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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-903

Authorization to follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the prehospital setting

Acts 1993, No. 1101, § 3; 2019, No. 315, § 1926.

(1) Qualified emergency medical services personnel may follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders pertaining to adult patients in the prehospital setting in accordance with rules promulgated by the State Board of Health, if the order available to the personnel is in a format approved by the Department of Health.

(2) This section shall not authorize emergency medical personnel to follow an Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Order for any patient who is able to and does express to the personnel the desire to be resuscitated before cardiac or respiratory arrest.

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.