Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 17, Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Rights of the Terminally Ill or Permanently Unconscious Act

• § 20-17-201 - Definitions.
  As used in this subchapter: (1) "Attending physician" means the physician who has primary responsibility for the treatment and care of the patient; (2)...
• § 20-17-202 - Declaration Relating to Use of Life-Sustaining Treatment.
  (a) An individual of sound mind and eighteen (18) or more years of age may execute at any time a declaration governing the withholding...
• § 20-17-203 - When Declaration Operative.
  A declaration becomes operative when: (i) it is communicated to the attending physician; and, (ii) the declarant is determined by the attending physician and...
• § 20-17-204 - Revocation of Declaration.
  (a) (1) A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by the declarant without regard to the declarant's mental or...
• § 20-17-205 - Recording Determination of Terminal Condition or Permanent Unconsciousness and Declaration.
  Upon determining that the declarant is in a terminal condition or permanently unconscious, the attending physician who knows of a declaration shall record the...
• § 20-17-206 - Treatment of Qualified Patient.
  (a) A qualified patient may make decisions regarding life-sustaining treatment as long as the patient is able to do so.(b) This subchapter does not...
• § 20-17-207 - Transfer of Patients.
  An attending physician or other health care provider who is unwilling to comply with this subchapter shall as promptly as practicable take all reasonable...
• § 20-17-208 - Immunities.
  (a) In the absence of knowledge of the revocation of a declaration, a person is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline...
• § 20-17-209 - Penalties.
  (a) A physician or other health care provider who willfully fails to transfer in accordance with § 20-17-207 is guilty of a Class A...
• § 20-17-210 - Miscellaneous Provisions.
  (a) Death resulting from the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining treatment pursuant to a declaration and in accordance with this subchapter does not constitute,...
• § 20-17-211 - When Health Care Provider May Presume Validity of Declaration.
  In the absence of knowledge to the contrary, a physician or other health care provider may presume that a declaration complies with this subchapter...
• § 20-17-212 - Recognition of Declaration Executed in Another State.
  A declaration executed in another state in compliance with the law of that state or of this state is validly executed for purposes of...
• § 20-17-213 - Effect of Previous Declaration.
  An instrument executed before July 20, 1987, which substantially complies with § 20-17-202(a) must be given effect pursuant to the provision of this subchapter.
• § 20-17-214 - Who May Execute Written Request for Another.
  (a) If any person is a minor or an adult where a valid declaration does not exist and a health care proxy has not...
• § 20-17-215 - Short Title.
  This subchapter may be cited as the "Arkansas Rights of the Terminally Ill or Permanently Unconscious Act".
• § 20-17-216 - Severability.
  If any provision of this subchapter or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions...
• § 20-17-217 - Effective Date.
  This subchapter takes effect on July 20, 1987.
• § 20-17-218 - Repeal.
  The following acts and parts of acts are repealed: (1) Acts 1977, No. 879; and (2) All laws and parts of laws in conflict...

Last modified: November 15, 2016