Law Number

ACA 12-87-108

Summary Title

Scope of Practice: Out-of-State Volunteer Health and Veterinary Practitioner

Summary

A volunteer health or veterinary practitioner must follow the scope of practice for a similarly licensed practitioner within the state they are deploying to unless this scope of practice is beyond the volunteer's personal scope of practice. The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management or a host entity can restrict a practitioner's scope of practice. A volunteer health or veterinary practitioner does not engage in unauthorized practice unless they had reasonable knowledge of the limitation, modification, or restriction on their scope of practice.

Full Title

Provision of volunteer health or veterinary services - Administrative sanctions

Full Text

(a) Subject to subsections (b) and (c), a volunteer health practitioner shall adhere to the scope of practice for a similarly licensed practitioner established by the licensing provisions, practice acts, or other laws of this state. (b) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (c), this chapter does not authorize a volunteer health practitioner to provide services that are outside the practitioner's scope of practice, even if a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would be permitted to provide the services. (c) The Arkansas Department of Emergency Management may modify or restrict the health or veterinary services that volunteer health practitioners may provide pursuant to this chapter. An order under this subsection may take effect immediately, without prior notice or comment, and is not a rule within the meaning of the Arkansas Administrative Procedure Act, § 25-15-201 et seq. (d) A host entity may restrict the health or veterinary services that a volunteer health practitioner may provide pursuant to this chapter. (e) A volunteer health practitioner does not engage in unauthorized practice unless the practitioner has reason to know of any limitation, modification, or restriction under this section or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the services. A volunteer health practitioner has reason to know of a limitation, modification, or restriction or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide a service if: (1) the practitioner knows the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the service; or (2) from all the facts and circumstances known to the practitioner at the relevant time, a reasonable person would conclude that the limitation, modification, or restriction exists or that a similarly licensed practitioner in this state would not be permitted to provide the service.

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