Ark. Code Ann. § 17-81-302 (2026)

This chapter does not prohibit or require a license with respect to any of the following acts:

1. The performance of services in case of an emergency;
2. 1. The performance of services in this state on an occasional basis, limited to thirty (30) days in each calendar year, by a chiropractor who is lawfully practicing chiropractic in another state or territory.
   2. 1. Within seven (7) days before travel described in subdivision (2)(A) of this section, the chiropractor shall send a written notice through mail or electronic means to the Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners stating at a minimum the date or dates of travel to Arkansas, who will perform the services, and where the services will be performed.
      2. A chiropractor who submits a written notice shall also provide proof of malpractice insurance.
   3. However, if any such chiropractor performs services on a regular basis, or for his or her regular use maintains or is provided with any office or other place to meet persons for the performance of such services in the State of Arkansas, he or she shall obtain a license to practice chiropractic in the State of Arkansas;
3. The practice of medicine and surgery, osteopathy, dentistry, podiatry, optometry, Christian Science, physical therapy, cosmetology, therapy technology, or any other branch of the healing arts as defined by the laws of this state. This chapter does not limit, restrict, enlarge, or alter the privileges and practices of any of these professions or branches of the healing arts; or
4. The practice of chiropractic through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the chiropractor has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.

History. Acts 1971, No. 706, § 26; A.S.A. 1947, § 72-440; Acts 1999, No. 1553, § 7; 2017, No. 205, § 2; 2017, No. 397, § 5.

A.C.R.C. Notes. Acts 2017, No. 205, § 1, provided: “Legislative findings.

“(a) The General Assembly finds that:

“(1) The Delta Regional Authority operates a program in partnership with the federal Innovative Readiness Training within the United States Department of Defense;

“(2) This program offers free medical, dental, optical, and veterinary care to the medically underserved and communities with high poverty rates in the forty-two (42) counties that are served by the Delta Regional Authority;

“(3) The program provides free medical, dental, optical, and veterinary care periodically at local venues in the Delta region;

“(4) The healthcare professionals who participate in the program are military medical staff who are licensed in their respective fields;

“(5) Often, these healthcare professionals licensed in their respective fields are not licensed to practice within the State of Arkansas; and

“(6) In order to participate in the program, the healthcare professionals must obtain temporary licensure from their respective boards in Arkansas, which can cause delays and barriers to offering free medical, dental, optical, and veterinary care under the program.

“(b) It is the intent of the General Assembly to standardize and streamline the licensing process to authorize healthcare professionals licensed in other states, commonwealths, territories, or the District of Columbia to practice while offering free medical, dental, optical, and veterinary care through a program in partnership with the federal Innovative Readiness Training.”

Amendments. The 2017 amendment by No. 205, in the introductory language, substituted “This chapter does not” for “Nothing herein shall be construed to” and substituted “require a license” for “to require a license hereunder”; redesignated former (2) as (2)(A) and (2)(B); in (2)(B) [now (2)(C)], substituted “if a chiropractor” for “if any such chiropractor” and deleted “such” before “services in the State”; and added (4).

The 2017 amendment by No. 397, in the introductory language, substituted “This chapter does not” for “Nothing herein shall be construed to” and substituted “require a license” for “to require a license hereunder”; redesignated former (2) as (2)(A) and (2)(C); in (2)(A), substituted “thirty (30)” for “ninety (90)” and inserted “who is”; inserted (2)(B); and substituted “This chapter does not” for “as now or hereafter enacted, it not being intended by this chapter to” in (3).