Ark. Code Ann. § 5-10-106 (2026)

1. 1. As used in this section, “physician-assisted suicide” means a physician or healthcare provider participating in a medical procedure or knowingly prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life.
   2. However, “physician-assisted suicide” does not apply to a person participating in the execution of a person sentenced by a court to death by lethal injection.
2. It is unlawful for a physician or healthcare provider to commit the offense of physician-assisted suicide by:
   1. Prescribing any drug, compound, or substance to a patient with the express purpose of assisting the patient to intentionally end the patient's life; or
   2. Assisting in any medical procedure for the express purpose of assisting a patient to intentionally end the patient's life.
3. Physician-assisted suicide is a Class B felony.
4. This section does not prohibit a:
   1. Physician or healthcare provider from carrying out an advanced directive or living will; or
   2. Physician from prescribing any drug, compound, or substance for the specific purpose of pain relief.

History. Acts 1999, No. 394, § 1; 2007, No. 827, §§ 22, 23; 2019, No. 930, § 1.

Amendments. The 2019 amendment, in (c), substituted “Physician-assisted suicide is” for “Upon conviction, any physician or health care provider violating subsection (b) of this section is guilty of” and substituted “Class B” for “Class C”; substituted “This section does not prohibit” for “Nothing in this section prohibits” in the introductory language of (d); and made stylistic changes.