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AR Code § 16-44-201 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 44 - Depositions|Subchapter 2 - Criminal Proceedings|§ 16-44-201. Authorization for deposition generally — Manner of taking — Use

 (a) The court or judge in vacation, or a Justice of the Supreme Court, may authorize either party to take the deposition of a material witness where there are reasonable grounds to apprehend that, before trial, the witness will die, will become mentally incapable of giving testimony or physically incapable of attending the trial, or will become a nonresident of the state. The materiality of the testimony and the reason for taking the deposition shall be shown by affidavit.  (b) The court or judge shall, by written order, prescribe the manner of taking the deposition whether by interrogatories or upon notice to the parties.  (c) Upon the death of the witness, or upon his becoming mentally incapable of testifying or a nonresident of the state and absent therefrom so that he could not be summoned, the deposition taken in pursuance of such order may be read as evidence, provided that the grounds of nonresidence and absence from the state shall not be sufficient unless the party wishing to use the deposition makes an affidavit that he has tried in good faith to procure the attendance of such witness and been unable to do so.
AR Code § 16-44-202 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 44 - Depositions|Subchapter 2 - Criminal Proceedings|§ 16-44-202. Deposing witnesses upon showing of inability to attend trial — Use of depositions

 (a) If it appears that a prospective witness may be unable to attend or be prevented from attending a trial or hearing, that his or her testimony is material, and that it is necessary to take his or her deposition in order to prevent a failure of justice, the court at any time after the filing of an indictment or information may order, upon motion of either party and notice to the parties, that his or her testimony be taken by deposition and that any designated books, papers, documents, or tangible objects not privileged be produced at the same time and place. If a witness is committed for failure to give bail to appear to testify at a trial or hearing, the court on written motion of the witness and upon notice to the parties may direct that his or her deposition be taken. After the deposition has been subscribed, the court may discharge the witness.  (b) If a defendant is without counsel, the court shall advise him or her of the right provided for in subsection (a) of this section and assign counsel to represent him or her unless the defendant elects to proceed without counsel or is able to obtain counsel. If it appears that a defendant at whose instance a deposition is to be taken cannot bear the expense thereof, the court may direct that the expenses of travel and subsistence of the defendant's attorney for attendance at the examination shall be paid by the state.  (c) A deposition shall be taken in the manner provided in civil actions. The court at the request of either party may direct that a deposition be taken on written interrogatories in the manner provided in civil actions.  (d) At the trial or upon any hearing, a part or all of a deposition, so far as otherwise admissible under the rules of evidence, may be used if it appears:  (1) That the witness is dead;  (2) That the witness is out of the State of Arkansas unless it appears that the absence of the witness was procured by the party offering the deposition;  (3) That the witness is unable to attend or testify because of sickness or infirmity; or  (4) That the party offering the deposition has been unable to procure the attendance of the witness by subpoena. Any deposition may also be used by any party for the purpose of contradicting or impeaching the testimony of the deponent as a witness. If only a part of a deposition is offered in evidence by a party, an adverse party may require him or her to offer all of it which is relevant to the part offered and any party may offer other parts.    (e) Objections to receiving in evidence a deposition or part thereof may be made as provided in civil actions.  (f) This section shall be applicable to city, district, and circuit courts of this state.
AR Code § 16-44-203 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 44 - Depositions|Subchapter 2 - Criminal Proceedings|§ 16-44-203. Videotaped deposition of alleged victim under 17 years of age in sexual offense prosecution

