{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-10-106","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-10-106","heading":"Physician-assisted suicide","body":"(a) (1) As used in this section, \"physician-assisted suicide\" means a physician or healthcare provider participating in a medical procedure or knowingly prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life. (2) However, \"physician-assisted suicide\" does not apply to a person participating in the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by lethal injection. (b) It is unlawful for a physician or healthcare provider to commit the offense of physician-assisted suicide by: (1) Prescribing any drug, compound, or substance to a patient with the express purpose of assisting the patient to intentionally end the patient's life; or (2) Assisting in any medical procedure for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life. (c) Physician-assisted suicide is a Class B felony. (d) This section does not prohibit a: (1) Physician or healthcare provider from carrying out an advanced directive or living will; or (2) Physician from prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the specific purpose of pain relief. Amended by Act 2019, No. 930,§ 1, eff. 7/24/2019. Acts 1999, No. 394, § 1; 2007, No. 827, §§ 22, 23.\n\n(a) (1) As used in this section, \"physician-assisted suicide\" means a physician or healthcare provider participating in a medical procedure or knowingly prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life. (2) However, \"physician-assisted suicide\" does not apply to a person participating in the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by lethal injection.\n\n(1) As used in this section, \"physician-assisted suicide\" means a physician or healthcare provider participating in a medical procedure or knowingly prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life.\n\n(2) However, \"physician-assisted suicide\" does not apply to a person participating in the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by lethal injection.\n\n(b) It is unlawful for a physician or healthcare provider to commit the offense of physician-assisted suicide by: (1) Prescribing any drug, compound, or substance to a patient with the express purpose of assisting the patient to intentionally end the patient's life; or (2) Assisting in any medical procedure for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life.\n\n(1) Prescribing any drug, compound, or substance to a patient with the express purpose of assisting the patient to intentionally end the patient's life; or\n\n(2) Assisting in any medical procedure for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life.\n\n(c) Physician-assisted suicide is a Class B felony.\n\n(d) This section does not prohibit a: (1) Physician or healthcare provider from carrying out an advanced directive or living will; or (2) Physician from prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the specific purpose of pain relief.\n\n(1) Physician or healthcare provider from carrying out an advanced directive or living will; or\n\n(2) Physician from prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the specific purpose of pain relief.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 10"],"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":"a7a3b9c7f175912cd1a07ce149b12bd5edcbf6787c338c9242d2c98622354f41","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-10-105","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-10-107"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}