As used in this subchapter:
(1) "Board" means the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;
(2) "Board-approved intervenors" means persons trained in intervention and designated by the board to implement the intervention process when necessary;
(3) "Committee" means a committee appointed by the board to formulate and administer the impaired pharmacists program;
(4) "Impaired pharmacist" means a pharmacist who is unable to practice pharmacy with reasonable skill, competency, or safety to the public because of substance abuse;
(5) "Impaired pharmacist program" means a plan approved by the board for intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of an impaired pharmacist;
(6) "Intervention" means a process whereby an allegedly impaired pharmacist is confronted by the board or board-approved intervenors who provide documentation that a problem exists and attempt to convince the pharmacist to seek evaluation and treatment;
(7) "Rehabilitation" means the process whereby an impaired pharmacist advances in an impaired pharmacist program to an optimal level of competence to practice pharmacy without endangering the public; and
(8) "Verification" means a process whereby alleged professional impairment is identified or established.
Section: 17-92-702 17-92-703 17-92-704 17-92-705 17-92-706 17-92-707 NextLast modified: November 15, 2016