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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 87 - Nurses
Subchapter 8 - Alternative to Discipline Act
§ 17-87-805. Reporting procedure
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-87-805 (2017)
- The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall develop rules and procedures for:
- (1) Reporting to the board:
- (A) The names and results of any contact or investigation regarding an impaired nurse who is believed to be an imminent danger to the public or to himself or herself;
- (B) An impaired nurse who:
- (i) Fails or refuses to:
- (a) Cooperate with the program coordinator; or
- (b) Submit to treatment;
- (ii) Exhibits professional incompetence; or
- (iii) Does not have alleviation through treatment for his or her impairment; and
- (i) Fails or refuses to:
- (C) A participant of the alternative to discipline program resuming the practice of nursing;
- (2) Informing each participant of the alternative to discipline program regarding the program requirements, program procedures, responsibilities of the participant, and consequences of noncompliance; and
- (3) Performing other activities as necessary to implement this subchapter.
- (1) Reporting to the board:
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