§ 20-77-502 - Applicability.

20-77-502. Applicability.

(a) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to any person who personally takes, carries, or transports a person with an injured or cut eye due to a current accidental injury or current trauma to any physician or surgeon licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, 17-95-201 et seq., in an emergency, or personally calls any physician or surgeon on behalf of that person in an emergency.

(b) Nothing in this subchapter shall apply to any person licensed under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, 17-95-201 et seq., or the Arkansas Optometry Practices Act, 17-90-101 et seq., when that person is engaged in the practice of medicine as defined in 17-95-202 or engaged in the practice of optometry as defined in 17-90-101.