# Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-210: Employed medical care provider

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## Section

- **Citation:** Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-210
- **Heading:** Employed medical care provider
- **Jurisdiction:** Arkansas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** AR Code / Title 16 / Chapter 114 / Subchapter 2 / Section 16-114-210

## Text

When a medical care provider is a codefendant with a medical care facility in an action for medical injury, and the only reason for naming the facility as a defendant is that the defendant medical care provider practices in the facility, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving that the defendant medical care provider is the employee of the facility before the facility may be held liable for the medical care provider's negligence, if any is proven. Acts 2003, No. 649, § 22.

When a medical care provider is a codefendant with a medical care facility in an action for medical injury, and the only reason for naming the facility as a defendant is that the defendant medical care provider practices in the facility, the plaintiff shall have the burden of proving that the defendant medical care provider is the employee of the facility before the facility may be held liable for the medical care provider's negligence, if any is proven.

Acts 2003, No. 649, § 22.

## Nearby sections

- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-201 Definitions](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-201.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-202 Applicability](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-202.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-203 Statute of limitations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-203.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-205 Allegation of damages](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-205.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-206 Burden of proof](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-206.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-207 Expert witnesses](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-207.md)
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- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-211 Surveys and inspection reports as evidence](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-211.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-212 Tolling of the statute of limitations](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-212.md)
- [Ark. Code Ann. § 16-114-213 Sole remedy](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_AR_T16_C114_S2_S16-114-213.md)

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