Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023)
Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113)
Subtitle 2 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 20-6-101 — 20-38-113)
Chapter 13 - EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES (§§ 20-13-101 — 20-13-1805)
Subchapter 17 - JOSHUA ASHLEY - PAULEY ACT (§§ 20-13-1701 — 20-13-1705)
Section 20-13-1703 - Definitions

As used in this subchapter:

• (1) "Drug overdose" means an acute condition resulting from, or that a reasonable person would believe to be resulting from, the consumption or use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or dangerous drug or a combination of alcohol, controlled substance, or dangerous drug by an individual, causing signs, including without limitation:
  • (A) Extreme physical illness;
  • (B) Decreased level of consciousness;
  • (C) Respiratory depression;
  • (D) Coma;
  • (E) Mania; or
  • (F) Death;

• (2) "Emergency medical services" means:
  • (A) The transportation and medical care provided the ill or injured by licensed emergency medical services personnel or other healthcare providers before arrival at a medical facility; and
  • (B) Continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility;

• (3) "Medical assistance" means aid provided to a person experiencing or believed to be experiencing a drug overdose by a healthcare provider acting within its scope of practice that may provide diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical services relative to the drug overdose; and

• (4) "Seeks medical assistance" means accesses or assists in accessing the 911 system or otherwise contacts or assists in contacting law enforcement or a poison control center and provides care to a person experiencing or believed to be experiencing a drug overdose.

Added by Act 2015, No. 1114,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.