Arkansas Code Title 17, Subtitle 3, Chapter 105 - Physician Assistants

• § 17-105-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Board" means the Arkansas State Medical Board; (2) (A) "Physician assistant" means a person who has: (i) Graduated...
• § 17-105-102 - Qualifications for Licensure.
  (a) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, an individual must be licensed by the Arkansas State Medical Board before the individual may practice...
• § 17-105-103 - Graduate License -- Temporary License.
  (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board may grant a graduate license to an applicant who meets the qualifications for licensure, except that the applicant...
• § 17-105-104 - Inactive License.
  Any physician assistant who notifies the Arkansas State Medical Board in writing on forms prescribed by the board may elect to place his or...
• § 17-105-105 - Renewal.
  Upon notification from the Arkansas State Medical Board, each person who holds a license as a physician assistant in this state shall renew the...
• § 17-105-106 - Exemption From Licensure.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to require licensure of: (1) A physician assistant student enrolled in a physician assistant or surgeon assistant...
• § 17-105-107 - Scope of Authority -- Delegatory Authority -- Agent of Supervising Physician.
  (a) Physician assistants provide health care services with physician supervision. The supervising physician shall be identified on all prescriptions and orders. Physician assistants may...
• § 17-105-108 - Prescriptive Authority.
  (a) Physicians supervising physician assistants may delegate prescriptive authority to physician assistants to include prescribing, ordering, and administering Schedule III-V controlled substances as described...
• § 17-105-109 - Supervision.
  (a) Supervision of physician assistants shall be continuous but shall not be construed as necessarily requiring the physical presence of the supervising physician at...
• § 17-105-110 - Supervising Physician.
  A physician desiring to supervise a physician assistant must: (1) Be licensed in this state; (2) Notify the Arkansas State Medical Board of his...
• § 17-105-111 - Notification of Intent to Practice.
  (a) Prior to initiating practice, a physician assistant licensed in this state must submit on forms approved by the Arkansas State Medical Board notification...
• § 17-105-112 - Exclusions of Limitations of Employment.
  Nothing in this chapter shall be construed to limit the employment arrangement of a physician assistant licensed under this chapter.
• § 17-105-113 - Violation.
  Following the exercise of due process, the Arkansas State Medical Board may discipline any physician assistant who: (1) Fraudulently or deceptively obtains or attempts...
• § 17-105-114 - Disciplinary Authority.
  Upon finding that a physician assistant has committed any offense described in § 17-105-113, the Arkansas State Medical Board may: (1) Refuse to grant...
• § 17-105-115 - Title and Practice Protection.
  (a) Any person not licensed under this chapter is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor and is subject to penalties applicable to the unlicensed...
• § 17-105-116 - Identification Requirements.
  Physician assistants licensed under this chapter shall keep their license available for inspection at their primary place of business and when engaged in their...
• § 17-105-117 - Rule-Making Authority.
  (a) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall promulgate regulations in accordance with the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., that are reasonable...
• § 17-105-118 - Regulation by Arkansas State Medical Board.
  The Arkansas State Medical Board shall administer the provisions of this chapter under such procedures as it considers advisable and may adopt rules that...
• § 17-105-119 - "Good Samaritan" Provision.
  Physician assistants shall be subject to the "Good Samaritan" provisions embodied in § 17-95-101.
• § 17-105-120 - Retired Physician Assistants.
  (a) Retired physician assistants may practice their medical services under the supervision of a licensed physician and shall be subject to the same provisions...
• § 17-105-121 - Physician Assistant Employment -- Uniform Classification Plan.
  (a) The Office of Personnel Management of the Division of Administrative Services of the Department of Finance and Administration shall establish and maintain a...
• § 17-105-122 - Physician Assistant Patient Care Orders.
  (a) Patient care orders generated by a physician assistant shall be construed as having the same medical, health, and legal force and effect as...
• § 17-105-123 - Medical Malpractice -- Professional and Legal Liability for Actions.
  Physician assistants shall be covered under the provisions regarding medical malpractice and legal liability as such applies to their supervising physician as embodied in...

Last modified: November 15, 2016