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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-207

Transfer of patients — Compliance by healthcare provider or healthcare institution

Acts 1987, No. 713, § 7; 2017, No. 974, § 6.

(1) A declaration under this subchapter is a written advance directive under the Arkansas Healthcare Decisions Act, § 20-6-101 et seq.

(2) The provisions of the Arkansas Healthcare Decisions Act, § 20-6-101 et seq., concerning compliance by a healthcare provider or healthcare institution apply to: Determine whether an attending physician or other healthcare provider may decline to comply with a declaration executed under this subchapter; and

(3) Any duty to transfer a patient when the attending physician or other healthcare provider declines to comply with a declaration executed under this subchapter.

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.