Drug Enforcement Administration registry numbers.
Ark. Code Ann. § 23-66-702
in effect(a) Health carriers shall not require physicians, pharmacists, or other persons or entities to disclose a physician's Drug Enforcement Administration registry number for the purposes of identification, payment to a pharmacist, reimbursement of a patient, or any other reason.
(b) “Health carrier” means any insurance company or health maintenance organization subject to the following laws:
(1) The Arkansas Insurance Code;
(2) Section 23-76-101 et seq., pertaining to health maintenance organizations; and
(3) Any successor laws of the foregoing.
(c) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit a health carrier, as part of the credentialing process, from requesting evidence that the physician has a valid Drug Enforcement Administration certificate.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.23.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026
