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Board
Members | Staff
Members
The purpose of the Arkansas State
Board of Pharmacy is to promote, preserve, and
protect the public health, safety, and welfare
by and through the effective regulation of the
many aspects of the drug delivery system.
The agency licenses and regulates
not only pharmacists and pharmacies, but also the
distribution system where there is sale, delivery,
or distribution of prescription drugs, medical
gases, durable medical equipment, and legend devices.
To accomplish the mission the Arkansas
State Board of Pharmacy must test the pharmacists;
license, regulate, and discipline all licensees;
and act as an expert in the dissemination of information
regarding the laws and regulations which govern
the practice of pharmacy and its related fields.
The Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy
provides many services to the public, other state
agencies, and the pharmacists. Some of the services
provided by the agency include:
- Information source for the public
- Resolve complaints from the public
against licensees
- Serve as a source of information
for all pharmacists
- Test New Pharmacists
- Provide an avenue for licensure
transfer from other states
- Discipline pharmacists and other
licensees
- Share information with other agencies
to improve health care
- Promulgate regulation to address
new areas of public concern
- License and regulation of:
- 4,119 Pharmacists
- 454 Interns
- 4,162 Pharmacy Technicians
- 765 Retail Pharmacies
- 267 Out of State Pharmacies
- 25 Institutions
- 270 Nursing Homes
- 184 Hospitals
- 909 Wholesale Distributors of Legend and
Controlled Substances
- 363 Wholesale Distributors of Home Medical
Equipment, Legend Devices, and Medical Gases
- 56 Wholesale Distributors of List I Chemicals
- 110 State Supported/Charity Clinics.
- 3 Specialty Pharmacies
- Inspect Retail Pharmacies, in-state Wholesale
Distributors of Controlled Substances and/or Legend
Drugs, and Distributors of Home Medical Equipment,
legend Devices, and/or Medical Gases
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