(a) The Arkansas Board of Podiatric Medicine is empowered to incur whatever expenses it may deem necessary or expedient in performing its functions, and it may employ whatever assistants it may deem necessary or expedient and fix their compensation.
(b) Each member of the board may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
(c) All of the disbursements provided for in this section shall be made out of the fees and fines collected by the board.