Arkansas Code Title 20. Public Health and Welfare § 20-6-404. Visitation and support for a patient with a disability

(1) Has a cognitive or mental health disability that affects the ability of a patient with a disability to make medical decisions or understand medical advice;

(2) Needs assistance with activities of daily living and the staff are unable to provide or are less effective at providing the assistance;

(3) Is deaf, hard of hearing, or has other communication barriers and requires the assistance of a support person to ensure effective communication with staff;

(4) Has behavioral health needs that the support person can address more effectively than the staff; or

(5) Is making a decision to consent to treatment or refuse treatment.

(1) Execute an advance directive or a physician order for life-sustaining treatment as a condition of receiving treatment or visitation; or

(2) Agree to a do-not-resuscitate or similar order as a condition of receiving treatment or visitation.

(1) Provide patients with effective communication supports or other reasonable accommodations in accordance with federal and state laws; or

(2) Make exceptions to the visitor policy of a healthcare facility as a reasonable accommodation under the Americans with Disabilities Act of 1990, 42 U.S.C. § 12101 et seq., as existing on January 1, 2021.