 (a) As used in this section, the term “videotaped deposition” means the visual recording on a magnetic tape, together with the associated sound, of a witness testifying under oath in the course of a judicial proceeding, upon oral examination and where an opportunity is given for cross-examination in the presence of the defendant and intended to be played back upon the trial of the action in court.  (b) In any prosecution for a sexual offense or criminal attempt to commit a sexual offense against a minor, upon motion of the prosecuting attorney and after notice to the opposing counsel, the court may, for good cause shown, order the taking of a videotaped deposition of any alleged victim under the age of seventeen (17) years. The videotaped deposition shall be taken before the judge in chambers in the presence of the prosecuting attorney, the defendant, and the defendant's attorneys. Examination and cross-examination of the alleged victim shall proceed at the taking of the videotaped deposition in the same manner as permitted at trial under the provisions of the Arkansas Uniform Rules of Evidence.  (c) Any videotaped deposition taken under the provisions of this section shall be admissible at trial and received into evidence in lieu of the direct testimony of the alleged victim. However, neither the presentation nor the preparation of such videotaped deposition shall preclude the prosecutor's calling the alleged victim to testify at trial if that is necessary to serve the interests of justice.  (d) Videotapes which are a part of the court record are subject to a protective order of the court for the purpose of protecting the privacy of the alleged victim.
AR Code § 16-46-101 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-101. Recordation of certain certified copies — Photographic copies of business and public records

 (a)  (1) The clerk of any court of record may record any certified copy of any instrument by attaching the certified copy to his or her record book so as to make the copy be and become a part of the record to the extent that the copy cannot be detached, and the copy shall be legally recorded when the attachment has been made by the clerk. This subdivision (a)(1) shall apply to plats, blueprints, and photostatic copies only.  (2)  (A) The county recorders, municipal clerks and recorders, clerks of courts of record, and any public officers whose duty it is to make public records are authorized to use and employ an approved system of photographic recording, photostatic recording, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic recording, optical disc, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for reproducing the original when provided with equipment necessary for such method of recording.  (B) When any document is recorded by the means prescribed by subdivision (a)(2)(A) of this section, the original may be destroyed unless the document is over fifty (50) years old and handwritten or its preservation is otherwise required by law.      (b)  (1) If any business, institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence, or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied, or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, optical disk, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed in the regular course of business unless its preservation is required by law.  (2) The reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding whether the original is in existence or not.  (3) An enlargement or facsimile of the reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of the court.  (4) The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement, or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original.
AR Code § 16-46-102 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-102. Writing filed with pleading read as genuine unless denied

 Where a writing purporting to have been executed by one (1) of the parties is referred to in and filed with a pleading, it may be read as genuine against that party unless he denies its genuineness by affidavit before the trial is begun.
AR Code § 16-46-103 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-103. Surveys

 No survey made by any person except the county surveyor or his deputy shall be considered as legal evidence in any court of law or equity within this state unless the surveys are made under authority of the United States or by the mutual consent of the parties.
AR Code § 16-46-104 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-104. Investigations of attendance at places of public amusement

 (a) No person employed as a private or confidential investigator shall undertake to determine the attendance or number of paid admissions at a public place of amusement and entertainment without first displaying to the owner or manager of such place his license or credentials as such investigator and receiving acknowledgment thereof in writing and filing a written and signed copy of such investigation and attendance record with the owner or manager immediately after the showing so checked and receiving acknowledgment thereof in writing.  (b) No evidence or testimony of any such investigator as to such admissions shall be admitted in any court in this state unless compliance with subsection (a) of this section is shown.  (c) Blind checking, also known as spot or random checking, of those attending public places of amusement and entertainment is declared to be against the public policy of the State of Arkansas, and any data, figures, or statistics compiled as a result of blind checking shall not be admitted as evidence in any case at law or equity.
AR Code § 16-46-105 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-105. Records of and testimony before committees reviewing and evaluating quality of medical or hospital care

