§ 25-15-602 — Rules - Additional rule procedure

(a) (1) In addition to complying with the requirements under the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq., and § 10-3-309 , a licensing entity shall, at least thirty (30) days before the expiration of the period for public comment, file a rule regarding scope of practice with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall review a rule regarding scope of practice within forty-five (45) days of the date the rule regarding scope of practice is filed with the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. (b) (1) If adopting an emergency rule regarding scope of practice under § 10-3-309 , the licensing entity shall notify the following individuals of the emergency rule regarding scope of practice and provide each individual with a copy of the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within five (5) business days of adopting the emergency rule regarding scope of practice: (A) The Speaker of the House of Representatives; (B) The President Pro Tempore of the Senate; (C) The Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor; and (D) The Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor. (2) The Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor shall review the emergency rule regarding scope of practice within forty-five (45) days of the date that the emergency rule regarding scope of practice is provided to the Chair of the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Chair of the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor.

Legislative History

Added by Act 2021, No. 960,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.