Chapter
Child Maltreatment Act
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-101— Title
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-102— Purpose
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-103— Definitions
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-104— Confidentiality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-105— Rules
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-106— Cooperative agreements
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-107— Liability
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-108— Maintenance of forensic samples from abortions performed on a child
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-201— Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-202— Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the second degree
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-203— Making a false report under this chapter
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-204— Unlawful restriction of child abuse reporting
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-205— Unlawful disclosure of data or information under this chapter
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-206— Civil liability for failure to report
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-207— Judicial and prosecutorial disclosure
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-208— Subsequent disclosure by a subject of a report
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-209— Imposition of penalties
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-210— Prohibition on intentionally causing, aiding, abetting, or assisting a child to obtain an abortion without parental consent
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-301— Creation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-302— Reports by mandated reporters
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-303— Minimum requirements for a report to be accepted
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-304— Qualifying reports of certain types of child maltreatment
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-305— Garrett's Law reports
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-306— Reports naming an adult as the victim
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-307— Reports alleging Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious illness
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-308— Reports of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-309— Reports alleging that a child is disrupting his or her adoption or is a dependent juvenile
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-310— Referrals on children born with and affected by fetal alcohol spectrum disorder or prenatal drug exposure to an illegal drug or a legal substance
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-401— Generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-402— Mandated reporters
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-501— Notice of a report to the Child Abuse Hotline
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-502— Release and disclosure of data generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-503— Notification generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-504— Notification in cases of reports of severe maltreatment
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-505— Notification to the child's school
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-506— Notice when the alleged offender works with children, the elderly, an individual with a disability, an individual with a mental illness, is engaged in child-related activities, or is a juvenile
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-507— Notice when the alleged victim is a resident of a facility licensed, registered, or operated by the state
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-508— Notice to United States military organizations of alleged child maltreatment — Definitions
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-601— Assignment to investigative agency
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-602— Initiation of the investigation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-603— Accompaniment by law enforcement
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-604— Services during the investigation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-605— Investigative interviews
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-606— When the alleged offender is a family member, a fictive kin, or lives in the home with the alleged victim
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-607— When the alleged offender is neither a family member nor a fictive kin and not living in the home with the alleged victim
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-608— Interview of the alleged child victim, siblings of a child victim, or any other children in the home or under the care of an alleged offender
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-609— Right to enter for the purposes of the investigation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-610— Access to the child's school records
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-611— Inspection of personnel and volunteer records
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-612— Criminal background check
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-613— Access to miscellaneous records
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-614— Submission to a physical exam or other testing
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-615— Radiology procedures, photographs, electronic media, and medical records
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-616— Timing
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-617— Authority to pursue other remedies
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-618— Religious bias prohibited
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-619— Closing investigations
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-620— Release of information on pending investigation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-621— Right to obtain records during course of the investigation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-622— Access to the controlled substance database
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-623— [Repealed.]
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-701— Generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-702— Investigative determination
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-703— Notice generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-704— Notice if the investigative determination is true but exempted and the alleged offender is a child
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-705— Notice if the alleged offender is at least fourteen years of age and less than eighteen years of age
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-706— Notice if the alleged offender is eighteen years of age or older
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-707— Notice when the alleged offender works with children, the elderly, an individual with a disability, or an individual with a mental illness, is engaged in child-related activities, or is a juvenile
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-708— Miscellaneous notice requirements
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-709— Confidentiality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-710— Release of information on true investigative determination pending due process
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-711— Fee for copying investigative file
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-712— Mental health services for alleged sex offenders under eighteen years of age and the victim
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-713— Reports on overturned true determinations
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-801— Time to complete administrative hearing
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-802— Subpoenas — Service upon a child
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-803— Privileged communications as evidence — Exception
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-804— Defenses and affirmative defenses
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-805— Video teleconferencing and teleconferencing options
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-806— Continuances
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-807— Administrative judgments and adjudications
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-808— Notice of juvenile division circuit court proceedings
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-809— Confidentiality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-810— Authority to amend investigative determinations based on evidence
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-811— Expedited administrative hearings — Definition
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-812— Preliminary administrative hearing
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-813— Notice of investigative determination upon satisfaction of due process
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-814— Automatic hearings for juveniles
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-815— Adjudication of allegations and risk
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-901— Creation
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-902— Contents
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-903— Placement in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-904— Child Maltreatment Central Registry generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-905— Provisional placement in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-906— Allegations determined to be unsubstantiated not to be included
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-907— Rules
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-908— Removal of name from the Child Maltreatment Central Registry
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-909— Availability of true reports of child maltreatment from the central registry
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-910— Availability of screened-out and unsubstantiated reports
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-911— Records — Subpoena duces tecum — Definitions
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1001— Protective custody generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1002— Placement in a foster home
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1003— Consent for health care and services
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1004— Notice when custody is invoked
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1005— Location
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1006— Custody of children generally — Health and safety of the child
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1007— Services to families generally
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1008— Removal from home — Procedure
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1009— When the investigation determines that the child can safely remain at home
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1010— When a child maltreatment investigation is determined to be true or true but exempted
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1011— When a report of child maltreatment is determined to be unsubstantiated
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1101— Procedure if the investigation is pending on a fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1102— Procedure if the investigation results in a true report related to a fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1103— Procedure if the investigation results in an unsubstantiated report related to a fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1104— Information not to be released regarding a child fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1105— Procedure if the investigation is pending related to a near fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1106— Procedure if the investigation results in a true report related to a near fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1107— Procedure if the investigation results in an unsubstantiated report related to a near fatality
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1108— Information not to be released regarding the near fatality of a child
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1201— Definition
- Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1202— Training regarding sexually exploited children