2018 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 15 - Disease and Disease Prevention Generally
Subchapter 21 - Right to Try Act
§ 20-15-2102. Findings
- It is found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that:
(1) The process of approval for investigational drugs, biological products, and devices in the United States often takes many years;
(2) Patients who have a terminal disease do not have the luxury of waiting until an investigational drug, biological product, or device receives final approval;
(3) The standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration for the use of investigational drugs, biological products, and devices may deny the benefits of potentially life-saving treatments to terminally ill patients;
(4) The State of Arkansas recognizes that patients who have a terminal disease have a fundamental right to attempt to pursue the preservation of their own lives by accessing available investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; and
(5) The use of available investigational drugs, biological products , or devices is a decision that should be made by the patient with a terminal disease in consultation with his or her physician.
