{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-311","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-311","heading":"Applicability - Death - Life insurance","body":"(a) A death that results from compliance with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not constitute a suicide, homicide, or abuse, for any reason. (b) (1) The execution of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a life insurance policy or annuity policy. (2) A life insurance policy or annuity policy shall not be impaired or invalidated if emergency care or life-sustaining treatment is withheld from an insured individual who has executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form. (c) This subchapter does not: (1) Condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide; or (2) Permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying. Added by Act 2017, No. 504,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.\n\n(a) A death that results from compliance with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not constitute a suicide, homicide, or abuse, for any reason.\n\n(b) (1) The execution of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a life insurance policy or annuity policy. (2) A life insurance policy or annuity policy shall not be impaired or invalidated if emergency care or life-sustaining treatment is withheld from an insured individual who has executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.\n\n(1) The execution of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a life insurance policy or annuity policy.\n\n(2) A life insurance policy or annuity policy shall not be impaired or invalidated if emergency care or life-sustaining treatment is withheld from an insured individual who has executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.\n\n(c) This subchapter does not: (1) Condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide; or (2) Permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.\n\n(1) Condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide; or\n\n(2) Permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.","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":"81116b61f451b908b3e40b8ed7e5a757cc5efcc6d71e7aacae9a28429d0ff36b","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-310","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-20-6-312"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}