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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1703

Definitions

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2025 Ark. App. 316 - Robert Herrington v. State of Arkansas (2025)

Most recently applied in 2025 Ark. App. 316 - Robert Herrington v. State of Arkansas (May 2025)

Acts 2015, No. 1114, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Drug overdose” means an acute condition resulting from, or that a reasonable person would believe to be resulting from, the consumption or use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or dangerous drug or a combination of alcohol, controlled substance, or dangerous drug by an individual, causing signs, including without limitation: Extreme physical illness;

(2) Decreased level of consciousness;

(3) Respiratory depression;

(4) Coma;

(5) Mania; or

(6) Death;

(7) “Emergency medical services” means: The transportation and medical care provided the ill or injured by licensed emergency medical services personnel or other healthcare providers before arrival at a medical facility; and

(8) Continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility;

(9) “Medical assistance” means aid provided to a person experiencing or believed to be experiencing a drug overdose by a healthcare provider acting within its scope of practice that may provide diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical services relative to the drug overdose; and

(10) “Seeks medical assistance” means accesses or assists in accessing the 911 system or otherwise contacts or assists in contacting law enforcement or a poison control center and provides care to a person experiencing or believed to be experiencing a drug overdose.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.