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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1710

Investigation by Department of Human Services

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case Williform v. Ark. Dep't of Human Servs. (2018)

Most recently applied in 2021 Ark. App. 317 - Haley Lewis v. Arkansas Department of Human Services, Division of Medical Services, Office of Long Term Care (September 2021)

Acts 2005, No. 1812, § 1; 2013, No. 584, § 4; 2019, No. 967, § 1.

(1) The Department of Human Services shall have jurisdiction to investigate all cases of suspected maltreatment of an endangered person or an impaired person.

(2) The Adult Protective Services Unit of the Department of Human Services shall investigate: All cases of suspected adult maltreatment if the act or omission occurs in a place other than a long-term care facility; and

(3) All cases of suspected adult maltreatment of an adult endangered person or an adult impaired person if a family member of the adult endangered person or adult impaired person is named as the suspected offender, regardless of whether or not the adult endangered person or adult impaired person is a long-term care facility resident.

(4) The department shall investigate all cases of suspected maltreatment of a long-term care facility resident.

(5) If requested by the department, a law enforcement agency possessing jurisdiction shall assist in the investigation of any case of suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment, including accompanying the department's investigator if the department has a reasonable belief that the investigator's safety could be compromised.

Current official text: Arkansas General Assembly. Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Arkansas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.