2015 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health And Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health And Safety
Chapter 16 - Reproductive Health
Subchapter 12 - Partial-Birth Abortion Ban Act
§ 20-16-1206 - Hearings before the Arkansas State Medical Board.

AR Code § 20-16-1206 (2015) What's This?

(a) A physician accused of a violation of this subchapter may seek a hearing before the Arkansas State Medical Board to determine whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the female under § 20-16-1203.

(b) Findings from a hearing held under subsection (a) of this section are admissible at the trial of the physician on the issue of whether the physician's conduct was necessary to save the life of the female under § 20-16-1203.

(c) Upon a motion of the physician, the circuit court shall delay the beginning of the trial for not more than ninety (90) days to permit a hearing under subsection (a) of this section to take place.

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