Legal Opinion
Hicks v. Arkansas State Medical Board
Supreme Court of Arkansas
Decided June 21, 1976No. 76-13PublishedCited by 16 opinions
1Opinion of the Court
Elsijane T. Roy, Justice.
Appellant Edna Hicks, a licensed cosmetician, desired to offer ear piercing as a service to her customers.. She filed a petition with the Arkansas State Medical Board (hereafter Board) requesting a declaratory ruling that the piercing of ears was not within the definition of the practice of medicine or surgery. On June 12, 1975, the Board after a hearing decided that ear piercing was encompassed in the phrase “the practice of medicine” as defined in Ark. Stat. Ann. § 72-604 (Repl. 1964). The circuit court affirmed the decision of the Board and from that affirmation…
2Cases cited7 opinions
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3Cited by16 opinions
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