Liability.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-308
in effectA 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.
Source: Public.Resource.Org / UniCourt, Official Code of Arkansas Annotated, Release 78 (2020) (unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar)URL: https://unicourt.github.io/cic-code-ar/transforms/ar/ocar/r78/gov.ar.code.title.20.htmlFetched: 11/8/2026