{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-308","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-308","heading":"Liability","body":"A healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or employee or agent of the healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for: (1) Complying with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith assumption that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was valid when executed and that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not revoked or terminated; (2) Failing to comply with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith determination that: (A) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not valid; or (B) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted healthcare standards applicable to the healthcare provider or healthcare facility; or (3) Declining to comply with an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon religious beliefs or moral convictions if the healthcare provider or healthcare facility complies with the requirements of § 20-6-305 . Added by Act 2017, No. 504,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\nA healthcare provider, healthcare facility, or employee or agent of the healthcare provider or healthcare facility is not subject to civil or criminal liability or discipline for unprofessional conduct for:\n\n(1) Complying with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith assumption that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was valid when executed and that the physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not revoked or terminated;\n\n(2) Failing to comply with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon a good-faith determination that: (A) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not valid; or (B) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted healthcare standards applicable to the healthcare provider or healthcare facility; or\n\n(A) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form was not valid; or\n\n(B) The physician order for life-sustaining treatment form requires medically ineffective health care or health care contrary to generally accepted healthcare standards applicable to the healthcare provider or healthcare facility; or\n\n(3) Declining to comply with an executed physician order for life-sustaining treatment form based upon religious beliefs or moral convictions if the healthcare provider or healthcare facility complies with the requirements of § 20-6-305 .","path":["AR Code","Title 20","Chapter 6","Subchapter 3"],"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":"1ac9e292ddde3ccfa343c0863e0af5a80d3065d1b07ca0c38a09ea0bb2c41568","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-307","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-309"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}