Arkansas Code Title 17, Subtitle 3, Chapter 80, Subchapter 2 - Impaired Physician and Dentist Treatment Act
- § 17-80-201 - Short Title.
This subchapter shall be known as the "Impaired Physician and Dentist Treatment Act".
- § 17-80-202 - Purpose.
The purpose of this subchapter is to provide for the identification and treatment of physicians and dentists licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act,...
- § 17-80-203 - Definitions.
For purposes of this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the Arkansas State Medical Board with reference to physicians and the Arkansas State Board of Dental...
- § 17-80-204 - Authority.
The Arkansas Medical Society shall have the authority to establish a physicians' health committee and the Arkansas State Dental Association shall have the authority...
- § 17-80-205 - Procedures.
The physicians' health committee and the dentists' health committee shall develop procedures for: (1) Immediate reporting to the appropriate board of the names and...
- § 17-80-206 - Evaluations.
(a) If the Arkansas State Medical Board has reason to believe that a physician is impaired or if the Arkansas State Board of Dental...
- § 17-80-207 - Request for Restricted License.
(a) (1) An impaired physician or an impaired dentist may request in writing to the appropriate board for a restriction of his or her...
- § 17-80-208 - Confidentiality of Records.
(a) (1) Notwithstanding any provision of state law, records of the physicians' health committee pertaining to an impaired physician and all records of the...
- § 17-80-209 - Participation in Treatment Program.
An impaired physician who is participating in or has successfully completed a treatment program pursuant to this subchapter shall not be excluded from any...
- § 17-80-210 - Limitation on Liability.
(a) Notwithstanding any other provisions of law, the Arkansas Medical Society, the Arkansas Osteopathic Medical Association, the physicians' health committee and members thereof, the...
Last modified: November 15, 2016