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28-1-119. Access to decedent's autopsy records.

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28-1-119. Access to decedent's autopsy records.

28-1-119. Access to decedent's autopsy records. (a) As used in this section, “healthcare provider” means a person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. (b) A healthcare provider who, in good faith, releases copies of a decedent's autopsy records upon the authorization of any of the individuals listed under § 28-1-102(19)(B) shall not be held liable under any criminal law or held civilly liable to the deceased patient's estate or to any other person.

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-1-119

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Stable record: arkansas_code:legal_authorities:28-1-119
Source file: gov.ar.code.title.28.odt
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28-1-119. Access to decedent's autopsy records. (a) As used in this section, “healthcare provider” means a person, corporation, facility, or institution licensed, certified, or otherwise authorized by the law of this state to administer health care in the ordinary course of business or practice of a profession. (b) A healthcare provider who, in good faith, releases copies of a decedent's autopsy records upon the authorization of any of the individuals listed under § 28-1-102(19)(B) shall not be held liable under any criminal law or held civilly liable to the deceased patient's estate or to any other person.

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28-1-102. Definitions.

28-1-102. Definitions. (a) As used in the Probate Code: (1) “Child” denotes a natural or adopted child, but does not include a grandchild or other more remote descendant or an illegitimate child except such as would inherit under the law of descent and distribution; (2) “Claims” includes liabilities of the decedent which survive, whether arising in contract or tort or otherwise, funeral expenses, the cost of a tombstone, expenses of administration, and estate and inheritance taxes; (3) “County”, as applied to counties having more than one (1) district, means “district” unless the sense in which it is used or the applicable law indicates otherwise; (4)(A) “Devise”, when used as a noun, means disposition of real or personal property, or both, by will. (B) “Devise”, when used as a verb, means to dispose of real or personal property, or both, by will; (5) “Devisee” includes legatee; (6) “Distributee” denotes a person entitled to real or personal property of a decedent, either by will, as an heir, or as a surviving spouse; (7) “Estate” denotes the real and personal property of the decedent or ward as from time to time changed in form by sale, reinvestment, or otherwise and as augmented by any accretions and additions and substitutions and diminished by any decreases and distributions; (8) “Fiduciary” includes personal representative, guardian, and testamentary trustee; (9) “Foreign personal representative” means a personal representative serving under appointment made by a court of competent jurisdiction of another state or territory of the United States or the District of Columbia; (10) “Heir” denotes a person entitled by the law of descent and distribution to the real and personal property of an intestate decedent, but does not include a surviving s

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 28-1-102

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 28-1-102. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.