- (a) Arkansas Code § 17-82-316(a) – (c) and § 17-82-406 provide that the Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners is vested with the power to revoke or suspend for any period of time the privilege of practicing under any license issued in the State of Arkansas to any dentist, dental hygienist, or dental assistant if the licensee fails to maintain proper standards of sanitation or fails to otherwise maintain adequate safeguards for the health and safety of patients.
- (b) Pub. L. 102-141, passed in the First Session of the 102nd Congress of the United States of America, approved October 28, 1991, provides that the states will establish guidelines to apply to health professionals and will determine appropriate disciplinary and other actions to ensure compliance with those guidelines in order to prevent the transmission of human immunodeficiency virus and hepatitis B virus during exposure-prone invasive procedures except for an emergency situation where the patient's life or limb is in danger.