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Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-6-311. Applicability--Death--Life insurance

Current as of March 28, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A death that results from compliance with a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not constitute a suicide, homicide, or abuse, for any reason.

(b)(1) The execution of a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form does not affect the sale, procurement, or issuance of a life insurance policy or annuity policy.

(2) A life insurance policy or annuity policy shall not be impaired or invalidated if emergency care or life-sustaining treatment is withheld from an insured individual who has executed a physician order for life-sustaining treatment form.

(c) This subchapter does not:

(1) Condone, authorize, or approve mercy killing, euthanasia, or physician-assisted suicide; or

(2) Permit any affirmative or deliberate act or omission to end life other than to permit the natural process of dying.

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