Title 17 — Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
83 chapters · 2,038 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-108 Billing
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(a) Services provided by speech-language pathology support personnel which are prescribed, directed, and supervised by a speech-language pathologist licensed under this chapter may be billed to third parties as speech-language services or therapies. (b) The billings may be in the…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-201 Creation — Members
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(a) There is established the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology within the Department of Health. (b) (1) (A) The board shall be composed of seven (7) members appointed by the Governor to three-year terms.(B) The members of the board shall be residents o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-202 Powers and duties
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall administer, coordinate, and enforce the provisions of this chapter and evaluate the qualifications and supervise the examinations of applicants for licensure under this chapter. The board may issue subpoe…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-203 Organization and proceedings
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(a) (1) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall meet during the first sixty (60) days of each fiscal year to select a chair and other officers for other appropriate purposes. At least one (1) additional meeting shall be held before the end of each …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-204 Director
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology may employ and discharge, in consultation with the Secretary for the State Board of Health, a Director of the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology as may be necessary to carry out the d…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-205 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 17-100-205Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-206 Disposition of funds — Reports
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(a) All fees and other funds received by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall be deposited into a bank account in the name of the board in one (1) or more banks in this state and shall be used by the board exclusively for payment to the Departme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-207 Audiologists — Licensing
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(a) Notwithstanding § 17-84-101 et seq. or any other law to the contrary, a person who is licensed by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology under § 17-100-301 et seq. as an audiologist in this state shall not be required to be licensed by the Arkansas …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-208 Outside investigators
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(a) (1) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall contract with an outside investigator as needed to perform investigations and conduct inspections of alleged wrongdoing.(2) An outside investigator contracted with under subdivision (a)(1) of this sec…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-301 License required
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(a) No person shall practice or represent himself or herself as a speech-language pathologist or audiologist in this state unless he or she is licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter. (b) A license shall be granted either in speech-language pathology or audiolo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-302 Eligibility
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall issue a license to a person who meets the requirements of this chapter and pays to the board the application for initial license fee prescribed in § 17-100-308. (b) To be eligible for licensure by the boa…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-303 Licensure — Examination
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(a) (1) A person eligible for licensure under § 17-100-302 and desirous of licensure shall make application to the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology upon a form and in such a manner as the board shall prescribe.(2) Any application shall be accompanied …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-304 Reciprocity
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology may waive the examination and grant a license to any applicant who shall present proof of current licensure in another state, the District of Columbia, or territory of the United States which maintains professi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-305 Annual renewal
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(a) Licenses issued under this chapter expire and become invalid if not renewed each year. (b) To maintain a license, a person licensed under this chapter shall pay a fee for renewal of the license to the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology on or before …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-306 Continuing education
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The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall require the applicant for license renewal to present evidence of the satisfactory completion of continuing education requirements as determined and published by the board.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-307 Denial, suspension, revocation, or other disciplinary action — Reinstatement
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology may refuse to issue or renew a license or may suspend or revoke a license when the licensee or applicant for license has been guilty of unprofessional conduct which has endangered or is likely to endanger the h…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-308 Fees
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology shall prescribe and publish in a manner that it deems appropriate fees in amounts determined by the board for the following purposes:(1) Application for initial license;(2) Renewal of license;(3) Late penalty p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-309 Criminal background checks
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(a) Each applicant or licensee for a license issued by the Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology under the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact is required to apply for a state and national criminal background check, to be conducted b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-401 Text of compact
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The Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact is enacted into law and entered into by this state with all states legally joining therein and in the form substantially as follows: 1. Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate CompactSECTION 1: PURPOSEThe p…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-100-402 Administration of compact — Rules
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(a) The Board of Examiners in Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology is the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Compact administrator for this state. (b) The board may adopt rules that are consistent with the Audiology and Speech-Language Pathology Interstate Comp…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-101 Short title
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This chapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Veterinary Medical Practice Act”.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-102 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine” means any veterinary college or any division of a university or college that offers the degree of Doctor of Veterinary Medicine, or its equivalent, and that conforms to the standards required …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-103 Applicability to pharmacists
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This chapter does not apply to any person licensed under § 17-92-101 et seq.
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-104 Veterinary telemedicine standards
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(a) Only a licensed veterinarian shall provide veterinary telemedicine to an animal patient located in this state. (b) In an emergency or urgent situation, a licensed veterinarian may provide veterinary telemedicine without previously establishing a veterinarian-client-patient re…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-201 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 17-101-201Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-202 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 17-101-202Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-203 Powers and duties
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(1) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall have the power to:(1) Examine and determine the qualifications and fitness of applicants for a license to practice general veterinary medicine or any specialty area thereof, and the certification of veterinary technicians in Arkansas,…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-204 [Repealed.]
