{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-205","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-205","heading":"Affirmative defense in medical injury cases","body":"If patient abandonment or other medical injury occurs due to a violation by an entity of this subchapter, the violation shall be an affirmative defense for the physician in a claim brought by the injured patient who shall be entitled to bring a claim against the entity.","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 6","Subchapter 2"],"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":"85b80a12df13b6720f72703ffc77629d7b4259003931d3bace314361553e3547","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-204","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-206"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}