§ 17-80-101 - Filing and compilation of licensing information.
17-80-101. Filing and compilation of licensing information.
(a) (1) It is the duty of the secretaries of the Arkansas State Medical Board and the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners to file with the Secretary of State within one (1) week of the issuance of a license:
(A) The name of the person licensed;
(B) The date of license;
(C) The last known post office address of the person licensed; and
(D) Whether the license was granted:
(i) On examination before the board;
(ii) By reciprocity and, if so, the name of the state which issued the license; or
(iii) On a diploma and, if so, the name of the school or medical college which issued the diploma.
(2) This information shall be verified by the affidavits of the secretaries of the respective boards.
(b) The Secretary of State shall compile the information filed pursuant to subsection (a) of this section in a well-bound book to be kept by him or her for that purpose. He or she shall from time to time, as additional names are filed with him or her by the respective boards, record the names in the book, together with the other information furnished by the boards.
(c) The Director of the Department of Health shall report the deaths of all persons licensed by the boards named in subsection (a) of this section to the Secretary of State within a reasonable time after the information has been received in his or her office. The Secretary of State shall thereupon note after the name of the decedent the fact of his or her death and the date thereof.
(d) Any violation of the provisions of this section shall constitute a misdemeanor and be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding ten (10) days.