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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-209

Penalties

Acts 1987, No. 713, § 9; 1999, No. 1536, § 5.

(1) A physician or other healthcare provider who willfully fails to transfer in accordance with § 20-17-207 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(2) A physician who willfully fails to record the determination of terminal condition or permanent unconsciousness in accordance with § 20-17-205 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(3) An individual who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the declaration of another without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.

(4) An individual who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in § 20-17-204, is guilty of a Class D felony.

(5) An individual who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, healthcare services is guilty of a Class D felony.

(6) A person who coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a declaration under this subchapter is guilty of a Class D felony.

(7) The sanctions provided in this section do not displace any sanction applicable under other law.

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.