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1 State of Arkansas As Engrossed: H3/17/25 S4/8/25
2 95th General Assembly
A Bill
3 Regular Session, 2025 HOUSE BILL 1734
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5 By: Representative Childress
6 By: Senator K. Hammer
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8 For An Act To Be Entitled
9 AN ACT TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH
10 CERTIFICATES; TO CLARIFY THE MEDICAL PROFESSIONALS
11 WHO MAY SIGN A MEDICAL CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AND
12 PRONOUNCE DEATH OF A PATIENT; AND FOR OTHER PURPOSES.
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16 TO AMEND THE LAW CONCERNING DEATH
17 CERTIFICATES; AND TO CLARIFY THE MEDICAL
18 PROFESSIONALS WHO MAY SIGN A MEDICAL
19 CERTIFICATE OF DEATH AND PRONOUNCE DEATH
20 OF A PATIENT.
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22 BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ARKANSAS:
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24 SECTION 1. Arkansas Code � 20-18-601(c)(3), concerning the signature
25 for a medical certification of death and the pronouncement of death, is
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27 (3)(A) A registered nurse employed by the attending hospice may
28 complete and sign the medical certification of death and pronounce death for
29 a patient who is terminally ill, whose death is anticipated, who is receiving
30 services from a hospice program certified under � 20-7-117, and who dies in a
31 hospice inpatient program or as a hospice patient in a nursing home or
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33 (B) An advanced practice registered nurse may complete and
34 sign the medical certificate of death and pronounce death of a patient in a
35 hospital setting if the advanced practice registered nurse is given authority
36 by the medical staff of the hospital and a physician other than an emergency
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