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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Subchapter 3 - Licensed Pharmacists
§ 17-92-311. Revocation, suspension, or nonrenewal -- Grounds
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-92-311 (2017)
- (a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may revoke or suspend an existing certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit or may refuse to issue a certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit if the holder or applicant, as the case may be, has committed or is found guilty by the board of any of the following acts or offenses set forth:
- (1) The person is guilty of fraud, deceit, or misrepresentation in the practice of pharmacy;
- (2) The person is unfit or incompetent to practice pharmacy by reason of negligent performance of his or her duties;
- (3) The person has been found guilty or pleaded guilty or nolo contendere in a criminal proceeding, regardless of whether or not the adjudication of guilt or sentence is withheld by a court of this state, another state, or the federal government for:
- (A) Any felony;
- (B) Any act involving moral turpitude, gross immorality, or which is related to the qualifications, functions, and duties of a licensee; or
- (C) Any violation of the pharmacy or drug laws or rules of this state, or of the pharmacy or drug statutes, rules, and regulations of any other state or of the federal government;
- (4) The person has become physically or mentally incompetent to practice pharmacy to such an extent as to endanger the public;
- (5) The person has directly or indirectly aided or abetted the practice of pharmacy by a person not authorized to practice pharmacy by the board;
- (6) The person has been guilty of fraud or misrepresentation in obtaining a license to practice pharmacy in the State of Arkansas as a licensed pharmacist;
- (7) The person has been guilty of unprofessional or dishonorable conduct;
- (8) The person has willfully violated any of the provisions of the pharmacy laws of the State of Arkansas;
- (9) The person is addicted to the use of intoxicating liquors or drugs to such a degree as to render him or her unfit, in the opinion of the board, to manufacture, compound, sell, or dispense drugs or medicine;
- (10) The person knowingly adulterated or caused to be adulterated any drugs, chemical, or medical preparations and offered those preparations for sale; or
- (11) The person had his or her certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit revoked, suspended, or had other disciplinary action taken, or had his or her application for a certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit refused, revoked, or suspended, or had voluntarily or otherwise surrendered his or her certificate of licensure, license, registration, or permit after a disciplinary action was instituted by a duly authorized professional disciplinary agency of another state.
- (b) Nothing in this section should be construed as affecting the rights of any person to appeal any order of the board as now provided by the state pharmacy laws.
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