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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-15-2103

Definitions

Acts 2015, No. 374, § 1.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) “Eligible patient” means a person who meets the requirements of eligibility in § 20-15-2104;

(2) “Investigational drug, biological product, or device” means a drug, biological product, or device that: Has successfully completed phase I of clinical trials but has not been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and

(3) Remains currently under investigation in a United States Food and Drug Administration clinical trial;

(4) “Physician” means an individual licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.; and

(5) “Terminal illness” means an incurable and irreversible condition that without the administration of life-sustaining treatment will, in the opinion of the patient's physician, result in death within a relatively short time.

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.