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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-15-2103: Definitions

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 20
  3. Chapter 15
  4. Subchapter 21

As used in this subchapter: (1) "Eligible patient" means a person who meets the requirements of eligibility in § 20-15-2104 ; (2) "Investigational drug, biological product, or device" means a drug, biological product, or device that: (A) Has successfully completed phase I of clinical trials but has not been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and (B) Remains currently under investigation in a United States Food and Drug Administration clinical trial; (3) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.; and (4) "Terminal illness" means an incurable and irreversible condition that without the administration of life-sustaining treatment will, in the opinion of the patient's physician, result in death within a relatively short time. Added by Act 2015, No. 374,§ 1, eff. 7/22/2015.

As used in this subchapter:

(1) "Eligible patient" means a person who meets the requirements of eligibility in § 20-15-2104 ;

(2) "Investigational drug, biological product, or device" means a drug, biological product, or device that: (A) Has successfully completed phase I of clinical trials but has not been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and (B) Remains currently under investigation in a United States Food and Drug Administration clinical trial;

(A) Has successfully completed phase I of clinical trials but has not been approved for general use by the United States Food and Drug Administration; and

(B) Remains currently under investigation in a United States Food and Drug Administration clinical trial;

(3) "Physician" means an individual licensed to practice medicine in the State of Arkansas under the Arkansas Medical Practices Act, § 17-95-201 et seq., § 17-95-301 et seq., and § 17-95-401 et seq.; and

(4) "Terminal illness" means an incurable and irreversible condition that without the administration of life-sustaining treatment will, in the opinion of the patient's physician, result in death within a relatively short time.

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