{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-13-1703","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-13-1703","heading":"Definitions","body":"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.\n\nAs used in this subchapter:\n\n(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;\n\n(A) Extreme physical illness;\n\n(B) Decreased level of consciousness;\n\n(C) Respiratory depression;\n\n(D) Coma;\n\n(E) Mania; or\n\n(F) Death;\n\n(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;\n\n(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\n\n(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;\n\n(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\n\n(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.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 13","Subchapter 17"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"da251b333523a0717d7b268903af1da7d48a47079c7437d5184db468e14958d6","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-13-1702","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-13-1704"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}