Advance Directives

In the state of Arkansas, each person has the primary right to request or refuse medical treatment subject to the state’s interest in protecting innocent third parties and to make Advanced Directives or to execute Powers of Attorney that authorize others to make decisions on their behalf.
SurgCenter of Fayetteville, LLC does not honor Advanced Directives. Health care providers that SurgCenter of Fayetteville, LLC are bound to do all in their power to assure the safe recovery of every patient, including resuscitation if that becomes necessary. All adult patients are asked if they have an advanced directive, which is placed in their medical record. Adult patients are also informed that an advance directive will not be honored while a patient at SurgCenter of Fayetteville, LLC.
If an adverse event occurs during your treatment at SurgCenter of Fayetteville, LLC, we will initiate resuscitative or other stabilizing measures and transfer you to an acute care hospital for further evaluation. At the acute care hospital, further treatments or withdrawal of treatment measures already begun will be ordered in accordance with your wishes, Advance Directive, or health
care Power of Attorney. Your agreement with this facility’s policy will not revoke or invalidate any current health care directive or health care power of attorney.