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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 90 - Optometrists
Subchapter 5 - Impaired Optometrist Treatment Program
§ 17-90-504. Authority
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-90-504 (2017)
- The State Board of Optometry may undertake the functions and responsibilities to carry out the purposes of this subchapter, which may include any of the following:
- (1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs;
- (2) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source;
- (3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;
- (4) Referring impaired optometrists to treatment programs;
- (5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired optometrists;
- (6) Providing posttreatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired optometrists;
- (7) Suspending, limiting, or restricting the optometrist's license for the duration of the impairment; and
- (8) Performing such other activities as the board deems necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.
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