2016 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 13 - Emergency Medical Services
Subchapter 9 - -- Arkansas Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Act
§ 20-13-903. Authorization to follow Emergency Medical Services Do Not Resuscitate Orders in the prehospital setting
(a) 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 regulations promulgated by the State Board of Health, if the order available to the personnel is in a format approved by the Department of Health.
(b) 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 prior to cardiac or respiratory arrest.
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