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AR Code § 12-18-302 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-302. Reports by mandated reporters

 (a) As prescribed under this section, a mandated reporter under this chapter may report child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment by telephone call, facsimile transmission, or online reporting.  (b) Facsimile transmission and online reporting may be used in nonemergency situations by an identified mandated reporter under this chapter who provides the following contact information:  (1) Name and phone number; and  (2) In the case of online reporting, the email address of the identified mandated reporter under this chapter.    (c) The Child Abuse Hotline shall provide confirmation of the receipt of a facsimile transmission via a return facsimile transmission or via online receipt.  (d) A mandated reporter under this chapter who wishes to remain anonymous shall make a report through the Child Abuse Hotline toll-free telephone system.
AR Code § 12-18-305 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-305. Garrett's Law reports

 The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B) only if the reporter is one (1) of the following mandated reporters and the mandated reporter has reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been subjected to neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B):   (1) A licensed nurse;  (2) Any medical personnel who may be engaged in the admission, examination, care, or treatment of persons;  (3) An osteopath;  (4) A physician;  (5) A resident intern;  (6) A surgeon; or  (7) A social worker in a hospital.
AR Code § 12-18-306 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-306. Reports naming an adult as the victim

 The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child sexual abuse, sexual contact, or sexual exploitation naming as the victim a person who is now an adult only if:   (1) The alleged offender is a caretaker of a child; and  (2) The person making the report is one (1) of the following:  (A) The adult victim;  (B) A law enforcement officer; or  (C) The alleged offender.
AR Code § 12-18-307 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-307. Reports alleging Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious illness

 The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment alleging Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious illness only if the reporter is a medical professional.
AR Code § 12-18-308 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-308. Reports of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development

 The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development as evidenced by observable and substantial impairment of the child's ability to function within the child's normal range of performance and behavior only if the reporter is:   (1) A medical or mental health professional;  (2) A school counselor, if the child did not disclose to the teacher;  (3) A teacher; or  (4) A day care center worker.
AR Code § 12-18-309 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-309. Reports alleging that a child is disrupting his or her adoption or is a dependent juvenile

 The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept telephone calls or other communications alleging that a child is at risk of disrupting or has disrupted his or her adoption or that a child is a dependent juvenile, as defined in § 9-27-303, and shall immediately refer this information to the Department of Human Services.
AR Code § 12-18-310 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline|§ 12-18-310. Referrals on children born with and affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or prenatal drug exposure to an illegal drug or a legal substance

 (a) All healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care of infants shall:  (1) Contact the Department of Human Services regarding an infant born with and affected by:  (A) A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;  (B) Maternal substance abuse resulting in prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance; or  (C) Withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance; and    (2) Share all pertinent information, including health information, with the department regarding an infant born with and affected by:  (A) A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;  (B) Maternal substance abuse resulting in prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance; or  (C) Withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance.      (b) The department shall accept referrals, calls, and other communications from healthcare providers involved in the delivery or care of infants born with and affected by:  (1) A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;  (2) Maternal substance abuse resulting in prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance; or  (3) Withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance.    (c)  (1) A plan of safe care shall be developed for infants affected by:  (A) A fetal alcohol spectrum disorder;  (B) Maternal substance abuse resulting in prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance; or  (C) Withdrawal symptoms resulting from prenatal drug exposure to an illegal or a legal substance.    (2)  (A) The plan of safe care shall be designed to ensure the safety and well-being of an infant following the release of the infant from the care of a healthcare provider.  (B) A plan of safe care shall include content that addresses the health and substance use disorder treatment needs of the infant and affected family or caregiver.
AR Code § 12-18-401 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 4 - Reporting Suspected Child Maltreatment|§ 12-18-401. Generally

 (a) A person may immediately notify the Child Abuse Hotline if he or she:  (1) Has reasonable cause to suspect that:  (A) Child maltreatment has occurred; or  (B) A child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or    (2) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment.    (b) A person who in good faith notifies the hotline in accordance with subsection (a) of this section is immune from civil and criminal liability.
AR Code § 12-18-501 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 5 - Notice Procedures After a Report of Suspected Child Maltreatment Has Been Made|§ 12-18-501. Notice of a report to the Child Abuse Hotline

 Notice of a report to the Child Abuse Hotline is confidential and may be disclosed only as provided in this chapter.
AR Code § 12-18-502 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 5 - Notice Procedures After a Report of Suspected Child Maltreatment Has Been Made|§ 12-18-502. Release and disclosure of data generally

