(a) The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy may make payment to the Department of Health for services, salaries, and other purposes from the funds received by the board from issuance of licensed pharmacy permits, renewals, or certificates of licensure of licensed pharmacists, examinations, reciprocity fees, and from other moneys collected.
(b)
(1) The department may employ an attorney to supervise and conduct its investigations and to institute and prosecute actions and charges for the violation of the provisions of the Arkansas Pharmacies Act, § 17-92-601 et seq.
(2) The attorney employed or retained by the department may make regular reports to the Attorney General of the actions instituted or prosecuted by him or her.
(3) Appeals from the circuit court to the Supreme Court in matters affecting the action of the board may be handled by the office of the Attorney General.
(c) The board may make reimbursement of the necessary and reasonable travel, board, and lodging expenses of the staff of the board incurred in the performance of their duties.