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Ark. Code Ann. § 20-6-203 (2020)

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✓ Arkansas Code release r76: Acts through about 2020 (2021-2025 sessions missing)
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As used in this subchapter:

    1. “Entity” means any person, organization, or business entity of any type that engages a healthcare provider as an employee, independent contractor, member, or in any other capacity for the practice of medicine as defined in § 17-95-202.
    2. “Entity” does not include insurance companies, health maintenance organizations, or hospital and medical service corporations;
    1. “Existing patient” means a person who is seen for a medical diagnosis or treatment, or both, by a healthcare provider within the previous twelve (12) months as evidenced by an entry in the medical record of the patient.
    2. The twelve-month period described in subdivision (2)(A) of this section shall be calculated by counting back twelve (12) months from the later of the following dates:
      1. The date that the healthcare provider's relationship with the entity terminates; or
      2. The date that the healthcare provider gave the entity notice of a new practice location; and
  3. “Healthcare provider” means a person who:
    1. Is licensed by:
      1. The Arkansas State Medical Board;
      2. The Arkansas State Board of Dental Examiners;
      3. The Arkansas State Board of Nursing;
      4. The Arkansas State Board of Chiropractic Examiners;
      5. The Arkansas Board of Podiatric Medicine; or
      6. The State Board of Optometry; and
    2. Has ultimate responsibility and legal liability for the care of the patient.

History. Acts 2017, No. 754, § 1.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 1 case (1 in the last 5 years), 2023–2023 · leading case: St. Vincent Med. Grp. v. Ford Baldwin, 2023 Ark. 151, 675 S.W.3d 862.
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St. Vincent Med. Grp. v. Ford Baldwin, 2023 Ark. 151, 675 S.W.3d 862. · cites it 2× “We cannot review the appropriateness of the circuit court’s class-certification order without scrutinizing its initial conclusion that all existing patients were affected patients. And this interpretation of the Act was erroneous.”
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