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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-902

Immunities

Acts 1993, No. 1101, § 2.

(1) The following are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct upon discovery of Do Not Resuscitate Identification upon a person: A physician who causes the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;

(2) A person who participates in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures under the direction or with the authorization of a physician;

(3) Emergency medical services personnel who cause or participate in the withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person;

(4) A healthcare facility in which withholding or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures from that person occurs; and

(5) Physicians, persons under the direction or authorization of a physician, emergency medical services personnel, or healthcare facilities that provide life-sustaining procedures pursuant to an oral or written request communicated to them by a person who possesses Do Not Resuscitate Identification.

(6) The provisions of subdivisions (a)(1)-(5) of this section apply when a life-sustaining procedure is withheld or withdrawn in accordance with the Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Protocol.

(7) Emergency medical services personnel who follow a Do Not Resuscitate Order from a licensed physician are not subject to civil or criminal liability and are not guilty of unprofessional conduct.

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.