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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
§ 17-87-806. Program requirements
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-87-806 (2017)
- (a)
- (1) Eligibility to participate in the alternative to discipline program is at the sole discretion of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing.
- (2) A person is not entitled to participate in the alternative to discipline program.
- (b) To establish eligibility, a nurse shall:
- (1) Have a license issued or an application for licensure in the State of Arkansas;
- (2) Acknowledge that the nurse has a drug or alcohol abuse problem or addiction; and
- (3) Meet any other requirements determined by the board.
- (c) A participant in the alternative to discipline program shall:
- (1) Agree to:
- (A) Complete an evaluation conducted by a board-approved evaluator in order to outline the treatment required;
- (B) Place his or her nursing license on inactive status until a treatment provider determines that the participant can safely practice nursing;
- (C) Comply with:
- (i) The written terms of the agreement to participate in the alternative to discipline program; and
- (ii) The terms and conditions of any contract between the board and participant;
- (D) Pay all costs for treatment and monitoring;
- (E) Select from board-approved evaluators, treatment facilities, counselors, and laboratory facilities before utilization of services;
- (F) Admit in an affidavit to violations of § 17-87-101 et seq.; and
- (2) Perform other activities as determined necessary by the board.
- (1) Agree to:
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