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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 17 - Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
Subtitle 3 - Medical Professions
Chapter 92 - Pharmacists and Pharmacies
Subchapter 7 - Program for Pharmacists Impaired by Chemical Dependency
§ 17-92-701. Definitions
Universal Citation: AR Code § 17-92-701 (2017)
- As used in this subchapter:
- (1) "Board" means the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy;
- (2) "Board-approved intervenors" means persons trained in intervention and designated by the board to implement the intervention process when necessary;
- (3) "Committee" means a committee appointed by the board to formulate and administer the impaired pharmacists program;
- (4) "Impaired pharmacist" means a pharmacist who is unable to practice pharmacy with reasonable skill, competency, or safety to the public because of substance abuse;
- (5) "Impaired pharmacist program" means a plan approved by the board for intervention, treatment, and rehabilitation of an impaired pharmacist;
- (6) "Intervention" means a process whereby an allegedly impaired pharmacist is confronted by the board or board-approved intervenors who provide documentation that a problem exists and attempt to convince the pharmacist to seek evaluation and treatment;
- (7) "Rehabilitation" means the process whereby an impaired pharmacist advances in an impaired pharmacist program to an optimal level of competence to practice pharmacy without endangering the public; and
- (8) "Verification" means a process whereby alleged professional impairment is identified or established.
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