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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1005

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Known as the Child Maltreatment Act

The act spans §§ 12-18-1001 to 12-18-911 (121 sections).

Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.

(1) A school, residential facility, hospital, or similar institution where a child may be located shall not require a written order for the Department of Human Services to take a seventy-two-hour hold under this section or § 9-27-313.

(2) Upon notice by the department that a hold has been taken on a child, a school, residential facility, hospital, or similar institution where the child is located shall: Retain the child until the department takes a hold on the child;

(3) Not notify the parent until the child has been removed by the department; and

(4) Provide the parent or guardian with the name and contact information of the department employee regarding the hold on the child.

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.