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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 6 - General Provisions
Subchapter 3 - Arkansas Physician Order for Life-Sustaining Treatment Act
§ 20-6-309. Voluntary signing
Universal Citation: AR Code § 20-6-309 (2017)
- (a) The signing of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form by a patient or legal representative of the patient is voluntary.
- (b)
- (1) A person or entity, including without limitation a healthcare provider, healthcare facility, employer, or health insurance carrier, shall not require an individual to execute a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form as a condition of being insured for, or receiving, healthcare services.
- (2) If a healthcare provider or healthcare facility complies with subdivision (b)(1) of this section, the healthcare provider or healthcare facility may have a policy to offer a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form to appropriate individuals as part of a conversation about:
- (A) Goals of care;
- (B) Personal values and preferences;
- (C) Benefits of various treatment options; and
- (D) Avoidance of unwanted burden.
- (c) This subchapter does not:
- (1) Create a presumption concerning the intention of an individual who has not executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form with respect to the use, withholding, or withdrawal of life-sustaining procedures in the event of a terminal condition; or
- (2) Affect the right of an individual to make decisions regarding the use of life-sustaining procedures as long as the individual has the capacity to make a decision.
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