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2017 Arkansas Code
Title 12 - Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
Subtitle 2 - Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
Chapter 18 - Child Maltreatment Act
Subchapter 10 - Protective Custody
§ 12-18-1005. Location
Universal Citation: AR Code § 12-18-1005 (2017)
- (a) A school, residential facility, hospital, or similar institution where a child may be located shall not require a written order for the Department of Human Services to take a seventy-two-hour hold under this section or § 9-27-313.
- (b) Upon notice by the department that a hold has been taken on a child, a school, residential facility, hospital, or similar institution where the child is located shall:
- (1) Retain the child until the department takes a hold on the child;
- (2) Not notify the parent until the child has been removed by the department; and
- (3) Provide the parent or guardian with the name and contact information of the department employee regarding the hold on the child.
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