{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-95-413","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 17-95-413","heading":"Nonparticipation in maintenance of licensure or maintenance of certification - Definitions","body":"(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Maintenance of certification\" means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other activities to maintain specialty medical certification; and (2) \"Specialty medical board certification\" means a certification by a board that: (A) Specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine; and (B) Typically requires examinations that are in addition to the requirements of the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine. (b) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall not require any form of specialty medical board recertification or any maintenance of certification to practice medicine in this state. Added by Act 2019, No. 804,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019.\n\n(a) As used in this section: (1) \"Maintenance of certification\" means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other activities to maintain specialty medical certification; and (2) \"Specialty medical board certification\" means a certification by a board that: (A) Specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine; and (B) Typically requires examinations that are in addition to the requirements of the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine.\n\n(1) \"Maintenance of certification\" means any process requiring periodic recertification examinations or other activities to maintain specialty medical certification; and\n\n(2) \"Specialty medical board certification\" means a certification by a board that: (A) Specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine; and (B) Typically requires examinations that are in addition to the requirements of the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine.\n\n(A) Specializes in one (1) particular area of medicine; and\n\n(B) Typically requires examinations that are in addition to the requirements of the Arkansas State Medical Board to practice medicine.\n\n(b) The Arkansas State Medical Board shall not require any form of specialty medical board recertification or any maintenance of certification to practice medicine in this state.","path":["AR Code","Title 17","Chapter 95","Subchapter 4"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"acb2e2e6bdfeddc6beb45f3cbddf1a6b2646978620b993c626626d943d8b2295","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-95-412","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-17-95-414"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}