Arkansas Laws

Requirements for Licensure and Operations of Medications for Opioid Use Disorder Treatment

Question:

What practitioners are authorized to prescribe medications for opioid use disorder?

Answer:
  • Physicians
  • Nurse practitioners
  • Physician assistants
This answer is derived from 6 section of law
Citation:
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    (12) “Prescriber” means a practitioner or other authorized person who prescribes a Schedule II, III, IV, or V controlled substance; see full law
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    (a) Physicians supervising physician assistants may delegate prescriptive authority to physician assistants to include prescribing, ordering, and administering Schedule III-V controlled substances as described in the Uniform Controlled Substances Act, § 5-64-101 et seq., and 21 C.F.R. Part 1300, all legend drugs, and all nonschedule prescription medications and medical devices. All prescriptions and orders issued by a physician assistant shall identify his or her supervising physician. see full law
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    (A) An advanced practice registered nurse's prescriptive authority shall extend only to drugs listed in Schedules III — V and, if expressly authorized by the collaborative practice agreement, also to those hydrocodone combination products reclassified from Schedule III to Schedule II as of October 6, 2014. see full law
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    (15) Methadone see full law
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    (i) Buprenorphine — 9064-(6-85) (10-02 Transfer) see full law
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    (1) Opium and opiate, and any salt, compound, derivative, or preparation of opium or opiate, excluding apomorphine, dextrorphan, nalbuphine, nalmefene, naloxone and naltrexone and their respective salts, but including the following: see full law