 (a)  (1)  (A) The proceedings, minutes, records, or reports of organized committees of hospital medical staffs or medical review committees of local medical societies, or a committee organized by and operating pursuant to a written plan or policy under the auspices of a professional corporation or a professional limited liability company whose members are licensed to practice medicine in this state, having the responsibility for reviewing and evaluating the quality of medical or hospital care, and any records, other than those records described in subsection (c) of this section, compiled or accumulated by the administrative staff of such hospitals or a physician group peer review committee as defined under § 20-9-501 in connection with such review or evaluation, together with all communications or reports originating in such committees, shall not be subject to discovery pursuant to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., or admissible in any legal proceeding and shall be absolutely privileged communications.  (B) The submission of such proceedings, minutes, records, reports, and communications to a hospital governing board or physician group peer review committee as defined under § 20-9-501 shall not operate as a waiver of the privilege.    (2) Neither shall testimony as to events occurring during the activities of such committees be subject to discovery pursuant to the Arkansas Rules of Civil Procedure or the Freedom of Information Act of 1967, § 25-19-101 et seq., or admissible.    (b)  (1) Nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent disclosure of the data mentioned in subsection (a) of this section to appropriate state or federal regulatory agencies which by statute or regulation are entitled to access to such data, nor to:  (A) An organized committee of hospital medical staffs or governing boards where the medical practitioner seeks membership or clinical privileges; or  (B) A committee organized by and operating pursuant to a written plan or policy under the auspices of a professional corporation or a professional limited liability company whose members are licensed to practice medicine in this state.    (2) Further, nothing in this section shall be construed to prevent discovery and admissibility if the legal action in which such data is sought is brought by a medical practitioner who has been subjected to censure or disciplinary action by such agency or committee or by a hospital medical staff or governing board.    (c) Nothing in this section or § 20-9-308 shall be construed to apply to original hospital medical records, incident reports, or other records with respect to the care or treatment of any patient or to affect the discoverability or admissibility of such records.
AR Code § 16-46-107 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-107. Identification of medical bills at trial

 (a) Upon the trial of any civil case involving injury, disease, or disability, the patient, a member of his family, or any other person responsible for the care of the patient shall be a competent witness to identify doctor bills, hospital bills, ambulance service bills, drug bills, and similar bills for expenses incurred in the treatment of the patient upon a showing by the witness that such bills were received from a licensed practicing physician, hospital, ambulance service, pharmacy, drug store, or supplier of therapeutic or orthopedic devices, and that such expenses were incurred in connection with the treatment of the injury, disease, or disability involved in the subject of litigation at trial.  (b) Such items of evidence need not be identified by the person who submits the bill, and it shall not be necessary for an expert witness to testify that the charges were reasonable and necessary.
AR Code § 16-46-109 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 1 - General Provisions|§ 16-46-109. Proceedings, minutes, records, or reports confidential

 (a)  (1) The proceedings, minutes, records, or reports of the quality assurance committees having the responsibility for reviewing and evaluating the quality of medical, nursing, or other care delivered in a long-term care facility, or of professional consultants engaged by long-term care facilities to study quality-of-care issues identified by the committee, and any other records, other than those records described in subsection (c) of this section, compiled or accumulated by the staff of a facility in connection with the review or evaluation, together with all communications or reports originating in the committee are:  (A) Exempt from discovery and disclosure to the same extent that proceedings, minutes, records, or reports of committees evaluating quality of medical or hospital care are exempt under § 16-46-105(a)(1);  (B) Not admissible in any legal proceeding; and  (C) Absolutely privileged communication.    (2) Testimony as to events occurring during the activities of the committee is:  (A) Exempt from discovery and disclosure to the same extent that testimony before committees evaluating quality of medical or hospital care are exempt under § 16-46-105(a)(2); and  (B) Not admissible as evidence in any legal proceeding.      (b) This section does not prevent disclosure of the data mentioned in subsection (a) of this section to an appropriate state or federal regulatory agency that by statute, rule, or regulation is entitled to access to the data.  (c)  (1) This section does not apply to or affect the discovery or admissibility into evidence in a civil proceeding of the following records:  (A) Records or reports made in the regular course of business by a long-term care facility or other healthcare provider that are not created by or for the committee;  (B) Records or reports otherwise available from original sources, including without limitation the medical record of specific residents;  (C) Records or reports required to be kept by applicable law, rule, or regulation that are not created by or for the committee;  (D) Incident and accident reports;  (E) The long-term care facility's operating budgets; or  (F) Records of the committee's meeting dates.    (2) Without waiving any privilege, appointments to the committee are available to the Medicaid Fraud Control Unit of the Attorney General's office.
AR Code § 16-46-211 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 2 - Public Records as Evidence Generally|§ 16-46-211. Notary's protest

