Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-903 Authorization to follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the prehospital setting
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(a) Qualified emergency medical services personnel may follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders pertaining to adult patients in the prehospital setting in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health, if the order available to the personnel is…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-904 Adherence to Do Not Resuscitate Protocol — Transfer of patients
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(a) Emergency medical services personnel other than physicians shall comply with the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol when presented with either Do Not Resuscitate Identification approved by the Department of Health, an oral Do Not Resuscitate Order issued directly by a physician, or …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-905 Patient's decision — Effect on insurance
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(a) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of emergency life-sustaining procedures pursuant to the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol and in accordance with this subchapter is not for any purpose a suicide or homicide. (b) The possession of Do Not Resuscitate Identification …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-906 Rulemaking authority
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(a) Upon the adoption of an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Protocol by the State Board of Health at the recommendation of the Emergency Medical Services Advisory Committee, the Department of Health may adopt a standard form of Do Not Resuscitate Identification to b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-907 Reciprocity
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(a) An advance directive executed in another state shall be deemed to be validly executed for the purposes of this subchapter if executed in compliance with the laws of the State of Arkansas or the laws of the state where executed. (b) Such advance directives shall be construed i…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-908 Penalties
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(a) A physician who willfully fails to transfer a patient in accordance with § 20-13-904 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (b) A person who purposely conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the Do Not Resuscitate Identification of another without the consent of the possessor…