2016 Arkansas Code
Title 20 - Public Health and Welfare
Subtitle 2 - Health and Safety
Chapter 38 - Criminal Background Checks
§ 20-38-113. Automated abuse registry checks

(a) The Department of Human Services shall:

(1) (A) Contingent upon the receipt of funding, appropriation, and positions, create and maintain a program no later than July 1, 2016, that automates the databases of the Child Maltreatment Central Registry created in § 12-18-901, the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry created in § 12-12-1716, and the Certified Nursing Assistant/Employment Clearance Registry maintained by the Office of Long-Term Care of the Division of Medical Services of the Department of Human Services under 42 C.F.R. § 483.156 and § 20-10-203.

(B) The program created and maintained under subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section shall allow an entity or person required to conduct a registry check under a registry listed in subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section to access all three (3) registries through a single web-based process;

(2) Streamline the process of requesting a registry check so that all forms authorizing the release of confidential information under a registry listed in subdivision (a)(1)(A) of this section are consistent; and

(3) Adopt rules to implement this section.

(b) Contingent upon the receipt of funding, appropriation, and positions, the department shall initiate implementation of the program described under subsection (a) of this section and establish a public timeline for full implementation no later than July 1, 2014.