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20-6-303. Definitions.
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20-6-303. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Healthcare facility” means an institution, building, agency, or a portion of an institution, building, or agency that is used, operated, or designed to provide healthcare services, medical treatment, nursing care, rehabilitative care, or preventative care to an individual, regardless of whether the institution, building, or agency is a private organization, a public organization, a nonprofit organization, or a for-profit organization.
(B) “Healthcare facility” includes without limitation:
(i) An ambulatory surgical facility;
(ii) A home health agency;
(iii) A hospice;
(iv) A hospital;
(v) An infirmary;
(vi) A long-term care facility;
(vii) An assisted living facility;
(viii) A mental health center;
(ix) An outpatient facility;
(x) A rehabilitation facility; and
(xi) A residential treatment facility;
(2) “Healthcare provider” means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession, including without limitation:
(A) An emergency medical care provider; and
(B) An individual providing home and community-based services;
(3) “Legal representative” means the same as a person authorized to consent on the principal's behalf under § 20-6-102;
(4) “Patient” means an individual who has a critical medical condition or a terminal illness and for whom a physician has determined that a physician order for life-sustaining treatment is consistent with the individual's goals of care;
(5) “Physician” means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in this state; and
(6) “Physician order for life-sustaining trea
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-6-303
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20-6-303. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1)(A) “Healthcare facility” means an institution, building, agency, or a portion of an institution, building, or agency that is used, operated, or designed to provide healthcare services, medical treatment, nursing care, rehabilitative care, or preventative care to an individual, regardless of whether the institution, building, or agency is a private organization, a public organization, a nonprofit organization, or a for-profit organization.
(B) “Healthcare facility” includes without limitation:
(i) An ambulatory surgical facility;
(ii) A home health agency;
(iii) A hospice;
(iv) A hospital;
(v) An infirmary;
(vi) A long-term care facility;
(vii) An assisted living facility;
(viii) A mental health center;
(ix) An outpatient facility;
(x) A rehabilitation facility; and
(xi) A residential treatment facility;
(2) “Healthcare provider” means an individual who is licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized or permitted by the laws of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or in the practice of a profession, including without limitation:
(A) An emergency medical care provider; and
(B) An individual providing home and community-based services;
(3) “Legal representative” means the same as a person authorized to consent on the principal's behalf under § 20-6-102;
(4) “Patient” means an individual who has a critical medical condition or a terminal illness and for whom a physician has determined that a physician order for life-sustaining treatment is consistent with the individual's goals of care;
(5) “Physician” means an individual who is licensed to practice medicine or osteopathic medicine in this state; and
(6) “Physician order for life-sustaining treatment” means a document containing orders by a physician regarding life-sustaining treatment and medical interventions in accordance with the wishes of a patient, or if the wishes of the patient are not reasonably known and cannot with reasonable diligence be ascertained, in accordance with the best interest of the patient.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
20-6-102. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Advance directive” means an individual instruction or a written statement that anticipates and directs the provision of health care for an individual, including without limitation a living will or a durable power of attorney for health care;
(2) “Agent” means an individual designated in an advance directive to make a healthcare decision for the individual granting the power;
(3) “Capacity” means an individual's ability to understand the significant benefits, risks, and alternatives to proposed health care and to make and communicate a healthcare decision;
(4)(A) “Durable power of attorney for health care” means a written advance directive that identifies an agent who is authorized to make healthcare decisions on behalf of the principal.
(B) “Durable power of attorney for health care” includes without limitation a document appointing a healthcare proxy executed under § 20-17-202;
(5) “Emancipated minor” means a minor who has been emancipated under § 9-27-362;
(6) “Emergency responder” means a paid or volunteer firefighter, law enforcement officer, or other public safety official or volunteer acting within the scope of his or her proper function or rendering emergency care at the scene of an emergency;
(7) “Guardian” means a judicially appointed guardian or conservator having authority to make a healthcare decision for an individual;
(8) “Health care” means any care, treatment, service, or procedure to maintain, diagnose, treat, or otherwise affect an individual's physical or mental condition, including medical care;
(9) “Healthcare decision” means consent, refusal of consent, or withdrawal of consent to health care;
(10)(A) “Healthcare institution” means an agency, institution, facility, or pl
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-6-102
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 20-6-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.