Title 12 — Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs

(a) (1) (A) The administrative hearing under this chapter shall begin within one hundred eighty (180) days from the date of the receipt of the request for a hearing.(B) However, delays in completing the administrative hearing that are attributable to either party shall not count …

If any child served with a subpoena to be a witness in an administrative hearing is a party to an open dependency-neglect or family in need of services case, the child's attorney ad litem shall be provided a copy of the subpoena.

(a) It is the public policy of the State of Arkansas to protect the health, safety, and the welfare of children within the state. (b) No privilege, except that between a lawyer and client or between a minister, including a Christian Science practitioner, and a person confessing t…

(1) For any act or omission of child maltreatment that would be a criminal offense or an act of delinquency, any defense or affirmative defense, including the burden of proof regarding the affirmative defense, that would apply to the criminal offense or delinquent act is also cog…

(a) (1) An administrative law judge may conduct an administrative hearing under this chapter by video teleconference in lieu of an in-person hearing.(2) If neither party requests that the administrative hearing be conducted in person, the administrative hearing shall be conducted…

(a) (1) An administrative law judge shall grant a continuance if the record under this chapter tendered by the Department of Human Services to the alleged offender is determined by the administrative law judge to be incomplete.(2) The administrative law judge shall direct the dep…

(a) If a court of competent jurisdiction adjudicates a question that is an issue to be determined by the Office of Appeals and Hearings, the prevailing party to the judicial adjudication who is also a party to the administrative adjudication shall file a copy of the judicial adju…

(a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall notify the administrative law judge and the petitioner of the status of any juvenile division of circuit court proceeding involving the victim if child maltreatment at issue in the administrati…

(a) An administrative hearing decision and the hearing record, including all exhibits, under this chapter are confidential and shall remain confidential upon the filing of an appeal with a circuit court or an appellate court. (b) An administrative hearing decision and the hearing…

(a) An administrative law judge may amend an investigative determination to conform with the evidence presented. (b) (1) If the alleged offender could not reasonably infer the amended investigative determination from the investigative record and information submitted by the Depar…

(a) (1) If an alleged offender timely requests an administrative hearing, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police may request that the administrative hearing be expedited if the alleged offender is engaged in child-related activities or employ…

(a) If the Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police are unable to notify an offender of an investigative determination under this chapter, the Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police may request a preliminary administra…

(a) (1) Due process has been satisfied when:(A) The alleged offender eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time the act or omission occurred was provided written notice of the true investigative determination as required by this chapter but failed to timely request an admini…

(a) The Division of Children and Family Services of the Department of Human Services shall provide written referrals to the Office of Appeals and Hearings of the Department of Human Services identifying each juvenile who is:(1) The subject of a true child maltreatment finding; an…

(a) In an administrative hearing held under this chapter, an administrative law judge shall determine whether:(1) A preponderance of the evidence supports a finding that an allegation of child maltreatment is true; and(2) The Department of Human Services abused its discretion in …

There is established within the Department of Human Services a statewide Child Maltreatment Central Registry.

The Child Maltreatment Central Registry shall contain records of cases on all true investigative determinations of child maltreatment.

(a) An offender's name shall be placed in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry if:(1) After notice, the offender eighteen (18) years of age or older at the time the act or omission occurred does not timely request an administrative hearing;(2) The alleged offender was a child …

(1) An offender's name shall remain in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry unless:(1) The name is removed pursuant to this chapter or another statute;(2) The name is removed under a rule;(3) The name was provisionally placed in the registry and the alleged offender subsequent…

If an alleged offender's name is provisionally placed in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry, any disclosure by the registry shall include the notation that the name has only been provisionally placed in the registry.

Records of all cases in which allegations are determined to be unsubstantiated shall not be included in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry.

The Department of Human Services may adopt rules as may be necessary to encourage cooperation with other states in exchanging true reports and to effect a national registration system.

(a) An adult offender shall permanently remain on the Child Maltreatment Central Registry if the:(1) Adult offender is convicted of a criminal offense for an act or omission that constitutes child maltreatment and for which the adult offender is named in the registry regardless o…

(a) True reports of child maltreatment are confidential and may be disclosed only as provided in this chapter. (b) (1) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police may charge:(A) A reasonable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for researching, co…

(a) Screened-out, administratively closed, and unsubstantiated reports of child maltreatment are confidential and may be disclosed only as provided in this chapter. (b) (1) The Department of Human Services and the Division of Arkansas State Police may charge:(A) A reasonable fee …

(a) As used in this section:(1) “Custodian of records” means the administrator of the Child Maltreatment Central Registry or his or her designee; and(2) “Records” means data, records, or documents that are created, collected, or compiled by or on behalf of the Department of Human…

A.C.A. § 12-19-101Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) The following establishments shall post in restrooms and in a conspicuous place near the entrance of the establishment, or where posters and notices of this type customarily are posted, a poster described in subsection (b) of this section measuring at least eight and one-half…

The Department of Human Services shall develop a state protocol for assisting victims of human trafficking with applying for federal and state benefits and services to which they may be entitled.