 (a)  (1) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall not release data that would identify the person who made the report to the Child Abuse Hotline unless a court of competent jurisdiction orders release of the information after the court has reviewed in camera the record related to the report and has found it has reason to believe that the reporter knowingly made a false report.  (2) However, upon request the information shall be disclosed to the prosecuting attorney or law enforcement.    (b)  (1) A person or agency to whom disclosure is made shall not disclose to any other person a report or other information obtained pursuant to this section.  (2) However, the person or agency is permitted to consult his or her own attorney regarding the information in any notice provided by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police.
AR Code § 12-18-503 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 5 - Notice Procedures After a Report of Suspected Child Maltreatment Has Been Made|§ 12-18-503. Notification generally

 The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall notify the following of any report of child maltreatment within five (5) business days:   (1) The legal parents, legal guardians, and current foster parent of a child in foster care who is named as a victim or alleged offender;  (2) The attorney ad litem for any child named as the victim or alleged offender;  (3) A person appointed by the court as the Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer for any child named as the victim or alleged offender;  (4) Counsel in a dependency-neglect case or family in need of services case when the child is named as a victim or alleged offender;  (5) The attorney ad litem and Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer for all other children in the same foster home if the child maltreatment occurred in a foster home;  (6) The attorney ad litem and Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer for any child in foster care when the alleged juvenile offender or underaged juvenile offender is placed in the same placement as the attorney ad litem or Court Appointed Special Advocates volunteer's client;  (7) The responsible multidisciplinary team; and  (8) A mandated reporter, if the mandated reporter made the initial notification of suspected child maltreatment and the notification has been accepted for investigation.
AR Code § 12-18-504 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 5 - Notice Procedures After a Report of Suspected Child Maltreatment Has Been Made|§ 12-18-504. Notification in cases of reports of severe maltreatment

 (a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall immediately notify local law enforcement of all reports of severe maltreatment.  (b)  (1) Notification of a report of child maltreatment shall be provided within five (5) business days to the prosecuting attorney on an allegation of severe maltreatment.  (2) The prosecuting attorney may provide written notice to the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police that the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police do not need to provide notification of the initial child maltreatment report to the prosecuting attorney's office.  (3) Upon receiving the notification, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall not be required to provide notification of the initial child maltreatment report to the prosecuting attorney's office.
AR Code § 12-18-505 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 5 - Notice Procedures After a Report of Suspected Child Maltreatment Has Been Made|§ 12-18-505. Notification to the child's school

 The Department of Human Services shall notify the child's school if the department takes a seventy-two-hour hold on the child or if the court awards the department custody of the child.
AR Code § 12-18-507 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 5 - Notice Procedures After a Report of Suspected Child Maltreatment Has Been Made|§ 12-18-507. Notice when the alleged victim is a resident of a facility licensed, registered, or operated by the state

 (a) If the Child Abuse Hotline receives a report that a client or a resident of a facility licensed or registered by the State of Arkansas has been subjected to child maltreatment while at the facility, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall immediately notify the facility director and the facility's licensing or registering authority of the Child Abuse Hotline's receipt of a report of suspected child maltreatment.  (b) If the Child Abuse Hotline receives a report that a client or a resident of a facility operated by the Department of Human Services or a facility operated under contract with the Department of Human Services has been subjected to child maltreatment while at the facility, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall immediately notify the appropriate division director and the facility director of the Child Abuse Hotline's receipt of initial report of suspected child maltreatment.  (c) If the Child Abuse Hotline receives a report that a child in the custody of the Department of Human Services has been subjected to child maltreatment while in the custody of the Department of Human Services, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall immediately notify the appropriate division director of the Child Abuse Hotline's receipt of an initial report of suspected child maltreatment.
AR Code § 12-18-602 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-602. Initiation of the investigation

 (a) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police shall cause an investigation to be made upon receiving initial notification of suspected child maltreatment or notification of a child death.  (b)  (1) All investigations shall begin within seventy-two (72) hours.  (2) However, the investigation shall begin within twenty-four (24) hours if:  (A) The allegation is severe maltreatment, excluding an allegation:  (i) Of sexual abuse if the most recent allegation of sexual abuse was more than one (1) year ago or the alleged victim does not currently have contact with the alleged offender;  (ii) Of abandonment and the child is in a facility;  (iii) Of cuts, welts, bruises, or suffocation if the most recent allegation was more than one (1) year ago and the alleged victim is in the custody of the Department of Human Services; or  (iv) In which the alleged victim is in a facility and does not currently have contact with the alleged offender;    (B) The allegation is that a child has been subjected to neglect as defined in § 12-18-103(14)(B); or  (C) A child has died suddenly and unexpectedly.      (c) At the initial time of contact with the alleged offender, the person conducting the investigation shall advise the alleged offender of the allegations made against the alleged offender in a manner that is consistent with the laws protecting the rights of the person who made the report.  (d) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police shall:  (1) Develop policy and procedures to follow when a child dies suddenly and unexpectedly to use in a child death investigation;  (2) Determine during the Department of Human Services’ and the Division of Arkansas State Police’s investigation whether the child's death was caused by child maltreatment; and  (3) Assess the home to ensure the safety of surviving siblings or children in the home.    (e) Upon initiation of the investigation, the primary focus of the investigation shall be whether or not the alleged offender has access to children and whether or not children are at risk such that children need to be protected.
AR Code § 12-18-603 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-603. Accompaniment by law enforcement

