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AR Code § 20-6-303 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-303. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter:   (1)  (A) “Healthcare facility” means an institution, building, agency, or a portion of an institution, building, or agency that is used, operated, or designed to provide healthcare services, medical treatment, nursing care, rehabilitative care, or preventative care to an individual, regardless of whether the institution, building, or agency is a private organization, a public organization, a nonprofit organization, or a for-profit organization.  (B) “Healthcare facility” includes without limitation:  (i) An ambulatory surgical facility;  (ii) A home health agency;  (iii) A hospice;  (iv) A hospital;  (v) An infirmary;  (vi) A long-term care facility;  (vii) An assisted living facility;  (viii) A mental health center;  (ix) An outpatient facility;  (x) A rehabilitation facility; and  (xi) A residential treatment facility;      (2) “Healthcare provider” means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession, including without limitation:  (A) An emergency medical care provider; and  (B) An individual providing home and community-based services;    (3) “Legal representative” means the same as a person authorized to consent on the principal's behalf under § 20-6-102;  (4) “Patient” means an individual who has a critical medical condition or a terminal illness and for whom a physician has determined that a physician order for life-sustaining treatment is consistent with the individual's goals of care;  (5) “Physician” means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in this state; and  (6) “Physician order for life-sustaining treatment” means a document containing orders by a physician regarding life-sustaining treatment and medical interventions in accordance with the wishes of a patient, or if the wishes of the patient are not reasonably known and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, in accordance with the best interest of the patient.
AR Code § 20-6-304 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-304. Physician order for life-sustaining treatment form

 (a) The State Board of Health shall prescribe a standardized physician order for life-sustaining treatment form that:  (1) Is signed and dated by:  (A) The patient or the legal representative of the patient; and  (B) The physician of the patient;    (2) Includes:  (A) The name and date of birth of the patient; and  (B) The intentions of the patient regarding care, including without limitation the administration of cardiopulmonary resuscitation and the level of medical interventions in the event of a medical emergency; and    (3) Is easily distinguishable to facilitate recognition by healthcare providers and healthcare facilities.    (b) A legal representative may sign a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form on behalf of a patient who lacks capacity to do so, guided by:  (1) The express or implied intentions of the patient; or  (2) If the intentions of the patient are unknown and cannot be reasonably determined, the best interest of the patient given the overall medical condition and prognosis of the patient.    (c)  (1) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form shall be completed by a physician based upon patient intentions and medical indications.  (2) During the process of completing the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form, the physician may:  (A) Explain:  (i) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form; and  (ii) The medical interventions and procedures offered by the life-sustaining treatment form; and    (B) Inform the patient or the legal representative of the patient about the difference between an advance directive and the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.      (d) This subchapter does not authorize a physician to unilaterally create a physician order for life-sustaining treatment on behalf of an individual.
AR Code § 20-6-305 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-305. Compliance

 (a) Except as provided in subsection (c) of this section, a healthcare provider and a healthcare facility shall treat a patient in accordance with the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.  (b) A physician order for life-sustaining treatment form is valid in a healthcare facility, regardless of whether the physician who signed the life-sustaining treatment form has clinical privileges at the healthcare facility.  (c)  (1) A healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not required to comply with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form if the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted healthcare standards applicable to a healthcare provider or healthcare facility.  (2) A healthcare provider or healthcare facility may decline to comply with an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon religious beliefs or moral convictions if the healthcare provider or healthcare facility:  (A) Promptly informs the patient or legal representative of the patient regarding the inability to carry out the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form;  (B) Provides continuing care to the patient until a transfer can be made or a determination has been made that the transfer cannot be made; and  (C)  (i) Makes all reasonable efforts to assist in the prompt transfer of the patient to another healthcare provider or healthcare facility that is willing to comply with the executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.  (ii) If a transfer cannot be made, the healthcare provider or healthcare facility shall not be compelled to comply with the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.      (3) This section does not authorize a healthcare provider or healthcare facility to withhold life-sustaining treatment against the wishes of a patient or a legal representative.
AR Code § 20-6-306 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-306. Review and revision

