Arkansas Code Title 12, Subtitle 2, Chapter 18, Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings

• § 12-18-601 - Assignment to Investigative Agency.
  (a) When a person, agency, corporation, or partnership then providing substitute care for any child in the custody of the Department of Human Services...
• § 12-18-602 - Initiation of the Investigation.
  (a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall cause an investigation to be made upon receiving initial notification...
• § 12-18-603 - Accompaniment by Law Enforcement.
  Upon request, law enforcement shall accompany a person conducting an investigation required by this chapter.
• § 12-18-604 - Services During the Investigation.
  The Department of Human Services may make referrals or provide services during the course of the child maltreatment investigation.
• § 12-18-605 - Investigative Interviews.
  (a) An investigation of child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment under this chapter shall include interviews with: (1) The child as provided under §...
• § 12-18-606 - When the Alleged Offender is a Family Member or Lives in the Home With the Alleged Victim.
  If the alleged offender is a family member or lives in the home with the alleged victim, an investigation under this chapter shall seek...
• § 12-18-607 - When the Alleged Offender is Not a Family Member or Not Living in the Home With the Alleged Victim.
  If the alleged offender is not a family member nor living in the home with the alleged victim, the investigation under this chapter shall...
• § 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.
  (a) A person conducting an interview with a child victim, sibling of a child victim, or any other children in the home or under...
• § 12-18-609 - Right to Enter for the Purposes of the Investigation.
  (a) A person conducting an investigation under this chapter shall have the right to enter into or upon a home, school, or any other...
• § 12-18-610 - Access to the Child's School Records.
  (a) A person conducting an investigation under this chapter shall be allowed access to the child's public and private school records during the course...
• § 12-18-611 - Inspection of Personnel and Volunteer Records.
  A person conducting an investigation required by this chapter shall have the right to inspect personnel records of employees and volunteers in any place...
• § 12-18-612 - Criminal Background Check.
  (a) The person conducting an investigation under this chapter shall have the right to obtain a criminal background check, including a fingerprint-based check in...
• § 12-18-613 - Access to Miscellaneous Records.
  Upon request by a person conducting an investigation under this chapter, a school, day care center, child care facility, residential facility, residential treatment facility,...
• § 12-18-614 - Submission to a Physical Exam or Other Testing.
  An investigation under this chapter may include a physical examination, a drug test, radiology procedures, photographs, and a psychological or psychiatric examination of all...
• § 12-18-615 - Radiology Procedures, Photographs, Electronic Media, and Medical Records.
  (a) A person who is required to make a report under this chapter may take or cause to be taken radiology procedures and photographs...
• § 12-18-616 - Timing.
  (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an investigative determination shall be made in each investigation under this chapter within forty-five (45)...
• § 12-18-617 - Authority to Pursue Other Remedies.
  (a) Notwithstanding an investigative determination finding of true but exempted, the Department of Human Services may pursue: (1) Any legal remedies, including the authority...
• § 12-18-618 - Religious Bias Prohibited.
  The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall investigate all allegations of child maltreatment without regard to the parent's...
• § 12-18-619 - Closing Investigations.
  (a) If at any time before or during an investigation under this chapter it is determined that the alleged offender is not a caretaker...
• § 12-18-620 - Release of Information on Pending Investigation.
  (a) Information on a pending investigation under this chapter is confidential and may be disclosed only as provided in this chapter.(b) (1) The Department...
• § 12-18-621 - Right to Obtain Records During Course of the Investigation.
  (a) Upon a request by a person conducting an investigation under this chapter, the keeper of the record shall provide the person conducting the...
• § 12-18-622 - Access to the Controlled Substance Database.
  (a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police may petition a circuit court to allow an investigator to access...
• § 12-18-623 - No Merit Investigations.
  (a) A Department of Arkansas State Police investigator may close an investigation of a report of child maltreatment as unsubstantiated without complying with the...

Last modified: November 15, 2016