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Arkansas Durable Power of Attorney Laws
Explanation of Chart and More Information on Durable Power of Attorney Laws
| Code Section | 20-17-201, et seq. Arkansas Rights of the Terminally Ill & Permanently Unconscious Act |
| Specific Powers, Life-Prolonging Acts | Any medical procedure or intervention that will serve only to prolong the dying process or to maintain the patient in a condition of permanent unconsciousness |
| Legal Requirements for Durable Power of Attorney | The declaration may appoint a health care proxy who is at least 18 yrs. old as attorney-in-fact to make health care decisions including withholding or withdrawing of life-sustaining treatment |
| Revocation of Durable Power of Attorney | Revocable at any time in any manner by the declarant without regard to declarant's mental/physical condition. Effective upon communication to attending physician |
| Validity from State-to-State | A declaration executed in another state in compliance with the laws of that state or Arkansas law is validly executed |
| If Physician Unwilling to Follow Durable Power of Attorney | Physician shall as promptly as practicable take all reasonable steps to transfer care to another physician |
| Immunity for Attending Physician | Physician whose actions under this chapter are in accord with reasonable medical standards is not subject to criminal, civil, or professional liability with respect to them |
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