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17-80-108. Disciplinary or corrective measures.
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17-80-108. Disciplinary or corrective measures.
(a) Any assistance rendered with any execution carried out pursuant to § 5-4-617 by any licensed healthcare professional, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, shall not be cause for any disciplinary or corrective measures by any board or commission created by the state or governed by state law which oversees or regulates the practice of healthcare professionals, including, but not limited to, the Arkansas State Medical Board, the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, and the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.
(b) The infliction of the punishment of death by administration of the required lethal substances in the manner required by § 5-4-617 shall not be construed to be the practice of medicine.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 17-80-108
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17-80-108. Disciplinary or corrective measures.
(a) Any assistance rendered with any execution carried out pursuant to § 5-4-617 by any licensed healthcare professional, including, but not limited to, physicians, nurses, and pharmacists, shall not be cause for any disciplinary or corrective measures by any board or commission created by the state or governed by state law which oversees or regulates the practice of healthcare professionals, including, but not limited to, the Arkansas State Medical Board, the Arkansas State Board of Nursing, and the Arkansas State Board of Pharmacy.
(b) The infliction of the punishment of death by administration of the required lethal substances in the manner required by § 5-4-617 shall not be construed to be the practice of medicine.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
5-4-617. Method of execution.
(a) The Division of Correction shall carry out the sentence of death by intravenous lethal injection of the drug or drugs described in subsection (c) of this section in an amount sufficient to cause death.
(b) The Director of the Division of Correction or his or her designee may order the dispensation and administration of the drug or drugs described in subsection (c) of this section for the purpose of carrying out the lethal-injection procedure, and a prescription is not required.
(c) The division shall select one (1) of the following options for a lethal-injection protocol, depending on the availability of the drugs:
(1) A barbiturate; or
(2) Midazolam, followed by vecuronium bromide, followed by potassium chloride.
(d) The drug or drugs described in subsection (c) of this section used to carry out the lethal injection shall be:
(1) Approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration and made by a manufacturer approved by the United States Food and Drug Administration;
(2) Obtained from a facility registered with the United States Food and Drug Administration; or
(3) Obtained from a compounding pharmacy that has been accredited by a national organization that accredits compounding pharmacies.
(e) The drugs set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall be administered along with any additional substances, such as saline solution, called for in the instructions.
(f) Catheters, sterile intravenous solution, and other equipment used for the intravenous injection of the drug or drugs set forth in subsection (c) of this section shall be sterilized and prepared in a manner that is safe and commonly performed in connection with the intravenous administration of drugs of that type.
(g) The director shall develop
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 5-4-617
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 5-4-617. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.