(a) Each law enforcement agency shall adopt a policy for the completion and signing of T and U nonimmigrant visa certification forms for human trafficking victims. (b) The policy adopted under subsection (a) of this section shall include a requirement that a law enforcement offic…

(a) The Department of Education and the Department of Human Services shall collaborate on providing awareness and training materials to local school districts on human trafficking that include without limitation strategies for the prevention of the trafficking of children. (b) Th…

(a) There is established a Human Trafficking Operations Unit within the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) The Human Trafficking Operations Unit shall:(1) Consist of commissioned officers and analysts of the division;(2) Support and initiate criminal investigations of human t…

(a) There is created the position of Human Trafficking Coordinator within the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) The Human Trafficking Coordinator shall:(1) Coordinate the implementation of this subchapter;(2) Serve as a commissioned officer within the division and perform du…

(a) There is created the position of Human Trafficking Analyst within the Division of Arkansas State Police. (b) The Human Trafficking Analyst shall:(1) Provide the Human Trafficking Operations Unit with objective, reliable, comparable, and current data and information in the fie…

(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Control” means that a private school or private college or university is maintained on the property or rents or leases the property to facilitate events or functions of the private school or private college or university;(2) “Executive head” means…

(a) This chapter applies to the property of each private school or private college or university. (b) This chapter does not mean that a private school or private college or university is an agent of the State of Arkansas. (c) This chapter is cumulative to any remedies that each p…

The prosecuting attorney or the city attorney, as may be appropriate, shall appear and prosecute in court all criminal offenses arising under this chapter.

(a) An executive head of a private school or private college or university may appoint one (1) or more of the employees of the private school or private college or university as a private school or private college or university law enforcement officer for the private school or pr…

(a) A private school or private college or university law enforcement officer's primary jurisdiction is the private school or private college or university employing him or her, and except to the extent otherwise limited by the executive head of the private school or private coll…

Records generated or kept by a private school or private college or university law enforcement agency under this chapter are subject to the same record keeping and disclosure requirements of a state or local law enforcement agency.

(a) (1) Each private school or private college or university may promulgate and amend rules and regulations for the operation and parking of motor vehicles on its property as its governing board deems necessary if the rules and regulations do not conflict with governing state law…

(a) (1) No state agency, board, commission, or governing body of any municipality or county shall approve the location or construction of any community-based residential facility housing juveniles or adults adjudicated or convicted of any sexual or violent offense or any other of…

(a) It is declared to be the policy of the State of Arkansas that all criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities within the counties of the state shall conform to certain minimum standards of construction, maintenance, and operation. (b) It is the purpose of …

As used in this chapter, “criminal detention facility” means any institution operated by a political subdivision or a combination of political subdivisions for the care, keeping, or rehabilitative needs of adult criminal offenders, including regional jails, county jails, municipa…

(a) There is established the Office of Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator within the Arkansas Commission on Law Enforcement Standards and Training of the Department of Public Safety which shall consist of:(1) A Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, who s…

A.C.A. § 12-26-104Current through all legislation of the 2025 Regular Session.Arkansas Code of 1987 Annotated Official EditionCopyright © 2026 by the State of Arkansas All rights reserved

(a) There are created eight (8) criminal detention facility review committee districts as follows:(1) Criminal Detention Facility Review Committee District One is composed of the following counties: Baxter, Benton, Boone, Carroll, Madison, Marion, Newton, Searcy, and Washington;(…

(1) A criminal detention facility review committee shall:(1) Provide consultation and technical assistance to county and local government officials with respect to criminal detention facilities and juvenile detention facilities;(2) (A) Review and approve the written inspection re…

(a) (1) Except as otherwise provided in this chapter, the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator shall visit and inspect each criminal detention facility and each juvenile detention facility, if any, in each criminal detention facility review committee district at least…

(a) (1) If an inspection under this chapter discloses that the criminal detention facility or juvenile detention facility does not meet the minimum standards established by the Criminal Detention Facilities Review Coordinator, the criminal detention facility review committee shal…