20-82-301. Awareness program established.

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20-82-301. Awareness program established.

20-82-301. Awareness program established. The Department of Health shall: (1) Develop and administer a program of community education, prevention, and outreach activities to address the health risks and emotional trauma inflicted by the practice of unlawful female genital mutilation and to inform communities of the criminal penalties for committing unlawful female genital mutilation; (2) Develop and disseminate information regarding unlawful female genital mutilation, recognizing the risk factors associated with unlawful female genital mutilation, and the signs that a person may be a victim of unlawful female genital mutilation, and the criminal penalties for committing unlawful female genital mutilation to teachers, and law enforcement personnel, and ensuring their awareness and compliance with the provisions of this section; (3) Develop policies and procedures to promote partnerships between departments, agencies, and political subdivisions, including without limitation the Department of Human Services and Division of Elementary and Secondary Education, and other governmental entities and nongovernmental organizations to prevent unlawful female genital mutilation and to protect and provide assistance to victims of unlawful female genital mutilation; (4) Outline best practices for responses to victims of unlawful female genital mutilation; and (5) Develop policies and procedures for the training of providers of health services: (A) Regarding best practices for responses to victims of unlawful female genital mutilation; and (B) To recognize: (i) The risk factors associated with unlawful female genital mutilation; (ii) The signs that an individual may be a victim of unlawful female genital mutilation; and (iii) The criminal penalties for committing u

Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 20-82-301

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. A text match is a research starting point; applicability is not established.