§ 12-18-506 - Notice when the alleged offender works with children or is engaged in child-related activities. - Arkansas Statutes

12-18-506. Notice when the alleged offender works with children or is engaged in child-related activities.

(a) If the Child Abuse Hotline receives a report naming as an alleged offender a person who is engaged in child-related activities or employment and the Department of Human Services has determined that children under the care of the alleged offender appear to be at risk of maltreatment by the alleged offender, the department may notify the following of the report made to the Child Abuse Hotline:

(1) The alleged offender's employer;

(2) The school superintendent, principal, or a person in an equivalent position where the alleged offender is employed;

(3) The person in charge of a paid or volunteer activity; and

(4) The appropriate licensing or registering authority to the extent necessary to carry out its official responsibilities.

(b) The department shall promulgate rules that will ensure that notification required under this section is specifically approved by a responsible manager in the department before the notification is made.

(c) If the department, based on information gathered during the course of the investigation, determines that there is no preponderance of the evidence indicating that children under the care of the alleged offender appear to be at risk, the department shall immediately notify the previously notified person or entity of that information.