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A.C.A. § 17-101-204Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-205 Rural Veterinary Student Scholarship Program
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(a) (1) There is established the Rural Veterinary Student Scholarship Program for rural Arkansas to be funded by the Agri Scholarship Program Fund.(2) The Rural Veterinary Student Scholarship Program shall be:(A) Developed and implemented to provide encouragement, opportunities, …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-301 Veterinarians — Application — Qualifications
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(a) Any veterinarian or licensed veterinarian desiring a license to practice veterinary medicine in this state may make written application to the Department of Agriculture showing that he or she is:(1) At least twenty-one (21) years of age; and(2) A person of moral integrity and…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-302 Veterinarians — Examinations
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(a) (1) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health, at such times as it may designate, shall conduct an examination of applicants for license to practice veterinary medicine in the State of Arkansas.(2) All examinations shall be:(A) In writing, supplemented by oral interviews and practi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-303 License without examination or license by endorsement
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(a) The Department of Agriculture, at its discretion, may issue a license without written examination to any qualified applicant who furnishes satisfactory evidence that he or she is a veterinarian and has:(1) For the five (5) years before filing his or her application, been a pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-304 Veterinarians — Temporary permit
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(a) The Director of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health or his or her designee may issue without examination a temporary permit to practice veterinary medicine in this state to a qualified applicant for a license pending examination and provided that the temporary permit shall ex…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-305 Veterinarians — Denial, suspension, or revocation of license
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(a) Upon written complaint by any person or on the Arkansas Board of Animal Health's own motion and after notice and hearing as prescribed in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., the board may deny, suspend for a definite period, or revoke the license o…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-306 Veterinary technician, veterinary technologist, and veterinary technician specialist — Certification
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(a) A person shall not assist in the practice of veterinary medicine as a veterinary technician or veterinary technologist without first applying for and obtaining a certification from the Arkansas Board of Animal Health and having his or her employment with a licensed veterinari…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-307 License required — Exemptions
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(a) No person may practice veterinary medicine in this state who is not a licensed veterinarian or the holder of a valid temporary permit issued by the Arkansas Board of Animal Health. (b) This chapter shall not be construed to prohibit:(1) Employees of the United States Governme…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-308 Veterinary technicians — Denial, suspension, or revocation of certificate
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(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health may deny or suspend any registration or deny or revoke any certificate of qualification upon the grounds that the applicant or veterinary technician is guilty of:(1) Soliciting patients for any practitioner of the veterinary healing arts;(2…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-309 License, certificate, and registration renewal — Reinstatement
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(a) (1) All licenses, certificates, and registrations expire on March 31 each year and may be renewed by payment of the annual renewal fee established by rule of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health.(2) Not later than March 1 each year, the Department of Agriculture shall provide …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-310 Continuing education required — Exemptions
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(a) (1) A veterinarian, veterinary technician, or veterinary technologist under this chapter is required to attend an educational program in the twelve (12) months preceding each renewal date.(2) The postgraduate study or attendance at an institution or at an educational session …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-311 Civil penalty — Appeals and disposition of funds
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(a) (1) Whenever the Arkansas Board of Animal Health determines that any provision of this chapter or any rule promulgated by the board under this chapter has been violated, the board may impose a civil penalty not to exceed five thousand dollars ($5,000) per violation.(2) The bo…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-312 Unlawful practice — Penalties — Injunctions
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(a) Any person who shall practice or attempt to practice veterinary medicine in this state without having been duly licensed in accordance with the provisions of this chapter shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor. Upon conviction, the person shall be fined in any sum of not les…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-313 Abandoned animals
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(a) Unless otherwise provided by contract between the veterinarian and his or her client, a veterinarian may dispose of any animal abandoned in his or her care if he or she gives written notice of his or her intention to do so by sending the notice to the last known physical or e…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-314 Practicing without license — Penalties
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(a) (1) (A) If upon review of a complaint the Arkansas Board of Animal Health has probable cause to believe that a veterinarian or an unlicensed person acting as a veterinarian has violated the provisions of this chapter, the board may issue a citation to the veterinarian or unli…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-315 Equine teeth floating
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(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health may enforce board policy regarding equine teeth floating by either investigating or prosecuting an individual practitioner engaged in equine teeth floating. (b) (1) Before engaging in the practice of equine teeth floating in the state, an i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-316 Livestock embryo transfer or transplant and livestock pregnancy determination
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(a) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health under a board rule or policy may investigate an individual technician who engages in both:(1) Livestock embryo transfer or transplant; and(2) Livestock pregnancy determination. (1) Livestock embryo transfer or transplant; and (2) Livestock …
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-317 Veterinary technologist and veterinary technician specialist — Grounds for denial, suspension, or revocation
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(a) Upon written complaint by any person or on the Arkansas Board of Animal Health's own motion and after notice and hearing as prescribed in the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., the board may suspend any certification or revoke any certificate of quali…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-318 Veterinarians — Restricted license
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(a) The Director of the Arkansas Board of Animal Health or his or her designee may issue a restricted license to a person who has graduated from an accredited or approved college of veterinary medicine but has not passed the North American Veterinary Licensing Examination, or its…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-319 Veterinary technician specialist — Certification
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(a) (1) The Arkansas Board of Animal Health shall issue additional certifications for a veterinary technician specialist.(2) For an applicant seeking certification as a veterinary technician specialist, the board may require:(A) An initial application and an initial application f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-101-320 Collaborative practice agreement
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(a) (1) (A) A veterinary technician specialist and a veterinarian may enter into a collaborative practice agreement.(B) A veterinarian shall not enter into a collaborative practice agreement with more than three (3) veterinary technician specialists at one (1) time.(2) A collabor…
Ark. Code Ann. § 17-102-101 Title
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This chapter shall be known as the “Arkansas Acupuncture Practices Act”.