- (a) Records of the Arkansas Board of Examiners in Counseling shall be kept, maintained, and made available for inspection in accordance with the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, Arkansas Code § 25-19-101 et seq.
- (b) Records of the board will be maintained in accordance with the laws governing retention of documents of state agencies.
(c)
(1) The board may periodically release names of new licensees, those licensees whose licenses have been suspended or revoked, and those who are appealing a suspension or a revocation, to the:
- (A) American Counseling Association;
- (B) American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy; and
- (C) American Mental Health Counselors Association.
- (2) This information may be periodically placed on the board website.
(d)
- (1) Final decisions arrived at through administrative hearings will be available to requesters, including third-party payers.
- (2) All final decisions are reported to the National Practitioners Data Bank.
- (3) These decisions will be available through the board’s website or by written request from the board office.