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12-18-304. Qualifying reports of certain types of child maltreatment.
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12-18-304. Qualifying reports of certain types of child maltreatment.
(a)(1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment if any of the following intentional or knowing acts are alleged to occur:
(A) Throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child;
(B) Striking a child with a closed fist;
(C) Shaking a child four (4) years of age or older; or
(D) Striking a child seven (7) years of age or older on the face or on the head.
(2) A report under this subsection shall not be determined to be true unless the child suffered an injury as the result of the act.
(b) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment if any of the following intentional or knowing acts are alleged to occur:
(1) Shaking a child three (3) years of age or younger;
(2) Striking a child six (6) years of age or younger on the face or on the head;
(3) Interfering with a child's breathing; or
(4) Pinching, biting, or striking a child in the genital area.
(c)(1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment if a child suffers an injury as the result of a restraint.
(2) The report shall be determined not to be true if the injury is a minor temporary mark or causes transient pain and was an acceptable restraint as provided under this chapter.
(d)(1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment involving a bruise to a child even if at the time of the report the bruise is not visible if the bruising occurred:
(A) Within the past fourteen (14) days; and
(B) As a result of child maltreatment as described under subsections (a)-(c) of this section.
(2) However, the report under this subsection shall not be determined to be true unless the existence of the bruise is corroborated.
(e) The Chi
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-18-304
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12-18-304. Qualifying reports of certain types of child maltreatment.
(a)(1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment if any of the following intentional or knowing acts are alleged to occur:
(A) Throwing, kicking, burning, biting, or cutting a child;
(B) Striking a child with a closed fist;
(C) Shaking a child four (4) years of age or older; or
(D) Striking a child seven (7) years of age or older on the face or on the head.
(2) A report under this subsection shall not be determined to be true unless the child suffered an injury as the result of the act.
(b) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment if any of the following intentional or knowing acts are alleged to occur:
(1) Shaking a child three (3) years of age or younger;
(2) Striking a child six (6) years of age or younger on the face or on the head;
(3) Interfering with a child's breathing; or
(4) Pinching, biting, or striking a child in the genital area.
(c)(1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment if a child suffers an injury as the result of a restraint.
(2) The report shall be determined not to be true if the injury is a minor temporary mark or causes transient pain and was an acceptable restraint as provided under this chapter.
(d)(1) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report of child maltreatment involving a bruise to a child even if at the time of the report the bruise is not visible if the bruising occurred:
(A) Within the past fourteen (14) days; and
(B) As a result of child maltreatment as described under subsections (a)-(c) of this section.
(2) However, the report under this subsection shall not be determined to be true unless the existence of the bruise is corroborated.
(e) The Child Abuse Hotline shall not accept a report of environmental neglect pertaining to head lice unless the:
(1) Head lice is chronic; or
(2) Alleged victim currently has sores that require immediate medical attention.
(f) The Child Abuse Hotline shall not accept a report of giving a child or permitting a child to consume or inhale a poisonous or noxious substance as described in § 12-18-103(3)(A)(vii)(f) unless the alleged incident occurred within the previous three (3) months.
(g) The Child Abuse Hotline shall accept a report regarding educational neglect if the:
(1) Report alleges that a parent, custodian, or guardian of a child who is at least (6) years of age and under eighteen (18) years of age failed to enroll the child in school and lawfully home-school the child; or
(2) Report alleges that:
(A) An act or omission of a parent, custodian, or guardian of a child who is at least six (6) years of age and under eighteen (18) years of age caused the child to be absent from school;
(B) The child's absence from school was not caused by the refusal of the child to attend school;
(C) The child has been habitually absent from school without justification; and
(D) The child's absence from school has had a negative impact on the child's performance at school.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-18-103. Definitions.
As used in this chapter:
(1)(A) “Abandonment” means:
(i) The failure of a parent to provide reasonable support and to maintain regular contact with a child through statement or contact when the failure is accompanied by an intention on the part of the parent to permit the condition to continue for an indefinite period in the future or the failure of a parent to support or maintain regular contact with a child without just cause; or
(ii) An articulated intent to forego parental responsibility.
(B) “Abandonment” does not include:
(i) Acts or omissions of a parent toward a married minor; or
(ii) A situation in which a child has disrupted his or her adoption and the adoptive parent has exhausted the available resources;
(2)(A) “Abortion” means the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy of a woman with knowledge that the termination by those means will with reasonable likelihood cause the death of the unborn child.
(B) “Abortion” does not mean the act of using or prescribing any instrument, medicine, drug, or any other substance, device, or means with the intent to terminate the clinically diagnosable pregnancy if done with the intent to:
(i) Save the life or preserve the health of the unborn child;
(ii) Remove a dead unborn child caused by spontaneous abortion; or
(iii) Remove an ectopic pregnancy;
(3)(A) “Abuse” means any of the following acts or omissions by a parent, guardian, custodian, foster parent, person eighteen (18) years of age or older living in the home with a child whether related or unrelated to the child, or any person who is entrusted with the child's care by a parent, guardian, cust
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-18-103
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 12-18-103. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.