§ 12-18-707 - Notice when the alleged offender works with children or is engaged in child-related activities. - Arkansas Statutes

12-18-707. Notice when the alleged offender works with children or is engaged in child-related activities.

(a) If the child maltreatment investigative determination names 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 investigative determination:

(1) An alleged offender's employer;

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

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

(4) Any 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 later 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.