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Ark. Code Ann. § 17-92-402 (2026)

Licensed pharmacist required

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  1. It shall be unlawful for any person not a licensed pharmacist within the meaning of this act to conduct any pharmacy or other facility subject to this subchapter for the purpose of retailing, compounding, dispensing medicines, or otherwise performing the practice of pharmacy as defined in § 17-92-101 in the State of Arkansas except as provided.
  2. It shall be unlawful for the proprietor of a store or pharmacy or other facility subject to this chapter to allow any person other than a licensed pharmacist to compound or dispense the prescriptions of authorized practitioners except as an aid to and under the supervision of a licensed pharmacist as provided in this chapter.
  3. However, any person who is not a licensed pharmacist may own or conduct a pharmacy or other facility as identified in § 17-92-403 if the owner keeps constantly in the pharmacy or other facility a licensed pharmacist subject to § 17-92-607.
  4. Any person violating the provisions of this act shall be guilty of a violation and upon conviction shall be liable to a fine of not less than five dollars ($5.00) nor more than one hundred dollars ($100).

History. Acts 1891, No. 50, §§ 1, 11, p. 80; C. & M. Dig., §§ 3667, 3677; Acts 1929, No. 72, §§ 2, 3; Pope's Dig., §§ 4603, 4613; A.S.A. 1947, §§ 72-1014, 72-1015; Acts 2001, No. 910, § 3; 2005, No. 1994, § 90.

Meaning of “this act”. Acts 1891, No. 50, codified as §§ 17-92-104, 17-92-107, 17-92-201, 17-92-202, 17-92-204, 17-92-303, 17-92-305, 17-92-306, 17-92-309, 17-92-312, 17-92-402, and 17-92-406 [repealed].

Case Notes

Cited: Harvey v. Peters, 237 Ark. 687, 375 S.W.2d 654 (1964).

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case, 1999–1999 · leading case: Kohl v. Am. Home Prods. Corp., 78 F. Supp. 2d 885 (W.D. Ark. 1999).
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Kohl v. Am. Home Prods. Corp., 78 F. Supp. 2d 885 (W.D. Ark. 1999). · cites it 2× “ArkCode Ann. § 17-92-402 (1987). With exceptions not relevant here, no person can perform any of the acts constituting the practice of pharmacy unless the person is a licensed pharmacist.”
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