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Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1005: Location

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  1. AR Code
  2. Title 12
  3. Chapter 18
  4. Subchapter 10

(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. Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.

(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.

(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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