The Director of the Arkansas Department of Emergency Management shall coordinate efforts with other state agencies and appropriate organizations to:
(1) Disseminate county-level lists of all licensed child care facilities and all known license-exempt child care facilities, including without limitation physical address, maximum capacity, hours of operation, and emergency contact information, to county governments for use in search and rescue during emergencies and disasters;
(2) Share a periodically updated statewide list of designated emergency shelters, both local shelters and mass evacuation shelters, with the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of the Department of Human Services, state child care subsidy program, and state child and adult nutrition program when the list is available; and
(3) Include all licensed child care facilities and all known license-exempt child care facilities where critical facilities such as schools, hospitals, and nursing homes are mentioned in the state response plan, emergency preparedness exercises, or other guiding documents and activities.
Section: Previous 12-86-202 12-86-203 12-86-204Last modified: November 15, 2016