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Subchapter 1 - General Provisions
§ 20-78-101. Family planning information for parents of children in state custody - (a) The Department of Human Services shall provide informational materials,...
§ 20-78-102. Arkansas Children's Hospital — Annual report - In order to provide accountability to the citizens of Arkansas...
§ 20-78-103. State or federal funds — Licensing requirements - (a) The Department of Human Services shall not expend any...
§ 20-78-104. Child Health and Family Life Institute - (a) (1) The Child Health and Family Life Institute shall...
§ 20-78-105. Children's advocacy centers — Legislative intent - (a) Currently, sexually abused children often have to describe their...
§ 20-78-106. Availability of records from children's advocacy centers during investigation of suspected cases of child abuse or neglect - (a) Reports, correspondence, memoranda, case histories, medical records, or other...
§ 20-78-107. Criminal background checks for employees of private businesses that provide short-term child care for patrons — Definition - (a) A private business that provides short-term child care for...
§ 20-78-108. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences — Building Effective Services for Trauma — Report - The University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences shall report quarterly...
Subchapter 2 - Childcare Facility Licensing Act
§ 20-78-201. Title - This subchapter shall be known and cited as the “Childcare...
§ 20-78-202. Definitions - As used in this subchapter, unless the context otherwise requires:...
§ 20-78-203. Penalties - (a) (1) Any person violating any provisions of this subchapter...
§ 20-78-204. Injunction - When any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association shall...
§ 20-78-205. Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education - (a) There is created the Division of Child Care and...
§ 20-78-206. Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education — Rules - (a) (1) (A) The Division of Child Care and Early...
§ 20-78-207. Declaratory judgments on licensing rules - Any rule promulgated by the Division of Child Care and...
§ 20-78-208. Unlicensed childcare facility unlawful - (a) It shall be unlawful for any person, partnership, group,...
§ 20-78-209. License — Religious exception — Definitions - (a) Any church or group of churches exempt from the...
§ 20-78-210. License — Application and issuance - (a) Any person, partnership, group, corporation, organization, or association desiring...
§ 20-78-211. License — Provisional - (a) If the Division of Child Care and Early Childhood...
§ 20-78-212. License — Nontransferability - (a) A license for a childcare facility shall apply only...
§ 20-78-213. License — Denial, revocation, or suspension - (a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education...
§ 20-78-214. Inspections and investigations of childcare facilities and personnel — Child abuse - (a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education...
§ 20-78-215. Child sexual abuse — Federal funds — Legislative intent - (a) (1) By the enactment of this section, it is...
§ 20-78-216. Records and reports - The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education may...
§ 20-78-217. Smoking prohibited — Legislative intent - (a) Whereas, health authorities have established that smoking is not...
§ 20-78-218. Administration of subchapter - The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education shall...
§ 20-78-219. Fines and penalties — Disposition of funds - (a) If any licensee fails to pay any monetary fine...
§ 20-78-220. Persons or facilities abusing juveniles in their custody - (a) If a juvenile is found to be abused or...
§ 20-78-221. Voluntary registration - (a) Registry. There shall be created a voluntary registry of...
§ 20-78-222. Continuing education - (a) (1) All persons employed by a childcare facility who...
§ 20-78-223. License fees — Disposition - (a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education...
§ 20-78-224. Child Care Fund - (a) There is established on the books of the Treasurer...
§ 20-78-225. Child safety alarm devices - (a) All agencies or childcare facilities licensed by the Department...
§ 20-78-226. Violation - (a) It shall be unlawful to transport children in a...
§ 20-78-227. General liability insurance coverage required - (a) The purpose of this section is to enhance safe...
§ 20-78-228. Childcare facility floor plan on file with emergency management coordinator — Definition - (a) (1) As used in this section, “floor plan” means...
Subchapter 3 - Agreements with Adjoining States
§ 20-78-301. Purpose - It is the purpose of this subchapter to permit the...
§ 20-78-302. Authority to enter agreements - Subject to the conditions and limitations contained in this subchapter,...
§ 20-78-303. Requirements of agreements - Every agreement or contract entered into in accordance with this...
§ 20-78-304. Attorney General approval - Every agreement made hereunder shall, before and as a condition...
§ 20-78-305. Status of agreements - Every agreement or contract entered into pursuant to this subchapter...
Subchapter 5 - Early Childhood Commission
§ 20-78-501. Creation — Composition — Meetings - (a) (1) There is hereby established the Arkansas Early Childhood...
§ 20-78-502. Duties — Assistance - (a) The Arkansas Early Childhood Commission shall have the following...
§ 20-78-503. Arkansas Child Care Facilities Loan Guarantee Trust Fund - (a) There is established a cash fund account of the...
§ 20-78-504. Moneys for Arkansas Child Care Facilities Loan Guarantee Trust Fund - (a) (1) After providing for the exclusion of the interest...
§ 20-78-505. Loan guarantees — Annual report - (a) The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education...
§ 20-78-506. Criteria for grant approval - The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of...
Subchapter 6 - Background Checks of Childcare Facility Licensees and Employees
§ 20-78-606. Criminal history records checks required — Definitions - (a) As used in this section: (1) “Registry records check”...
Subchapter 7 - Prenatal and Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation Program
§ 20-78-701. Legislative declaration - The General Assembly hereby finds that, in order to adequately...
§ 20-78-702. Creation — Duties and powers - (a) The Rita Rowell Hale Prenatal and Early Childhood Nurse...
§ 20-78-703. Rita Rowell Hale Prenatal and Early Childhood Nurse Home Visitation Program Advisory Council - (a) There is created the Rita Rowell Hale Prenatal and...
§ 20-78-704. Freedom of Information Act — Exemption - The Rita Rowell Hale Prenatal and Early Childhood Nurse Home...
§ 20-78-705. Patient records - (a) All institutions receiving state or federal support and with...
§ 20-78-706. Limitation - Nothing performed pursuant to this subchapter shall be deemed to...
§ 20-78-707. Referrals — Findings - (a) Any physician, clinic, person, or organization may provide information...
§ 20-78-708. Funding - The Secretary of the Department of Health is authorized to...
Subchapter 8 - Birth Through Prekindergarten Teaching Credential and Endorsement
§ 20-78-801. Credential and endorsement — Definition - (a) (1) A person teaching in a public early childhood...
§ 20-78-802. Minimum requirements for a teaching credential - The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of...
§ 20-78-803. Professional development - A person holding a birth through prekindergarten teaching credential under...
§ 20-78-804. Monitoring and assessment - The Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education of...
§ 20-78-805. Core courses - In consultation with the Division of Child Care and Early...