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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-107

Liability

Known as the Child Maltreatment Act

The act spans §§ 12–12 (121 sections).

Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.

(1) A person or agency required by this chapter to report suspected child maltreatment who acts in good faith in making notification, the taking of a photograph or radiological test, or the removal of a child while exercising a seventy-two-hour hold is immune to suit and to civil and criminal liability.

(2) If acting in good faith, a person making notification not named in this section is immune from liability.

(3) A publicly supported school, facility, or institution acting in good faith by cooperating with the investigative agency under this chapter shall be immune from civil and criminal liability.

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.