Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 16 - PRACTICE, PROCEDURE, AND COURTS (§§ 16-1-101 — 16-131-206)
Subtitle 7 - PARTICULAR PROCEEDINGS AND REMEDIES (§§ 16-105-201 — 16-131-206)
Chapter 114 - MALPRACTICE ACTIONS (§§ 16-114-201 — 16-114-403)
Subchapter 2 - ACTIONS FOR MEDICAL INJURY (§§ 16-114-201 — 16-114-213)
Section 16-114-207 - Expert witnesses

In any action for medical injury:

• (1) Rule 702 of the Uniform Rules of Evidence [repealed] shall govern the qualifications of expert witnesses;

• (2) No witness whose compensation for his or her services is in any way dependent on the outcome of the case shall be permitted to give expert testimony; and

• (3) No medical care provider shall be required to give expert opinion testimony against himself or herself as to any of the matters set forth in § 16-114-206 at a trial. However, this shall not apply to discovery. Discovery information can be used at a trial as in other lawsuits.

Acts 1979, No. 709, § 3; A.S.A. 1947, § 34-2615.