Title 21 — Public Officers and Employees
15 chapters · 492 sections in this title.
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-101 Definitions
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(1) As used in this subchapter:(1) “Applicant” means a person applying for employment with a state agency;(2) “Central registry check” means a review of the databases of the Child Maltreatment Central Registry, the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central R…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-102 Positions involving direct contact with children and with mentally ill and developmentally disabled persons
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(a) (1) (A) When a person applies for employment with a state agency in a designated position and if the state agency intends to make an offer of employment to the applicant, the applicant shall complete a criminal history check form and a central registry check form obtained fro…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-103 Deadline — Scope of check — Report — Notice — Discharge for persons in designated positions
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(a) (1) A state agency shall ensure that any incumbent employee in a designated position has a subsequent criminal background check completed within five (5) years of the incumbent employee’s initial criminal background check and every five (5) years thereafter.(2) A state agency…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-104 Waiver of exclusion or discharge requirement for persons in designated positions
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(a) (1) The provisions of § 21-15-102(a)(4) and § 21-15-102(f), § 21-15-103(e), § 21-15-103(g), and § 21-15-110(b) may be waived by the director of a state agency upon the request of:(A) A supervisor or other managerial employee in the state agency;(B) An affected applicant; or(C…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-105 Confidentiality
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(a) Any information received by a state agency from the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police or from a central registry check under this subchapter shall not be available for examination, and no record, file, or document shall be removed from the custody…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-106 Rules — Records
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(a) All state agencies with a designated position or a designated financial or information technology position shall adopt the necessary rules to fully implement the provisions of this subchapter. (b) Each state agency shall maintain on file, subject to inspection by the Arkansas…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-107 Identification Bureau and registries — Duties
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(a) (1) After receipt of a request for a criminal history check, the Identification Bureau of the Division of Arkansas State Police shall make reasonable efforts to respond to requests for state criminal history checks within twenty (20) calendar days and to respond to requests f…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-108 Exempted employees
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Any person who submits evidence of having maintained employment in the State of Arkansas for the past twelve (12) months and of successfully completing a criminal history check within the last twelve (12) months or in accordance with that person's professional license shall not b…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-109 Immunity
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Individuals and state agencies are immune from suit or liability for damages for acts or omissions, other than malicious acts or omissions, occurring in the performance of duties imposed by this subchapter.
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-110 Notice to employer
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(a) If a state employee is determined to be an offender or perpetrator in a true, substantiated, or founded report of child maltreatment or adult abuse and the state employee is employed in a designated position, the investigating agency shall immediately notify the employer of t…
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-111 Hiring new employees into designated financial or information technology positions
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(a) (1) (A) When a person applies for employment with a state agency in a designated financial or information technology position and if the state agency intends to make an offer of employment to the applicant, the applicant shall complete a criminal history check form and shall …
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-112 Incumbent employees in designated financial or information technology positions
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(a) (1) State agencies shall ensure that all employees in designated financial or information technology positions apply for criminal history checks by December 1, 2005.(2) An incumbent employee in a designated financial or information technology position shall have a subsequent …
Ark. Code Ann. § 21-15-113 Waiver of exclusion or discharge requirement for persons in designated financial or information technology positions
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(a) (1) The provisions of §§ 21-15-111 and 21-15-112 prohibiting the hiring of a person or requiring the discharge of a person in a designated financial or information technology position may be waived by the director of a state agency upon the request of:(A) A supervisor or othe…