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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
(a) The Arkansas Psychology Board may adopt and enforce rules requiring every person having a license to practice to pay an annual registration fee in a sum to be fixed by the board.
(b) The fee shall become due on a date fixed by the board.
(c) Failure to pay the annual registration fee within the time stated shall automatically suspend the right of any licentiate to practice his or her profession while delinquent.
(d) An application for annual renewal of the license of a psychologist or psychological examiner will not be considered if the applicant has not supplied forty (40) hours of continuing education for the previous biennium, i.e., twenty-four (24) months.
(e)(1) All programs of continuing education for licensed psychologists or psychological examiners shall be subject to the approval of the board.
(2) The board is authorized to prescribe by rule the:
(A) Minimum standards and requirements for continuing education programs for licensees;
(B) Procedures and policies for administering continuing education programs; and
(C) Manner and conditions under which credit will be granted for participation in continuing education programs.
(f)(1) If any licentiate fails for three (3) consecutive years to pay the fee, then it shall be the duty of the board, without hearing or notice, to cancel his or her license subject to reinstatement.
(2) If application for reinstatement is made, the board shall consider the professional qualifications of the applicant as in the case of an original application.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 17. Professions, Occupations, and Businesses § 17-97-308. Annual registration--Failure to reregister - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-17-professions-occupations-and-businesses/ar-code-sect-17-97-308/
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