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12-18-1008. Removal from home — Procedure.
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12-18-1008. Removal from home — Procedure.
(a) If the Department of Human Services determines that custody under this subchapter is required, the Department of Human Services shall take steps to remove the child under custody as outlined in this chapter or pursuant to the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989, § 9-27-301 et seq.
(b) After the Department of Human Services has removed the child, the child shall be placed in a licensed or approved foster home, shelter, facility, or an exempt child welfare agency as defined at § 9-28-402(12).
(c) No one, including the family, the Department of Human Services, the Division of Arkansas State Police, or local law enforcement shall allow a child to be placed in a nonapproved or nonlicensed foster home, shelter, or facility.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-18-1008
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12-18-1008. Removal from home — Procedure.
(a) If the Department of Human Services determines that custody under this subchapter is required, the Department of Human Services shall take steps to remove the child under custody as outlined in this chapter or pursuant to the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989, § 9-27-301 et seq.
(b) After the Department of Human Services has removed the child, the child shall be placed in a licensed or approved foster home, shelter, facility, or an exempt child welfare agency as defined at § 9-28-402(12).
(c) No one, including the family, the Department of Human Services, the Division of Arkansas State Police, or local law enforcement shall allow a child to be placed in a nonapproved or nonlicensed foster home, shelter, or facility.
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9-27-301. Title.
This subchapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-27-301
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9-28-402. Definitions.
As used in this subchapter:
(1) “Adoptive home” means a household of one (1) or more persons that has been approved by a licensed child placement agency to accept a child for adoption;
(2) “Adverse action” means any petition by the Department of Human Services before the Child Welfare Agency Review Board to take any of the following actions against a licensee or applicant for a license:
(A) Revocation of license;
(B) Suspension of license;
(C) Conversion of license from regular or provisional status to probationary status;
(D) Imposition of a civil penalty;
(E) Denial of application; or
(F) Reduction of licensed capacity;
(3) “Alternative compliance” means approval from the Child Welfare Agency Review Board to allow a licensee to deviate from the letter of a rule, provided that the licensee has demonstrated how an alternate plan of compliance will meet or exceed the intent of the rule;
(4) “Board” means the Child Welfare Agency Review Board;
(5) “Boarding school” means an institution that is operated solely for educational purposes and that meets each of the following criteria:
(A) The institution is in operation for a period of time not to exceed the minimum number of weeks of classroom instruction required of schools accredited by the Division of Elementary and Secondary Education;
(B) The children in residence must customarily return to their family homes or legal guardians during school breaks and must not be in residence year round, except that this provision does not apply to students from foreign countries; and
(C) The parents of children placed in the institution retain custody and planning and financial responsibility for the children;
(6) “Child” means a person who is:
(A) From birth to eighteen (18) year
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-28-402
Stored review status: Historical 2020-11-06 source release; later amendments not reconciled; machine-extracted, not independently legally reviewed; source heading status: text_in_historical_source. The source passage cites 9-28-402. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.