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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 17 - Death and Disposition of the Dead
Subchapter 2 - Arkansas Rights of the Terminally Ill or Permanently Unconscious Act
§ 20-17-204. Revocation of declaration
Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-17-204 (2017)
- (a)
- (1) A declaration may be revoked at any time and in any manner by the declarant without regard to the declarant's mental or physical condition. A revocation is effective upon communication to the attending physician or other health care provider by the declarant or a witness to the revocation.
- (2)
- (A) The wishes of a patient who requests nutrition or hydration, or both, shall be honored.
- (B) Unless the use of artificial means is specifically requested, a patient's request for nutrition or hydration, or both, shall not be honored by use of artificial means if doing so would require the insertion of any apparatus into the patient's body.
- (b) The attending physician or other health care provider shall make the revocation a part of the declarant's medical record.
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