§ 20-17-1214. Rights and duties of procurement organization and others
(a) When a hospital refers an individual at or near death to a procurement organization, the organization shall make a reasonable search of the records of the Office of Driver Services and any donor registry that it knows exists for the geographical area in which the individual resides to ascertain whether the individual has made […]
§ 20-17-1215. Coordination of procurement and use
Each hospital in this state shall enter into agreements or affiliations with procurement organizations for coordination of procurement and use of anatomical gifts.
§ 20-17-1118. Fee of collector and county clerk
In collecting annual benefit assessments in any district created under this subchapter, the collector of taxes in any county shall deduct one percent (1%) of the annual benefit assessments or taxes so collected, and retain one-half of one percent (0.5%) as the fee of the collector for collecting the assessments or taxes and pay over […]
§ 20-17-1216. Sale or purchase of parts prohibited
(a) Except as otherwise provided in subsection (b), a person that for valuable consideration, knowingly purchases or sells a part for transplantation or therapy if removal of a part from an individual is intended to occur after the individual’s death commits an unclassified felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty […]
§ 20-17-1201. Short title
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Revised Arkansas Anatomical Gift Act”.
§ 20-17-1217. Other prohibited acts
A person that, in order to obtain a financial gain, intentionally falsifies, forges, conceals, defaces, or obliterates a document of gift, an amendment or revocation of a document of gift, or a refusal commits an unclassified felony and upon conviction is subject to a fine not exceeding fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) or imprisonment not exceeding […]
§ 20-17-1202. Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) “Adult” means an individual who is at least eighteen (18) years of age. (2) “Agent” means an individual: (A) authorized to make healthcare decisions on the principal’s behalf by a power of attorney for health care; or (B) expressly authorized to make an anatomical gift on the principal’s behalf by any […]
§ 20-17-1218. Immunity
(a) A person that acts in accordance with this subchapter or with the applicable anatomical gift law of another state, or attempts in good faith to do so, is not liable for the act in a civil action, criminal prosecution, or administrative proceeding. (b) Neither the person making an anatomical gift nor the donor’s estate […]
§ 20-17-1203. Applicability
This subchapter applies to an anatomical gift or amendment to, revocation of, or refusal to make an anatomical gift, whenever made.
§ 20-17-1219. Law governing validity — Choice of law as to execution of document of gift — Presumption of validity
(a) A document of gift is valid if executed in accordance with: (1) this subchapter; (2) the laws of the state or country where it was executed; or (3) the laws of the state or country where the person making the anatomical gift was domiciled, has a place of residence, or was a national at […]