Section 17-80-204 - AuthorityThe Arkansas Medical Society, Inc. shall have the authority to establish a physicians' health committee and the Arkansas State Dental Association shall have the authority to establish a dentists' health committee to undertake the functions and responsibilities to carry out the purposes of this subchapter and may include any of the following:
(1) Contracting with providers of treatment programs;(2) Receiving and evaluating reports of suspected impairment from any source;(3) Intervening in cases of verified impairment;(4) Referring impaired physicians or dentists to treatment programs;(5) Monitoring the treatment and rehabilitation of impaired physicians or dentists;(6) Providing posttreatment monitoring and support of rehabilitated impaired physicians and dentists; and(7) Performing such other activities as the committees deem necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter.Acts 1993, No. 1220, § 4.