 (a)  (1) An executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form may be reviewed periodically by the physician of the patient.  (2) The physician may:  (A) Conduct an evaluation of the patient; and  (B) In consultation with the patient or the legal representative of the patient, issue a new physician order for life-sustaining treatment form consistent with the most current information available about the health status and goals of care of the patient.      (b)  (1) The new physician order for life-sustaining treatment form shall be:  (A) Recorded on a new physician order for life-sustaining treatment form; and  (B) Signed in compliance with § 20-6-304.    (2) Once a new physician order for life-sustaining treatment form has been executed, the previous physician order for life-sustaining treatment form shall be nullified.    (c) A patient with the capacity to make his or her own healthcare decisions may, at any time, request alternative treatment to the treatment that was ordered on the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.  (d) The legal representative of the patient who does not have the capacity to make his or her own healthcare decisions shall consult with the physician who is the treating physician of the patient before making a request to modify the orders reflected in the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form of the patient.
AR Code § 20-6-307 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-307. Relationship with advance directives

 (a)  (1) A physician order for life-sustaining treatment form is not intended to replace an advance directive.  (2) In executing a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form, a patient, the legal representative of the patient when applicable, and the physician shall make a good-faith effort to locate and incorporate treatment preferences documented in a previously executed advance directive, when appropriate and desired by the patient.    (b) In the event of a conflict with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form and an advance directive, either:  (1) The document executed most recently by the patient shall take precedence regarding the medical decision or treatment preference at issue; or  (2) If both the advance directive and the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form were executed by the legal representative of the patient, the advance directive shall take precedence regarding the medical decision or treatment preference at issue.    (c) This section does not prohibit or require the execution, revocation, or modification of an advance directive.
AR Code § 20-6-308 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-308. Liability

 A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or employee or agent of the healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for:   (1) Complying with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith assumption that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was valid when executed and that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not revoked or terminated;  (2) Failing to comply with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good faith determination that:  (A) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not valid; or  (B) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted healthcare standards applicable to the healthcare provider or healthcare facility; or    (3) Declining to comply with an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon religious beliefs or moral convictions if the healthcare provider or healthcare facility complies with the requirements of § 20-6-305.
AR Code § 20-6-309 (2020)
2020 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

 (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.
AR Code § 20-6-310 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-310. Criminal penalty

 (a) It is unlawful for a person to knowingly:  (1) Conceal, cancel, deface, obliterate, or damage a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form without the consent of the patient or the legal representative of the patient;  (2)  (A) Cause an individual to execute a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form by undue influence, fraud, or duress.  (B) As used in this section, “undue influence” includes without limitation:  (i) Charging a different rate or fee for insurance coverage or healthcare services based upon whether the individual consents to a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form or has executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form;  (ii) Requiring a healthcare provider to have an internal policy to offer a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form to any individual;  (iii) Providing any financial incentive, payment, discount, or rating incentive for having an internal policy or procedure relating to the completion of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form as applied to a healthcare provider or healthcare facility; or  (iv) Imposing a rating or reimbursement penalty if a healthcare provider or healthcare facility fails to achieve a target for physician order for life-sustaining treatment form completions; or      (3) Falsify or forge a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form of another person that results in a direct change of health care provided to the patient.    (b) A person who violates this section is guilty of a Class D felony.  (c) This section does not prevent payment to a healthcare provider or healthcare facility for consultation with or counseling of a patient concerning a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form or for offering advance directive healthcare planning.
AR Code § 20-6-311 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-311. Applicability — Death — Life insurance

 (a) A death that results from compliance with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not constitute a suicide, homicide, or abuse, for any reason.  (b)  (1) The execution of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a life insurance policy or annuity policy.  (2) A life insurance policy or annuity policy shall not be impaired or invalidated if emergency care or life-sustaining treatment is withheld from an insured individual who has executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.    (c) This subchapter does not:  (1) Condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide; or  (2) Permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.
AR Code § 20-6-312 (2020)
2020 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|§ 20-6-312. Copy of physician order for life-sustaining treatment form

 A copy of an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form has the same effect as the original physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.
AR Code § 20-7-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-101. Violations — Penalties

