Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-308

Reports of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development

Known as the Child Maltreatment Act

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

Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1; 2011, No. 784, § 1.

The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development as evidenced by observable and substantial impairment of the child's ability to function within the child's normal range of performance and behavior only if the reporter is:

(1) A medical or mental health professional;

(2) A school counselor, if the child did not disclose to the teacher;

(3) A teacher; or

(4) A day care center worker.

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.