ARKANSAS STATE DEPT. OF HEALTH v. DRS. THIBAULT & COUNCIL

No. 83-235.

664 S.W.2d 445 (1984)

281 Ark. 297

ARKANSAS STATE DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH et al, Appellants, v. DRS. THIBAULT & COUNCIL, P.A. et al., Appellees.

Supreme Court of Arkansas.

Rehearing Denied March 12, 1984.


Attorney(s) appearing for the Case

Steve Clark, Atty. Gen., by George A. Harper, Sp. Asst. Atty. Gen., Little Rock, for Arkansas State Board of Health et al.

Wright, Lindsey & Jennings, Little Rock, for Arkansas Ass'n of Nurse Anesthetists.

Gibson, Ellis & Arnold, Benton, for Drs. Thibault et al.

Alsobrook & Moudy by Dan E. Moudy, Benton, for Board of Saline Hosp.


GEORGE ROSE SMITH, Justice.

In this declaratory judgment action brought by the two appellees—a professional association of three obstetricians and a county hospital—the question is whether the doctors and the hospital can lawfully continue to allow registered nurses, not specially qualified in the field of anesthesiology, to administer "epidural anesthetics" to obstetrical patients at the hospital. The appellants are the State Department of Health and...

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