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Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by FindLaw Staff
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Drug overdose” means an acute condition resulting from, or that a reasonable person would believe to be resulting from, the consumption or use of alcohol, a controlled substance, or dangerous drug or a combination of alcohol, controlled substance, or dangerous drug by an individual, causing signs, including without limitation:
(A) Extreme physical illness;
(B) Decreased level of consciousness;
(C) Respiratory depression;
(D) Coma;
(E) Mania; or
(F) Death;
(2) “Emergency medical services” means:
(A) The transportation and medical care provided the ill or injured by licensed emergency medical services personnel or other healthcare providers before arrival at a medical facility; and
(B) Continuation of the initial emergency care within a medical facility subject to the approval of the medical staff and governing board of that facility;
(3) “Medical assistance” means aid provided to a person experiencing or believed to be experiencing a drug overdose by a healthcare provider acting within its scope of practice that may provide diagnosis, treatment, or emergency medical services relative to the drug overdose; and
(4) “Seeks medical assistance” means accesses or assists in accessing the 911 system or otherwise contacts or assists in contacting law enforcement or a poison control center and provides care to a person experiencing or believed to be experiencing a drug overdose.
Cite this article: FindLaw.com - Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-13-1703. Definitions - last updated March 28, 2024 | https://codes.findlaw.com/ar/title-20-public-health-and-welfare/ar-code-sect-20-13-1703/
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