Title 20 — Public Health and Welfare
63 chapters · 2,838 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Court” shall mean circuit court;(2) “Guardian” shall mean one appointed to have the care and custody of the person of an incompetent person; and(3) “Incompetent person” shall mean a person as to whom it is pr…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-102 Sterilization by consent not restricted
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Nothing contained in this chapter shall be construed to limit or restrict the right of a competent adult to consent to a sterilization procedure on himself or herself or to render liable any licensed hospital or its governing body or members thereof, or its superintendent, admini…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-201 Proceedings generally
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(a) The circuit court shall have exclusive jurisdiction over all proceedings under this chapter, subject to the right of appeal. (b) The venue for all proceedings under this chapter shall be:(1) In the county of this state which is the domicile of the incompetent person; or(2) If…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-202 Petition
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(a) A guardian, in the case of an adult who is an alleged incompetent person, or a parent or guardian, in the case of a minor who is an alleged incompetent person, may petition the court for the sterilization, under this chapter, of an alleged incompetent. (b) The petition shall …
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-203 Notice of hearing
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(a) Notice of the hearing for sterilization need not be given to any person:(1) Who has signed the petition;(2) Who has in writing waived notice of the hearing;(3) Who actually appears at the hearing; or(4) Whose existence, relationship to the alleged incompetent person, or where…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-204 Hearing
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(a) (1) In determining the incompetence of a person for whom sterilization is sought, the court shall require that the evidence of incompetence include the testimony of at least two (2) medical witnesses who shall be found by the court to be qualified. The testimony of one (1) wi…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-205 Method of sterilization
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If the petition is granted, the court may order that the incompetent be sterilized by X-ray or by vasectomy, in the case of a male incompetent person, or salpingectomy, in the case of a female incompetent person, or other procedure as at the time may constitute a procedure genera…
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-206 Appeal
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An order for sterilization may be appealed from as in other cases at law or in equity, and no such order shall be executed during the time that an appeal may be taken or while an appeal is pending.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-49-207 Nonliability of physician or hospital
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(a) No action shall be brought against any licensed hospital or its governing body, the members thereof, or its superintendent, administrator, agents, representatives, servants, or employees nor against any physician, nurse, or other person who participates in the performance of …