 Upon request, law enforcement shall accompany a person conducting an investigation required by this chapter.
AR Code § 12-18-604 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-604. Services during the investigation

 The Department of Human Services may make referrals or provide services during the course of the child maltreatment investigation.
AR Code § 12-18-605 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-605. Investigative interviews

 (a) An investigation of child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment under this chapter shall include interviews with:  (1) The child as provided under § 12-18-608;  (2) The parents, both custodial and noncustodial;  (3) If neither parent is the alleged offender, the alleged offender;  (4) Current or past healthcare providers when the allegation of child maltreatment was reported by a healthcare provider; and  (5) Any other relevant persons.    (b) If, after exercising reasonable diligence in conducting any or all interviews, the subjects of the interviews cannot be located or are unable to communicate, the efforts to conduct the interviews shall be documented and the investigation shall proceed under this chapter.
AR Code § 12-18-606 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-606. When the alleged offender is a family member, a fictive kin, or lives in the home with the alleged victim

 If the alleged offender is a family member, fictive kin, or lives in the home with the alleged victim, an investigation under this chapter shall seek to ascertain:   (1) The existence, cause, nature, and extent of the child maltreatment;  (2) The existence and extent of previous injuries;  (3) The identity of the person responsible for the child maltreatment;  (4) The names and conditions of other children in the home;  (5) The circumstances of the parents or caretakers of the child;  (6) The environment where the child resides;  (7) The relationship of the child or children with the parents or caretakers; and  (8) All other pertinent data.
AR Code § 12-18-607 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-607. When the alleged offender is neither a family member nor a fictive kin and not living in the home with the alleged victim

 If the alleged offender is not a family member living in the home with the alleged victim, the investigation under this chapter shall seek to ascertain:   (1) The existence, cause, nature, and extent of child maltreatment;  (2) The identity of the person responsible for the child maltreatment;  (3) The existence and extent of previous child maltreatment perpetrated by the alleged offender;  (4) If the report is determined to be true, the names and conditions of any children of the alleged offender and whether these children have been maltreated or are at risk of child maltreatment unless the investigating agency has determined that there is no indication of risk to the children;  (5) If the report is determined to be true and is a report of sexual abuse, sexual contact, or sexual exploitation, an assessment of any other children previously or currently under the care of the alleged offender, to the extent practical, and whether these children have been maltreated or are at risk of maltreatment unless the investigating agency has determined that there is no indication of risk to the children; and  (6) All other pertinent and relevant data.
AR Code § 12-18-608 (2020)
2020 Arkansas Code|Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs|Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs|Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act|Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings|§ 12-18-608. Interview of the alleged child victim, siblings of a child victim, or any other children in the home or under the care of an alleged offender

 (a) A person conducting an interview with a child victim, sibling of a child victim, or any other children in the home or under the care of an alleged offender shall have the discretion:  (1) In the child's best interest, to limit the persons allowed to be present when a child is being interviewed concerning allegations of child maltreatment; and  (2) As it relates to the integrity of the investigation, to limit persons present during an interview.    (b)  (1) The interview with the child victim, siblings of a child victim, or any other children in the home or under the care of an alleged offender shall be conducted separate and apart from the alleged offender or any representative or attorney for the alleged offender.  (2) However, if the age or abilities of the child victim render an interview impossible, the investigation shall include observation of the child.    (c)  (1) If a person conducting an investigation under this chapter is denied access to a child as permitted under this section, the Department of Human Services or the Department of Arkansas State Police may petition the proper juvenile division of a circuit court for an ex parte order of investigation to limit the persons allowed to be present when the child is being interviewed.  (2) However, upon application to the circuit court and a showing of good cause by a parent, caretaker, or person denying unrestricted access to a child, the circuit court may issue a written order to stay the order of investigation pending a hearing to be held within seventy-two (72) hours.