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HICKS v. ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BD.

No. 76-13.

537 S.W.2d 794 (1976)

Edna HICKS d/b/a the Beauty Box, Appellant, v. ARKANSAS STATE MEDICAL BOARD, Appellee.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

June 21, 1976.

Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Kip Glasscock, Port Arthur, Tex., John M. Fincher, North Little Rock (of counsel), for appellant.

Eugene R. Warren, Little Rock, for appellee.

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...

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