Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Exercise of professional responsibilities” includes without limitation a pharmacist's or pharmacy's:(A) Discussing any aspect of a patient's medical condition, treatment alternatives, or plan options with the patient;(B) In good faith communicatin…

The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may adopt rules applicable to a pharmacy or a pharmacist licensed in another state that renders services in Arkansas that mirror qualifications, requirements, prerogatives, prohibitions, and limitations imposed by the other state on Arkansas p…

(a) When initiating therapy and administering or dispensing, or both, under a statewide protocol, a pharmacist shall:(1) Notify the primary care provider of the patient of any drug or device furnished to the patient or enter the appropriate information in a patient record system …

(a) The provisions of §§ 17-92-101, 17-92-103, 17-92-105, 17-92-205, 17-92-206, 17-92-303, 17-92-401, 17-92-402, 17-92-404, 17-92-405, 17-92-409, 17-92-410, 17-92-411, and 17-92-902 do not apply to the sale or distribution of dialysate or devices necessary to perform home periton…

(a) As used in this section, “healthcare professional” means a person who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of the practice of his or her profession. (b) A pharmacist licensed in the State of…

(1) A pharmacist who tests for conditions under § 17-92-101(18)(A)(x) shall:(1) Hold a license to practice pharmacy in this state;(2) Report a diagnosis or suspected existence of influenza to the Department of Health;(3) Furnish patient records to a healthcare practitioner design…

(a) As used in this section, “home delivery services” means providing medications from a pharmacy licensed in this state to a patient through any means other than the patient picking up the medication at the physical pharmacy location, including shipping, mailing, or delivering i…

(a) A pharmacy, pharmacist, employee of a pharmacy, or entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under ownership or control with an insurance company, health clinic, rural health center, federally qualified health center, pharmacy benefits manager, pharmaceut…

(a) This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Pharmacy Audit Bill of Rights”. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, when an audit of the records of a pharmacy is conducted by a managed-care company, an insurance company, a third-party payor, or any entity that…

(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) (A) “Audit” means a financial audit, performance audit, information technology audit, review, report of agreed-upon procedures, compilation, examination, investigation, prepayment audit, or other report or procedure regarding the practice of pha…

(a) As used in this section, “outsourcing facility of legend drugs and controlled substances” means an entity that is registered as a 503B outsourcing facility with the United States Food and Drug Administration and has a permit with the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy. (b) (1) …

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall consist of eight (8) members, appointed by the Governor for terms of six (6) years:(1) Six (6) members shall be experienced pharmacists who have been actively engaged in the practice of pharmacy for the last five (5) years immediatel…

Before entering upon the duties of the office, the members of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall take the oath prescribed by the Arkansas Constitution for state officers and shall file it in the office of the Secretary of State, who shall thereupon issue to each of the bo…

Members of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.

(a) Immediately after the appointment and qualification of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, the members shall meet and organize as the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, by electing from their own number a president and secretary. (b) (1) The board shall hold not fewer than t…

(a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall have authority to make reasonable rules, not inconsistent with law, to carry out the purposes and intentions of this chapter and the pharmacy laws of this state that the board deems necessary to preserve and protect the public he…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall issue bulletins from time to time, informing pharmacists of important United States public health regulations, service and regulatory announcements of the United States Natural Resources Conservation Service, and decisions of the Uni…

A.C.A. § 17-92-207Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may make payment to the Department of Health for services, salaries, and other purposes from the funds received by the board from issuance of licensed pharmacy permits, renewals, or certificates of licensure of licensed pharmacists, examin…

A.C.A. § 17-92-209Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) A person shall not perform any of the acts constituting the practice of pharmacy unless the person is:(1) A licensed pharmacist;(2) A student or graduate of a recognized college of pharmacy serving an internship under an internship program established and regulated by the Ark…

(a) A person shall not fill a prescription, compound medicines, or otherwise perform the function of a licensed pharmacist unless the person is:(1) An Arkansas-licensed pharmacist, except students or graduates of a recognized college of pharmacy serving an internship as provided …

Any person who shall take, use, or exhibit the title of licensed pharmacist, unless it has been regularly conferred upon him or her as set forth in §§ 17-92-306 and 17-92-309, shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be liable to a penalty of not less than five do…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall be fully advised respecting the eligibility and qualifications of all persons whom the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy admits to the examination and to whom the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy grants licensure. (b) For this purpose…

(a) Each applicant for examination as a pharmacist shall:(1) Be not less than twenty-one (21) years of age; and(2) Have:(A) Graduated and received the first professional undergraduate degree from a pharmacy degree program which has been approved by the Arkansas State Board of Pha…

Upon application and at such time and place and in such manner as it may determine, the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall examine or provide for examination every person who shall desire to practice pharmacy as described in §§ 17-92-101 and 17-92-402 in the State of Arkansas…

