Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-201

Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree

Known as the Child Maltreatment Act

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

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case 2015 Ark. App. 63 - Griffin v. State (2015)

Most recently applied in 2015 Ark. App. 63 - Griffin v. State (February 2015)

Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.

(1) A person commits the offense of failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree if he or she: Is a mandated reporter under this chapter;

(2) Has: Reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been subjected to child maltreatment;

(3) Reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or

(4) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment; and

(5) Knowingly fails to notify the Child Abuse Hotline of the child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment.

(6) Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.

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.