§ 17-87-203 - Powers and duties. - Arkansas Statutes

17-87-203. Powers and duties.

The Arkansas State Board of Nursing shall have the following powers and responsibilities:

(1) (A) Promulgate whatever regulations it deems necessary for the implementation of this chapter.

(B) No regulation 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 Governor;

(5) Employ personnel 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 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 nurses;

(17) Convene an advisory committee as provided for in this chapter to assist with oversight of prescriptive authority;

(18) Convene an advisory committee as provided for in this chapter to assist with oversight of medication assistive persons;

(19) Establish the maximum number of medication assistive persons who may be supervised by a nurse; and

(20) Conduct disciplinary proceedings as provided for in this chapter.