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9-34-203. Care of the child.
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9-34-203. Care of the child.
(a) Upon delivery of the child to a medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department, the law enforcement officer, an appropriate employee of the fire department, or an appropriate employee of the hospital shall take the child into protective custody for seventy-two (72) hours under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.
(b) The law enforcement officer, employee of the fire department, or employee of the hospital shall immediately notify the Division of Children and Family Services, which shall initiate a dependency petition under the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989, § 9-27-301 et seq.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 9-34-203
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9-34-203. Care of the child.
(a) Upon delivery of the child to a medical provider, law enforcement agency, or fire department, the law enforcement officer, an appropriate employee of the fire department, or an appropriate employee of the hospital shall take the child into protective custody for seventy-two (72) hours under the Child Maltreatment Act, § 12-18-101 et seq.
(b) The law enforcement officer, employee of the fire department, or employee of the hospital shall immediately notify the Division of Children and Family Services, which shall initiate a dependency petition under the Arkansas Juvenile Code of 1989, § 9-27-301 et seq.
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
12-18-101. Title.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the “Child Maltreatment Act”.
Source: Arkansas Code — historical release 78 (November 6, 2020) · 12-18-101
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Arkansas Code — all titles (historical 2020) · legal_authorities
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
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 9-27-301. This identifies an authority to review, not proof of applicability.