Penalties.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-17-209
in effect(a) A physician or other healthcare provider who willfully fails to transfer in accordance with § 20-17-207 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) A physician who willfully fails to record the determination of terminal condition or permanent unconsciousness in accordance with § 20-17-205 is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) An individual who willfully conceals, cancels, defaces, or obliterates the declaration of another without the declarant's consent or who falsifies or forges a revocation of the declaration of another is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An individual who falsifies or forges the declaration of another, or willfully conceals or withholds personal knowledge of a revocation as provided in § 20-17-204, is guilty of a Class D felony.
(e) An individual who requires or prohibits the execution of a declaration as a condition for being insured for, or receiving, healthcare services is guilty of a Class D felony.
(f) A person who coerces or fraudulently induces another to execute a declaration under this subchapter is guilty of a Class D felony.
(g) The sanctions provided in this section do not displace any sanction applicable under other law.
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