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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-10-702

Definitions

Acts 1987, No. 689, § 5; 2005, No. 2191, § 6; 2019, No. 1059, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Long-term care facility” means a nursing home, a residential care facility, an assisted living facility, an adult day-care facility, or any other facility which provides long-term medical or personal care; and

(2) “Primary instructor” means a registered nurse who: Is licensed in this state; or

(3) Holds a multistate privilege to practice if the registered nurse moves from a state that has joined the Interstate Nurse Licensure Compact, § 17-87-601 et seq., to Arkansas and meets all requirements for licensure in Arkansas;

(4) Does not have any disciplinary action regarding his or her license by the licensing entity or authority; and

(5) Possesses a minimum of two (2) years' general nursing experience as a registered nurse including at least one (1) year of long-term care nursing services in a nursing facility setting within the last five (5) years.

(6) As used in this section, “general nursing experience” may include without limitation employment in a nursing assistant education program or employment in or supervision of nursing students in a nursing facility or unit, geriatrics department excluding a geriatric psychiatry department, long-term acute care hospital, home healthcare, hospice care, or other long-term care setting.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.