Findings.
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-15-2102
in effectIt is found and determined by the General Assembly of the State of Arkansas that:
(1) The process of approval for investigational drugs, biological products, and devices in the United States often takes many years;
(2) Patients who have a terminal disease do not have the luxury of waiting until an investigational drug, biological product, or device receives final approval;
(3) The standards of the United States Food and Drug Administration for the use of investigational drugs, biological products, and devices may deny the benefits of potentially life-saving treatments to terminally ill patients;
(4) The State of Arkansas recognizes that patients who have a terminal disease have a fundamental right to attempt to pursue the preservation of their own lives by accessing available investigational drugs, biological products, and devices; and
(5) The use of available investigational drugs, biological products , or devices is a decision that should be made by the patient with a terminal disease in consultation with his or her physician.
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