(a) (1) Every applicant for licensure must have experience and internship in a retail pharmacy under a licensed pharmacist, approved by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, before and after graduation and examination as the board shall deem necessary to maintain and preserve the…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, in its discretion, may license as a pharmacist, through the process of reciprocity as established by the National Association of Boards of Pharmacy, any person who is duly licensed in some other state, territory, or the District of Columb…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall register in a suitable book the names and places of residence of all persons to whom it issues certificates and the date of issuance. (b) The board shall issue an appropriate certificate to each person licensed. The certificate must …

(a) (1) (A) All retail pharmacy permits, out-of-state pharmacy permits, specialty pharmacy permits, and pharmacist licenses shall expire on December 31 of the first odd-numbered year following the date of issuance.(B) All preceptor permits shall expire on December 31 of the first…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke or suspend an existing certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit or may refuse to issue a certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit if the holder or applicant, as the case may be, has committed …

Any licensed pharmacist who shall knowingly, intentionally, and fraudulently adulterate or cause to be adulterated any drugs, chemicals, or medical preparations and offers the adulterations for sale upon conviction is guilty of a violation punishable by a fine of not less than fi…

(a) (1) Before revoking a certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit, the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall give the person ten (10) days' notice in writing to appear before the board, at the time and place as the board may direct, to show cause why his or he…

Any person whose certificate of licensure, license, or permit has been revoked by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy as provided in this chapter may appeal from the action of the board pursuant to the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.

(a) (1) Whenever the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy has authority pursuant to applicable laws to suspend, revoke, or deny any permit, license, certificate, credential, or registration or otherwise impose penalties or sanctions on the holder thereof, the board shall have the pow…

(a) (1) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may provide by rule for credentialing and approval of pharmacists to practice pharmacy services determined by the board to require a credential.(2) (A) The credentials may be issued by agencies approved by the board to pharmacists who …

(a) (1) Each applicant for a new intern or pharmacist license or a new or reinstated registration as a pharmacy technician issued by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall apply to the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police for a state and national cri…

(a) A pharmacy operating outside the state that routinely ships, mails, or delivers in any manner a dispensed legend drug into Arkansas or otherwise practices pharmacy in Arkansas shall hold a pharmacy license issued by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, and that part of the p…

(a) It shall be unlawful for any person not a licensed pharmacist within the meaning of this act to conduct any pharmacy or other facility subject to this subchapter for the purpose of retailing, compounding, dispensing medicines, or otherwise performing the practice of pharmacy …

(a) No person shall operate a pharmacy or other facility dispensing prescriptions as identified in this section or be issued a pharmacy permit or other permit issued by the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy to facilities dispensing prescriptions unless an Arkansas-licensed pharmac…

(a) No person shall conduct any pharmacy or other facility as identified in § 17-92-403 in which practitioners' prescriptions are compounded and drugs are retailed or dispensed and in which a licensed pharmacist-in-charge must be employed unless the pharmacy or other facility as …

(a) (1) Upon application, the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall issue a permit to maintain a pharmacy or other facility as described in § 17-92-403 or § 17-92-404 for the sale at retail or otherwise dispensing of drugs and medicines to such persons, firms, or corporations as…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may issue a hospital pharmacy continuity of care endorsement to a healthcare organization that is licensed as a hospital in this state and that has a hospital pharmaceutical services permit. (b) A hospital pharmacy continuity of care endor…

(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke any permit issued under this subchapter in the event the holder thereof allows any person other than an Arkansas-licensed pharmacist or those students or graduates of a college of pharmacy serving an internship to fill prescript…

The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall follow the same procedure in revoking any permits issued under this subchapter as provided for revoking certificates of licensure as set out in § 17-92-313.

There shall be kept in every pharmacy or other facility as identified in § 17-92-403 a library consisting of books, periodicals, and computer software as required by rules of the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.

(a) The proprietor shall at all times keep in his or her place of business a record book in which shall be entered all sales of the following, other than sales to physicians, dentists, veterinarians, and sales made on prescriptions of a physician, dentist, or veterinarian: arseni…

(a) Labels on original packages shall bear the label of the distributor or manufacturer, with the proper medicinal dose, if a remedy used internally. In the case of poisons, the word “POISON” shall be displayed thereon in a conspicuous manner with the antidote for a poisonous dos…

(a) A nursing home consultant pharmacist and the nursing home administrator shall be jointly responsible to ensure that a pharmacist license is posted at the facility at all times. (b) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall set by rule the standards by which the controlled an…

(1) A pharmacy, pharmacist, physician, employee, or entity that owns or controls, is owned or controlled by, or is under ownership or control with an insurance company, health clinic, hospital, rural health center, federally qualified health center, pharmacy benefits manager, pha…