Ark. Code Ann. § 9-28-117: Authority to obtain local criminal background checks

(a) Local law enforcement shall provide the Department of Human Services with criminal background information on persons who have applied to be a provisional foster home, a regular foster home, or an adoptive home for the department upon request from the department.

(b) Local law enforcement shall provide the department with criminal background information on persons whose home is being studied by the department upon request from the department.