The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development as evidenced by observable and substantial impairment of the child's ability to function within the child's normal range of performance and behavior only if the reporter is:
(1) A medical or mental health professional;
(2) A school counselor, if the child did not disclose to the teacher;
(3) A teacher; or
(4) A day care center worker.
Structure Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act
Subchapter 3 - Child Abuse Hotline
§ 12-18-302. Reports by mandated reporters
§ 12-18-303. Minimum requirements for a report to be accepted
§ 12-18-304. Qualifying reports of certain types of child maltreatment
§ 12-18-305. Garrett's Law reports
§ 12-18-306. Reports naming an adult as the victim
§ 12-18-307. Reports alleging Munchausen syndrome by proxy or factitious illness
§ 12-18-308. Reports of injury to a child's intellectual, emotional, or psychological development