Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 13, Subchapter 9 - Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act

• § 20-13-901 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Attending physician" has the meaning provided in § 20-17-201; (2) "Board" means the State Board of Health; (3)...
• § 20-13-902 - Immunities.
  (a) The following are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct upon discovery of Do Not Resuscitate...
• § 20-13-903 - Authorization to Follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the Prehospital Setting.
  (a) Qualified emergency medical services personnel may follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders pertaining to adult patients in the prehospital setting in...
• § 20-13-904 - Adherence to Do Not Resuscitate Protocol -- Transfer of Patients.
  (a) Emergency medical services personnel other than physicians shall comply with the Do Not Resuscitate Protocol when presented with either Do Not Resuscitate Identification...
• § 20-13-905 - Patient's Decision -- Effect on Insurance.
  (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...
• § 20-13-906 - Rulemaking Authority.
  (a) Upon the adoption of an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Protocol by the State Board of Health, the Department of Health may...
• § 20-13-907 - Reciprocity.
  (a) An advance directive executed in another state shall be deemed to be validly executed for the purposes of this subchapter if executed in...
• § 20-13-908 - Penalties.
  (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...

Last modified: November 15, 2016