 (a)  (1) Every firm, person, or corporation violating any of the provisions of this act or any of the orders or rules made and promulgated in pursuance hereof shall be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and upon conviction thereof shall be punished by a fine of not less than one hundred dollars ($100) nor more than five hundred dollars ($500) or by imprisonment not exceeding one (1) month, or both.  (2) Each day of violation shall constitute a separate offense.    (b)  (1)  (A)  (i) Every firm, person, or corporation who violates any of the rules issued or promulgated by the State Board of Health or who violates any condition of a license, permit, certificate, or any other type of registration issued by the board may be assessed a civil penalty by the board. The penalty shall not exceed one thousand dollars ($1,000) for each violation.  (ii) Each day of a continuing violation may be deemed a separate violation for purposes of penalty assessments.    (B) However, no civil penalty may be assessed until the person charged with the violation has been given the opportunity for a hearing on the violation.    (2) All fines collected under this subsection shall be deposited into the State Treasury and credited to the Public Health Fund to be used to defray the costs of administering this section.  (3) Subject to such rules as may be implemented by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, the disbursing officer for the Department of Health may transfer all unexpended funds relative to fines collected under this subsection, as certified by the Chief Fiscal Officer of the State, to be carried forward and made available for expenditures for the same purpose for any following fiscal year.  (4) All rules promulgated pursuant to this subsection shall be reviewed by the House Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor and the Senate Committee on Public Health, Welfare, and Labor or appropriate subcommittees thereof.
AR Code § 20-7-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-103. Members — Officers

 (a) The members of the State Board of Health shall elect one (1) of the members as president.  (b)  (1) The State Board of Health shall nominate to the Governor a Director of the Department of Health.  (2)  (A) The Governor shall appoint the director who shall serve at the pleasure of the Governor.  (B) The director shall report to the Secretary of the Department of Health.  (C) The Secretary of the Department of Health may serve as the Director of the Department of Health if the Governor determines all statutory requirements are fulfilled.    (3) The director may:  (A) Serve as the State Health Officer;  (B) Serve as the Secretary for the State Board of Health but shall not sit as a member of the State Board of Health; and  (C)  (i)  (a) Be a licensed medical doctor who is a graduate of a school of medicine recognized by the Arkansas State Medical Board;  (b) Hold a graduate degree in public health or a graduate degree in a recognized public health discipline from an accredited college or university or have equivalent knowledge and experience in public health as determined by the Secretary of the Department of Health; and  (c) Have experience in the practice of public health and in leadership and management, the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Department of Health; or    (ii) Hold a doctoral degree in public health or a doctoral degree in a recognized public health discipline from an accredited college or university with at least five (5) years of experience in the practice of public health and at least ten (10) years of experience in the leadership and management of a large complex organization, the sufficiency of which shall be determined by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
AR Code § 20-7-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-104. Members — Compensation

 All appointed members of the State Board of Health may receive expense reimbursement and stipends in accordance with § 25-16-901 et seq.
AR Code § 20-7-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-105. Proceedings

 (a)  (1) The State Board of Health shall meet at least one (1) time every three (3) months.  (2) Upon the call of the President of the State Board of Health or a majority of the members of the board, the board shall meet at such other times as may be necessary in the interest of public health.    (b)  (1) The board may adopt bylaws regulating the transaction of its business and provide within the bylaws for the appointment of committees to which the board may delegate authority and power for all duties committed to the board, but under the direction and subject to the control of the board.  (2) The board may also adopt and use an official seal.    (c) A majority of the members of the board shall constitute a quorum for the transaction of business and for the performance of such duties as the board may prescribe.
AR Code § 20-7-106 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-106. Office

 The office of the State Board of Health shall be located in Little Rock, and the board shall be furnished with all necessary equipment and supplies, including laboratory supplies, books, stationery, blanks, furniture, etc., as are provided other officers of the state and as are necessary for carrying on the work of the board, and the office is to be provided in a suitable building to be designated by the Secretary of the Department of Health.
AR Code § 20-7-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-107. Appointment of assistant director

 The Secretary of the Department of Health may appoint and employ an assistant director who shall be knowledgeable in the field of public health and whose duty it shall be to assist the secretary in the general supervision of the affairs of his or her office and in the enforcement of quarantine and sanitation throughout the state.
AR Code § 20-7-108 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare|Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety|Chapter 7 - State Board of Health — Department of Health|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 20-7-108. Engagement of certain personnel

 The Department of Health may engage suitable persons to render sanitary service, to make or supervise practical and scientific investigations and examinations requiring expert skill, and to prepare plans and to report relative to sanitary service.