Reporting procedure

  1. Law
  2. Arkansas Code
  3. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses
  4. Medical Professions
  5. Nurses
  6. Alternative to Discipline Act
  7. Reporting procedure

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The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall develop rules and procedures for:

  1. (1) Reporting to the board:

    1. (A) The names and results of any contact or investigation regarding an impaired nurse who is believed to be an imminent danger to the public or to himself or herself;

    2. (B) An impaired nurse who:

      1. (i) Fails or refuses to:

        1. (a) Cooperate with the program coordinator; or

        2. (b) Submit to treatment;

      2. (ii) Exhibits professional incompetence; or

      3. (iii) Does not have alleviation through treatment for his or her impairment; and

    3. (C) A participant of the alternative to discipline program resuming the practice of nursing;

  2. (2) Informing each participant of the alternative to discipline program regarding the alternative to discipline program requirements, alternative to discipline program procedures, responsibilities of the participant, and consequences of noncompliance; and

  3. (3) Performing other activities as necessary to implement this subchapter.


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