Arkansas Administrative Code
Agency 239 - DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Division 02 - State Medical Board
Rule 239.02.23-004 - Rule 28 - Educational Licenses
Universal Citation: AR Admin Rules 239.02.23-004
Current through Register Vol. 49, No. 2, February 2024
RULE 28 ACADEMIC LICENSE TO PRACTICE MEDICINE IN THE STATE OF ARKANSAS
Pursuant to Act 497 of the 85th General Assembly of the Regular Session of 2005 and amended by Act 701 of 2019, the Arkansas State Medical Board is empowered to issue an academic license to applicants who meet the following requirements:
1. Be 21 years of age.
2. Be of good moral character.
3. Submit a completed application to the
Board.
4. Submit a $400.00
application fee and a $100.00 licensure-processing fee.
5. Be serving as a faculty member in the
State of Arkansas under the supervision of a faculty member licensed by the
Board at an academic medical program accredited by the Accreditation Council
for Graduate Medical Education or the American Osteopathic Association operated
in the State of Arkansas and established by and under the control of a medical
school located in the State of Arkansas and accredited by an accrediting agency
recognized by the United States Department of Education or approved by the
Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board to seek accreditation by an
accrediting agency recognized by the United States Department of
Education.
6. The academic license
to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas shall authorize the practice of
medicine only within the clinical and academic programs in the State of
Arkansas that are established and administered by a medical school located in
the State of Arkansas and accredited by an accrediting agency recognized by the
United States Department of Education or approved by the Arkansas Higher
Education Coordinating Board to seek accreditation by an accrediting agency
recognized by the United States Department of Education.
7. Appear personally before the Arkansas
State Medical Board together with the sponsoring supervising faculty member
physician.
8. Present to the Board
such information as to what department he or she will be practicing medicine
and who will be his/her supervisor.
9. Said academic license will authorize the
licensee to practice medicine only within the clinical and academic programs
established and administered by the accredited medical school.
10. The Arkansas State Medical Board shall
issue each academic license for a period of one (1) year.
11. At the end of one (1) year, the academic
license issued to a licensee shall lapse and if the physician desires to
continue the practice of medicine under the academic license shall:
1. Submit a completed application to the
Arkansas State Medical Board providing such information as the Board
requests.
2. Pay a renewal fee of
$220.00.
3. If requested, appear in
person before the Board, together with the supervising faculty physician of the
clinical or educational academic program wherein the applicant will be
practicing medicine in the State of Arkansas.
12. At the end of the second year of practice
with an academic license, the physician is eligible for an active, unrestricted
license to practice medicine in the state.
13. A physician who obtains an academic
license to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas shall comply with the
Arkansas Medical Practices Act, §
17-95-201 et seq., §
17-95-301 et
seq., and §
17-95-401 et seq., and all rules of the Arkansas State Medical
Board.
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