Arkansas Code
Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act
Subchapter 6 - Investigative Proceedings

§ 12-18-601. Assignment to investigative agency - (a) (1) If a report of child maltreatment is accepted...

§ 12-18-602. Initiation of the investigation - (a) The Department of Human Services and the Division of...

§ 12-18-603. Accompaniment by law enforcement - Upon request, law enforcement shall accompany a person conducting an...

§ 12-18-604. Services during the investigation - The Department of Human Services may make referrals or provide...

§ 12-18-605. Investigative interviews - (a) An investigation of child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment...

§ 12-18-606. When the alleged offender is a family member, a fictive kin, or lives in the home with the alleged victim - If the alleged offender is a family member, fictive kin,...

§ 12-18-607. When the alleged offender is neither a family member nor a fictive kin and not living in the home with the alleged victim - If the alleged offender is not a family member living...

§ 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,...

§ 12-18-609. Right to enter for the purposes of the investigation - (a) A person conducting an investigation under this chapter shall...

§ 12-18-610. Access to the child's school records - (a) A person conducting an investigation under this chapter shall...

§ 12-18-611. Inspection of personnel and volunteer records - A person conducting an investigation required by this chapter shall...

§ 12-18-612. Criminal background check - (a) The person conducting an investigation under this chapter shall...

§ 12-18-613. Access to miscellaneous records - Upon request by a person conducting an investigation under this...

§ 12-18-614. Submission to a physical exam or other testing - An investigation under this chapter may include a physical examination,...

§ 12-18-615. Radiology procedures, photographs, electronic media, and medical records - (a) A person who is required to make a report...

§ 12-18-616. Timing - (a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an...

§ 12-18-617. Authority to pursue other remedies - (a) Notwithstanding an investigative determination finding of true but exempted,...

§ 12-18-618. Religious bias prohibited - The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas...

§ 12-18-619. Closing investigations - (a) If at any time before or during an investigation...

§ 12-18-620. Release of information on pending investigation - (a) Information on a pending investigation under this chapter is...

§ 12-18-621. Right to obtain records during course of the investigation - (a) Upon a request by a person conducting an investigation...

§ 12-18-622. Access to the controlled substance database - (a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of...