Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 17, Subchapter 1 - General Provisions

• § 20-17-101 - Death -- Legal Definition.
  (a) An individual is dead who has sustained either: (1) Irreversible cessation of circulatory and respiratory functions; or (2) Irreversible cessation of all functions...
• § 20-17-102 - Arkansas Final Disposition Rights Act of 2009.
  (a) (1) This section may be cited as the "Arkansas Final Disposition Rights Act of 2009". (2) As used in this section: (A) "DD...
• § 20-17-103 - Notification of Death.
  Within thirty (30) calendar days after a death certificate is filed pursuant to § 20-18-601, the Division of Vital Records of the Department of...
• § 20-17-104 - Withholding Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation in Nursing Facilities for Unwitnessed Deaths.
  (a) As used in this section: (1) "Dependent lividity" means clear demarcation of pooled blood within the body; (2) "Nursing facility" means the same...
• § 20-17-105 - Organ Donor Privacy.
  (a) Information regarding the identity of an organ donor is confidential.(b) (1) Confidentiality under this section may be waived by an individual who made...
• § 20-17-106 - Authorization to Distribute Organ and Tissue Donation Information Upon Death Associated With Diagnosis of Fatal Fetal Condition.
  Upon the death of a fetus diagnosed with a fatal fetal condition which will result in death within three (3) months of birth or...

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