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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-202 (2020)

Legislative findings and purpose

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  1. The General Assembly finds that:
    1. Patients are entitled to continuity of care with their healthcare providers;
    2. Healthcare providers are prohibited legally and ethically from abandoning a patient before treatment has been concluded;
    3. When a healthcare provider changes practice locations, steps are necessary to ensure that the patient's continuity of care and the legal and ethical obligations of the healthcare provider are fulfilled; and
    4. Patients should be informed about any change in the practice location of their treating healthcare provider and should not be prevented from receiving this type of information.
  2. The purpose of this subchapter is to remove and prevent impediments to patients' maintaining continuity of care and keeping their treatment relationship with their chosen healthcare provider.

History. Acts 2017, No. 754, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: St. Vincent Med. Grp. v. Ford Baldwin, on Behalf of Himself & All Others Similarly Situated, 2023 Ark. 151, 675 S.W.3d 862.
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St. Vincent Med. Grp. v. Ford Baldwin, on Behalf of Himself & All Others Similarly Situated, 2023 Ark. 151, 675 S.W.3d 862. · cites it 3× “” Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-202 (b). Section 204(a) of the Act states that if a healthcare provider has made a new practice location available to an entity the entity cannot: (1) mislead any patient about the health care provider’s new practice location or contact information or (2)…”
Brandt v. Griffin, No. 4:21-cv-00450 (E.D. Ark. June 20, 2023). “§ 20-6-202 . Id. at 201:5-9 (Embry). “Healthcare providers are prohibited legally and ethically from abandoning a patient before treatment has been concluded.”
Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-202(a)(1): 1 case
St. Vincent Med. Grp. v. Ford Baldwin, on Behalf of Himself & All Others Similarly Situated, 2023 Ark. 151, 675 S.W.3d 862. “” Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-202 (b). Section 204(a) of the Act states that if a healthcare provider has made a new practice location available to an entity the entity cannot: (1) mislead any patient about the health care provider’s new practice location or contact information or (2)…”
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