§ 17-26-608 — Examination - Fee

Arkansas § 17-26-608

• Jurisdiction: Arkansas
• Title: 17

Text

(a) (1) (A) Each artist in training seeking licensure as an artist under the rules of the Department of Health shall take a written examination prepared or approved by the department upon completion of training. (B) Upon completion of the hours required under § 17-26-607 , a practical examination shall be conducted by the department in each field of training for which the artist in training is seeking licensure. (2) Until an artist in training receives a passing grade on the practical examination, no artist in training may: (A) Be licensed as an artist; (B) Hold himself or herself out as a licensed artist; or (C) Independently perform a body art procedure without the supervision of a body art trainer. (b) The department shall levy and collect a nonrefundable fee of fifty dollars ($50.00) from each artist in training who applies to take the written and practical examinations required under this section for licensure as an artist. (c) A fee collected under this section shall be deposited into the State Treasury, credited to the Public Health Fund, and used exclusively for the Body Art Program of the department.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 688,§ 15, eff. 8/1/2023. Added by Act 2021, No. 900,§ 3, eff. 7/28/2021.