Ark. Code Ann. § 17-95-203 (2026)

Nothing herein shall be construed to prohibit or to require a license with respect to any of the following acts:

1. The gratuitous rendering of services in case of emergency;
2. The rendering of services in this state by a physician lawfully practicing medicine in another state or territory, provided that the physician must possess a license to practice medicine in this state if he or she:
   1. Does not limit such services to an occasional case;
   2. Has any established or regularly used hospital connections in this state; or
   3. Maintains or is provided with for his or her regular use any office or other place for the rendering of those services;
3. The practice of the following professions, as defined by the laws of this state, which the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq., is not intended to limit, restrict, enlarge, or alter the privileges and practice of, as provided by the laws of this state:
   1. Dentistry;
   2. Podiatry;
   3. Optometry;
   4. Chiropractic; or
   5. Cosmetology;
4. The practice of Christian Science, with or without compensation;
5. The performance by commissioned medical officers of the United States Armed Forces or of the United States Public Health Service or of the United States Department of Veterans Affairs of their lawful duties in this state as officers;
6. The rendering of nursing services by registered or other nurses in the lawful discharge of their duties as such;
7. The rendering of services by students, interns, residents, or fellows in a transitional year, residency, or fellowship training program approved by the American Medical Association, Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association, the State Board of Health, or the United States Government;
8. As defined and limited by the laws of this state, the performance of the duties of a:
   1. Physical therapist; or
   2. Massage therapist;
9. The domestic administration of family remedies;
10. The practice of lay midwifery as defined in the Licensed Lay Midwife Act, § 17-85-101 et seq.;
11. 1. The practice of medicine within the scope of a physician's duties as an employee of the United States Bureau of Prisons, if the physician has obtained a license to practice from Arkansas or any other state, territory, the District of Columbia, or Canada.
    2. A physician authorized to practice under subdivision (11)(A) of this section may provide medical treatment or services only to inmates and shall not provide medical treatment or services to other employees of the United States Bureau of Prisons or any other person; or
12. The practice of medicine through a program in partnership with federal Innovative Readiness Training if the physician has obtained a license to practice from another state, commonwealth, territory, or the District of Columbia.

History. Acts 1957, No. 198, § 4; 1971, No. 53, § 1; 1977, No. 459, § 18; 1983, No. 838, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 72-604; Acts 2001, No. 579, § 1; 2001, No. 929, § 5; 2015, No. 948, § 1; 2017, No. 205, § 7.

Amendments. The 2015 amendment, in (7), substituted “residents, or fellows in a transitional year” for “or residents in a licensed and approved hospital having an internship or” and inserted “or fellowship” and “Accreditation Council for Graduate Medical Education, American Osteopathic Association”.

The 2017 amendment added (12).

Cross References. Osteopaths, § 17-91-101 et seq.