(a) (1) The Medications Administration Advisory Committee is created as an advisory committee to the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.
(2) The committee shall assist the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy in implementing the provisions of this chapter regarding medications administration and shall recommend additional classifications of medications which may be administered by licensed pharmacists. The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy shall by regulation review and approve the recommendations of the committee.
(b) The Governor shall, after consulting the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy, appoint five (5) members subject to confirmation by the Senate who have the following qualifications:
(1) (A) Two (2) members shall be licensed physicians.
(B) The Governor shall consult the Arkansas State Medical Board and the Arkansas Medical Society before making the appointments under subdivision (b)(1)(A) of this section;
(2) Two (2) members shall be licensed pharmacists; and
(3) (A) One (1) member shall be an advanced practice nurse holding a certificate of prescriptive authority.
(B) The Governor shall consult the Arkansas State Board of Nursing and the Arkansas Nurses Association before making an appointment under subdivision (b)(3)(A) of this section.
(c) Members shall serve three-year terms.
(d) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may remove any committee member, after notice and hearing, for incapacity, incompetence, neglect of duty, or malfeasance in office.
(e) The members shall serve without compensation but may be reimbursed to the extent special moneys are appropriated therefor for actual and necessary expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
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