Arkansas Statutes
§ 20-6-311 — Applicability - Death - Life insurance
Arkansas § 20-6-311
JurisdictionArkansas
Title20
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Bluebook
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-311 (2026).
Text
(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
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Legislative History
Added by Act 2017, No. 504,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017.
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Bluebook (online)
Arkansas § 20-6-311, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/ar/20-6-311.