Arkansas Code of 1987 (2023) › Title 20 - PUBLIC HEALTH AND WELFARE (§§ 20-2-101 — 20-86-113) › Subtitle 2 - HEALTH AND SAFETY (§§ 20-6-101 — 20-38-113) › Chapter 38 - CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS (§§ 20-38-101 — 20-38-113) › Section 20-38-101 - Definitions

As used in this chapter:
(1)
"Care" means treatment, services, assistance, education, training, instruction, or supervision for which the service provider is compensated either directly or indirectly;
(2)
"Determination" means the determination made by the licensing or certifying agency that a service provider, operator, applicant for employment with, or employee of a service provider is or is not disqualified from licensure, exemption from licensure, certification, any other operating authority, or employment based on the criminal history of the service provider, operator, applicant, or employee;
(3)
(A)
"Employee" means any person who:
(i)
Has unsupervised access to clients of a service provider, except as provided in subdivision (3)(B) of this section; and
(ii)
Meets any of the following criteria:
(a)
Provides care to clients of a service provider on behalf of, under the supervision of, or by arrangement with the service provider;
(b)
Is employed by a service provider to provide care to clients of the service provider;
(c)
Is a temporary employee placed by an employment agency with a service provider to provide care to clients of the service provider; or
(d)
Resides in an alternative living home in which services are provided to individuals with developmental disabilities.
(B)
"Employee" does not include a person who:
(i)
Is a family member of a client receiving care from a service provider;
(ii)
Is a volunteer; or
(iii)
Works in an administrative capacity and does not have unsupervised access to clients of a service provider;
(4)
"Licensing or certifying agency" means the state agency charged with licensing, exempting from licensure, certifying, or granting other operating authority to a service provider;
(5)
"National criminal history records check" means a review of criminal history records maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation based on fingerprint identification or other positive identification methods;
(6)
"Operator" means the person signing the application of a service provider for licensure, exemption from licensure, certification, or any other operating authority;
(7)
"Registry records check" means the review of one (1) or more database systems maintained by a state agency that contain information relative to a person's suitability for licensure, certification, exemption from licensure, or any other operating authority to be a service provider or for employment with a service provider to provide care;
(8)
"Report" means a statement of the criminal history of a service provider, operator, applicant for employment with, or employee of a service provider issued by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police;
(9)
"Service provider" means any of the following:
(A)
An Alternative Community Services Waiver Program provider certified by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services;
(B)
A childcare facility as defined by §
20-78-202
;
(C)
A church-exempt childcare facility as recognized under §
20-78-209
;
(D)
An early intervention program provider certified by the Division of Developmental Disabilities Services;
(E)
A home- and community-based health services provider certified by the Division of Provider Services and Quality Assurance;
(F)
A home healthcare service under §
20-10-801
;
(G)
A hospice program under §
20-7-117
;
(H)
A long-term care facility as defined by §
20-10-702
;
(I)
A nonprofit community program as defined by §
20-48-101
;
(J)
An entity that provides personal care services to individuals;
(K)
A long-term care facility under §
20-10-1202
; or
(L)
An entity that provides services to or houses teens and youths; and
(10)
"State criminal history records check" means a review of state criminal history records conducted by the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police.
Amended by Act 2023, No. 164,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.
Amended by Act 2021, No. 761,§ 1, eff. 7/28/2021.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 913,§ 59, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2017, No. 591,§ 4, eff. 8/1/2017.
Amended by Act 2015, No. 1157,§ 4, eff. 7/22/2015.
Acts 2009, No. 762, § 4; 2011, No. 1121, § 11.