§ 17-87-203 — Powers and duties

The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall have the following powers and responsibilities: (1) (A) Promulgate whatever rules it deems necessary for the implementation of this chapter. (B) No rule promulgated hereafter by the board shall be effective until reviewed by the Legislative Council and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof; (2) Cause the prosecution of persons violating this chapter; (3) Keep a record of all its proceedings; (4) Make an annual report to the Secretary of the Department of Health; (5) Employ a Director of the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, in consultation with the Secretary of the Department of Health, if the board determines it necessary for carrying out its functions; (6) Study, review, develop, and recommend role levels of technical classes of nursing service and practice to state and federal health agencies and to public and private administrative bodies; (7) Fix the time for holding its regular meetings; (8) Prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs preparing persons for licensure as registered nurses, advanced practice registered nurses, registered nurse practitioner nurses, licensed practical nurses, and licensed psychiatric technician nurses; (9) Prescribe minimum standards and approve curricula for educational programs preparing persons for certification as medication assistive persons; (10) Provide for surveys of such programs at such times as it deems necessary or at the request of the schools; (11) Approve programs that meet the requirements of this chapter; (12) Deny or withdraw approval from educational programs for failure to meet prescribed standards; (13) Examine, certify, and renew the certification of qualified applicants for medication assistive persons; (14) Examine, license, and renew the licenses of qualified applicants for professional nursing, practical nursing, and psychiatric technician nursing; (15) License and renew the licenses of qualified applicants for registered nurse practitioner nursing and advanced practice nursing; (16) Grant certificates of prescriptive authority to qualified advanced practice registered nurses; (17) Convene an advisory committee as provided for in this chapter to assist with oversight of prescriptive authority; (18) [Repealed.] (19) Establish the maximum number of medication assistive persons who may be supervised by a nurse; (20) Conduct disciplinary proceedings as provided for in this chapter; and (21) Promulgate rules limiting the amount of Schedule II narcotics that may be prescribed and dispensed by licensees of the board.

Legislative History

Amended by Act 2023, No. 365,§ 41, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by Act 2019, No. 315,§ 1541, eff. 7/24/2019. Amended by Act 2019, No. 910,§ 4879, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by Act 2017, No. 820,§ 9, eff. 8/1/2017. Amended by Act 2013, No. 604,§ 10, eff. 8/16/2013. Amended by Act 2013, No. 604,§ 9, eff. 8/16/2013. Acts 1971, No. 432, § 4; 1979, No. 404, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 72-748; Acts 1995, No. 409, § 6; 1997, No. 179, § 13; 2005, No. 1423, § 2.