Arkansas Code Title 20, Subtitle 2, Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks

• § 20-38-101 - Definitions.
  As used in this chapter: (1) "Care" means treatment, services, assistance, education, training, instruction, or supervision for which the service provider is compensated either...
• § 20-38-102 - Criminal History Records Checks -- Operators.
  (a) (1) (A) When an operator applies for a license, exemption from licensure, certificate, or other operating authority for a service provider from its...
• § 20-38-103 - Criminal History Records Checks -- Applicants and Employees of Service Providers.
  (a) (1) Before making an offer of employment, a service provider shall inform an applicant that employment is contingent on the satisfactory results of...
• § 20-38-104 - Request for Records Check -- Requirement.
  (a) A request for a state criminal history records check on a person shall include a completed statement that: (1) Contains the name, address,...
• § 20-38-105 - Disqualification From Employment -- Denial or Revocation -- Penalties.
  (a) (1) Except as provided in subsection (d) of this section, the licensing or certifying agency shall issue a determination that a person is...
• § 20-38-106 - Evidence of Records Checks.
  (a) A service provider shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Department of...
• § 20-38-107 - Remedies for Failure to Comply.
  The licensing or certifying agency shall establish remedies for failure to comply with this subchapter to be imposed on a service provider licensed, exempted...
• § 20-38-108 - Duties of Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police.
  (a) The Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall make reasonable efforts to respond immediately to requests for state criminal history...
• § 20-38-109 - Regulations.
  The Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police, and the licensing or certifying agency shall cooperate to...
• § 20-38-110 - Confidentiality.
  (a) All reports obtained under this subchapter are confidential and are restricted to the exclusive use of the Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification...
• § 20-38-111 - Immunity.
  The Arkansas Crime Information Center, the Identification Bureau of the Department of Arkansas State Police, the licensing or certifying agency, and the service provider...
• § 20-38-112 - Exclusions -- Licensed Professionals -- Completion of Criminal History Records Check.
  (a) Except for employees of licensed child care facilities or church-operated exempt child care facilities, this subchapter does not apply to a person who...
• § 20-38-113 - Automated Abuse Registry Checks.
  (a) The Department of Human Services shall: (1) (A) Contingent upon the receipt of funding, appropriation, and positions, create and maintain a program no...

Last modified: November 15, 2016