Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 3, Chapter 49, Subchapter 2 - Sterilization Pursuant to Petition
- § 20-49-201 - Proceedings Generally.
(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...
- § 20-49-202 - Petition.
(a) A guardian, in the case of an adult alleged incompetent, or a parent or guardian, in the case of a minor alleged incompetent,...
- § 20-49-203 - Notice of Hearing.
(a) Notice of the hearing for sterilization need not be given to any person: (1) Who has signed the petition; (2) Who has in...
- § 20-49-204 - Hearing.
(a) (1) In determining the incompetence of a person for whom sterilization is sought, the court shall require that the evidence of incompetence include...
- § 20-49-205 - Method of Sterilization.
If the petition is granted, the court may order that the incompetent be sterilized by X ray or by vasectomy, in the case of...
- § 20-49-206 - Appeal.
An order for sterilization may be appealed from as in other cases at law or in equity, and no such order shall be executed...
- § 20-49-207 - Nonliability of Physician or Hospital.
(a) No action shall be brought against any licensed hospital or its governing body, the members thereof, or its superintendent, administrator, agents, representatives, servants,...
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