§ 12-18-708 - Miscellaneous notice requirements. - Arkansas Statutes

12-18-708. Miscellaneous notice requirements.

(a) Notification of an investigative determination under this chapter shall be provided to:

(1) The appropriate multidisciplinary team;

(2) The circuit court judge if the victim or offender has an open dependency-neglect or family in need of services case;

(3) The attorney ad litem for any child who is named as the victim or offender;

(4) The Court Appointed Special Advocate for any child named as the alleged victim or offender;

(5) Any licensing or registering authority to the extent necessary to carry out its official responsibilities;

(6) Any department division director or facility director receiving notice of a Child Abuse Hotline report pursuant to this chapter;

(7) Any facility director receiving notice of a Child Abuse Hotline report pursuant to this chapter;

(8) The legal parents, legal guardians, and current foster parents of any child in foster care named as an alleged victim; and

(9) The attorney ad litem and Court Appointed Special Advocate volunteer of all other children in the same foster home if the child maltreatment occurred in a foster home.

(b) If the investigative determination is unsubstantiated, the Department of Human Services shall notify the mandated reporter who made the underlying report.

(c) If the investigative determination is true, notification of the investigative determination shall be provided to the school where the victim child is enrolled. However, the name of the alleged offender shall not be identified.