 (a) The protest made by a notary public under his hand and seal of office shall be evidence of the facts contained in the protest.  (b) The certificate of a notary public, under his hand and seal of office, that he forwarded notice of protest shall be prima facie evidence of the fact stated in the certificate.
AR Code § 16-46-213 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 2 - Public Records as Evidence Generally|§ 16-46-213. Records of United States Surface Transportation Board and Arkansas Department of Transportation

 Printed copies of schedules, classifications, and tariffs of rates, fares, and charges, and supplements to the printed copies, of all common carriers and contract carriers by railroad, motor vehicle, or otherwise, on file with the United States Surface Transportation Board or the Arkansas Department of Transportation and which reflect a United States Surface Transportation Board number and an effective date, or which reflect an Arkansas State Highway and Transportation Department or Arkansas Department of Transportation number and an effective date, may be received in evidence in any proceeding before the courts or administrative agencies of this state, without certification or authentication, and shall be presumed to be correct copies of the original schedules, classifications, tariffs, and supplements on file with the United States Surface Transportation Board or on file with the Arkansas Department of Transportation.
AR Code § 16-46-301 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Hospital Records Act|§ 16-46-301. Definitions

 As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:   (1) “Custodian” means the medical records librarian and the administrator or other chief officer of a duly licensed hospital, physician's office, or comprehensive community mental health center in this state and its proprietor, as well as his or her deputies and assistants, and any other persons who are official custodians or depositories of records; and  (2)  (A) “Records” means hospital records, physician's records, or medical records and includes an admitting form, discharge summary, history and physical, progress notes, physicians' orders, reports of operations, recovery room records, lab reports, consultation reports, medication records, nurses' notes, and other reports catalogued and maintained by the hospital's medical record department or by a physician's office.  (B) However, “records” shall not mean and include X-rays, electrocardiograms, and similar graphic matter.
AR Code § 16-46-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Hospital Records Act|§ 16-46-302. Furnishing copies of records in compliance with subpoenas

 Except as hereinafter provided, when a subpoena duces tecum is served upon a custodian of records of any hospital or physician's office duly licensed under the laws of this state in an action or proceeding in which the hospital or physician's office is neither a party nor the place where any cause of action is alleged to have arisen and such a subpoena requires the production of all or any part of the records of the hospital or physician's office related to the care or treatment of a patient in the hospital or physician's office, then it shall be sufficient compliance therewith if the custodian delivers, by hand or by registered mail to the court clerk or the officer, court reporter, body, or tribunal issuing the subpoena or conducting the hearing, a true and correct copy of all records described in the subpoena together with the affidavit described in § 16-46-305. However, a subpoena duces tecum for records shall not be deemed to include X-rays, electrocardiograms, and similar graphic matter unless they are specifically referred to in the subpoena.
AR Code § 16-46-303 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 16 - Practice, Procedure, And Courts|Subtitle 4 - Evidence And Witnesses|Chapter 46 - Documentary Evidence Generally|Subchapter 3 - Hospital Records Act|§ 16-46-303. Sealing, identification, and direction of copies

 The copy of the records shall be separately enclosed in an inner envelope or wrapper, sealed, with the title and number of the action, the name of the custodian, and the date of subpoena clearly inscribed thereon. The sealed envelope or wrapper shall then be enclosed in an outer envelope or wrapper, sealed, and directed as follows:   (1) If the subpoena directs attendance in court, to the clerk or the judge of the court;  (2) If the subpoena directs attendance at a deposition, to the officer before whom the deposition is to be taken, at the place designated in the subpoena for the taking of the deposition or at his place of business;  (3) In other cases, to the officer, body, or tribunal conducting the hearing, at a like address.