under subsection (a) of this section shall be established by rule of the Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkan…

The Board of Electrical Examiners of the State of Arkansas may promulgate rules necessary to implement this chapter.

(a) (1) The Director of the Arkansas State Medical Board and the Director of the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners shall file with the Secretary of State within one (1) week of the issuance of a license:(A) The name of the person licensed;(B) The date of license;(C) …

(a) (1) The licensing and disciplining boards of the professions of the healing arts provided in this subtitle shall have the power to issue subpoenas and bring before the board as a witness any person in this state.(2) The secretary or the investigative officer of the board shal…

A member of a board or any individual acting on behalf of the board of any profession or occupation classified under the laws of the State of Arkansas as a profession of the healing arts, including an expert witness testifying or offering opinions, or both, regarding an administr…

(a) The regulatory boards of the professions or occupations classified by the laws of the State of Arkansas as professions of the healing arts and for whom the General Assembly has heretofore established regulatory boards empowered to license persons who practice under conditions…

(a) The State of Arkansas hereby elects the early options in the provision provided in the Health Care Quality Improvement Act of 1986, for all healthcare entities subject to that act. (b) This section and powers granted shall be liberally and broadly construed so as to effectuat…