Arkansas Law

§ 12-12-515. Provision of information to person or agency making initial notification of suspected maltreatment.

(a)(1) If the person or agency making the initial notification of suspected child maltreatment is required to do so by this subchapter, the department, within ten (10) business days of the child maltreatment investigative determination, shall provide to the person the following information:

        (A) The investigative determination; and

        (B) Services offered and provided.

    (2) The department shall provide the local educational agency, specifically to the school counselor where the maltreated child attends school, a report indicating the department's founded investigative determination regarding the child and the services offered or provided by the department to the child.

    (3) Any local educational agency receiving such information from the department shall make this information, if it is a true report, a part of the child's permanent educational record and shall treat such information as educational records are treated under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, 20 U.S.C. § 1232g.

(b)(1) The department may provide information to a person or agency that provides professional services such as medical examination of, an assessment interview with, or diagnosing, caring for, treating, or supervising a victim of maltreatment.

     (2) This information may include:

           (A) The investigative determination or the investigation report; and

           (B) The services offered and provided.

History. Acts 1991, No. 1208, § 9; 1992 (1st Ex. Sess.), No. 49, § 1; 1995, No. 1341, § 13; 1997, No. 1334, § 9.