{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-17-1212","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-1212","heading":"Search and notification","body":"(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital. (b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital. (c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions. Acts 2007, No. 839, § 1.\n\n(a) The following persons shall make a reasonable search of an individual who the person reasonably believes is dead or near death for a document of gift or other information identifying the individual as a donor or as an individual who made a refusal: (1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and (2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n\n(1) a law enforcement officer, firefighter, paramedic, or other emergency rescuer finding the individual; and\n\n(2) if no other source of the information is immediately available, a hospital, as soon as practical after the individual's arrival at the hospital.\n\n(b) If a document of gift or a refusal to make an anatomical gift is located by the search required by subsection (a)(1) and the individual or deceased individual to whom it relates is taken to a hospital, the person responsible for conducting the search shall send the document of gift or refusal to the hospital.\n\n(c) A person is not subject to criminal or civil liability for failing to discharge the duties imposed by this section but may be subject to administrative sanctions.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 17","Subchapter 12"],"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":"66370883245cee5c7c666e82e5d6d805fb9883d6d79560741c9987670b58e69c","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-17-1211","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-17-1213"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}