As used in this chapter:
(1) “Advocate” means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;
(2) “Dating relationship” means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is not a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization in a business or social context and that is determined by examining the following factors: The length of the relationship;
(3) The nature of the relationship; and
(4) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;
(5) “Domestic abuse” means: Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household;
(6) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or
(7) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;
(8) “Family or household member” means a: Spouse;
(9) Former spouse;
(10) Parent;
(11) Child;
(12) Person related to another family or household member by blood;
(13) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and
(14) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person;
(15) “Shelter” means an entity that: Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and
(16) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;
(17) “Statewide domestic violence entity” means an entity that: Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;
(18) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors;
(19) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and
(20) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and
(21) “Volunteer” means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.