Arkansas Law

§ 12-12-502. Regulations - Cooperative agreements.

(a) The director of the department shall promulgate regulations to implement the provisions of this subchapter.

(b) The director of the department shall initiate formal cooperative agreements with law enforcement agencies, prosecuting attorneys, and other appropriate agencies and individuals in order to implement a coordinated multidisciplinary team approach to intervention in reports involving severe maltreatment and all reports requested by the district prosecuting attorney pertaining to a law enforcement or prosecutor's investigation and may enter into cooperative agreements with other states to create a national child maltreatment registration system.

History. Acts 1991, No. 1208, § 14; 1997, No. 1234, § 1.