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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 7 - Investigative Findings
§ 12-18-702. Investigative determination
Universal Citation: AR Code § 12-18-702 (2017)
- Upon completion of an investigation under this chapter, the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall determine whether the allegations of child maltreatment are:
- (1)
- (A) Unsubstantiated.
- (B) An unsubstantiated determination shall be entered when the allegation is not supported by a preponderance of the evidence;
- (2)
- (A) True.
- (B) A true determination shall be entered when the allegation is supported by a preponderance of the evidence.
- (C) A determination of true but exempted, which means that the offender's name shall not be placed in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry, shall be entered if:
- (i) A parent practicing his or her religious beliefs does not, for that reason alone, provide medical treatment for a child, but in lieu of treatment the child is being furnished with treatment by spiritual means alone, through prayer, in accordance with a recognized religious method of healing by an accredited practitioner;
- (ii) The offender is an underaged juvenile offender;
- (iii) The report was true for neglect as defined under § 12-18-103(14)(B); or
- (iv) The offender is a juvenile less than fourteen (14) years of age; or
- (3)
- (A) Inactive.
- (B) If the investigation cannot be completed, the investigation shall be determined incomplete and placed in inactive status.
- (1)
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