(a) Regulations. The Director of the Department of Finance and Administration shall promulgate regulations to implement this subchapter and shall do so in accordance with this subchapter and the applicable provisions of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq.
(b) Advisory Opinions. On written request of employees or contractors and in consultation with the Attorney General, the director may render written advisory opinions regarding the appropriateness of the course of conduct to be followed in proposed transactions. Such requests and advisory opinions may be duly published in the manner in which regulations of this state are published. Compliance with the requirements of a duly promulgated advisory opinion of the director shall be deemed to constitute compliance with the ethical standards of this subchapter.
(c) Waiver. On written request of an employee, the director may grant an employee a written waiver from the application of § 19-11-705, which refers to employee conflict of interest, and grant permission to proceed with the transaction to such extent and upon such terms and conditions as may be specified. Such waiver and permission may be granted when the interests of the state so require or when the ethical conflict is insubstantial or remote.
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