{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-12-1716","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-12-1716","heading":"Adult and Long-term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry","body":"(a) (1) There is established within the Department of Human Services a statewide Adult and Long-term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry. (2) The registry shall contain investigative determinations made by the department on all founded reports of adult maltreatment and long-term care facility resident maltreatment. (3) An offender's name shall be placed in the registry if: (A) After notice, the offender does not timely request an administrative hearing; or (B) Upon completion of the administrative hearing process, the department's investigative determination of founded is upheld. (4) An offender's name shall remain in the registry unless: (A) The name is removed under a statute; (B) The name is removed under a rule; or (C) The offender prevails upon appeal. (b) The department may adopt rules necessary to encourage cooperation with other states in exchanging reports to effect a national registry system of adult maltreatment. (c) (1) The department may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for researching, copying, and mailing records of the investigative files maintained under this subchapter. (2) The department may also charge a reasonable fee for reproducing copies of tapes and photographs maintained under this subchapter. (3) No fee may be charged to a nonprofit or volunteer agency that requests a search of the investigative files maintained under this subchapter. (4) No fee may be charged under this subchapter to a person who is indigent. Acts 2005, No. 1812, § 1; 2009, No. 525, § 4.\n\n(a) (1) There is established within the Department of Human Services a statewide Adult and Long-term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry. (2) The registry shall contain investigative determinations made by the department on all founded reports of adult maltreatment and long-term care facility resident maltreatment. (3) An offender's name shall be placed in the registry if: (A) After notice, the offender does not timely request an administrative hearing; or (B) Upon completion of the administrative hearing process, the department's investigative determination of founded is upheld. (4) An offender's name shall remain in the registry unless: (A) The name is removed under a statute; (B) The name is removed under a rule; or (C) The offender prevails upon appeal.\n\n(1) There is established within the Department of Human Services a statewide Adult and Long-term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Central Registry.\n\n(2) The registry shall contain investigative determinations made by the department on all founded reports of adult maltreatment and long-term care facility resident maltreatment.\n\n(3) An offender's name shall be placed in the registry if: (A) After notice, the offender does not timely request an administrative hearing; or (B) Upon completion of the administrative hearing process, the department's investigative determination of founded is upheld.\n\n(A) After notice, the offender does not timely request an administrative hearing; or\n\n(B) Upon completion of the administrative hearing process, the department's investigative determination of founded is upheld.\n\n(4) An offender's name shall remain in the registry unless: (A) The name is removed under a statute; (B) The name is removed under a rule; or (C) The offender prevails upon appeal.\n\n(A) The name is removed under a statute;\n\n(B) The name is removed under a rule; or\n\n(C) The offender prevails upon appeal.\n\n(b) The department may adopt rules necessary to encourage cooperation with other states in exchanging reports to effect a national registry system of adult maltreatment.\nremoved under a statute; (B) The name is removed under a rule; or (C) The offender prevails upon appeal.\n\n(A) The name is removed under a statute;\n\n(B) The name is removed under a rule; or\n\n(C) The offender prevails upon appeal.\n\n(b) The department may adopt rules necessary to encourage cooperation with other states in exchanging reports to effect a national registry system of adult maltreatment.\n\n(c) (1) The department may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for researching, copying, and mailing records of the investigative files maintained under this subchapter. (2) The department may also charge a reasonable fee for reproducing copies of tapes and photographs maintained under this subchapter. (3) No fee may be charged to a nonprofit or volunteer agency that requests a search of the investigative files maintained under this subchapter. (4) No fee may be charged under this subchapter to a person who is indigent.\n\n(1) The department may charge a reasonable fee not to exceed ten dollars ($10.00) for researching, copying, and mailing records of the investigative files maintained under this subchapter.\n\n(2) The department may also charge a reasonable fee for reproducing copies of tapes and photographs maintained under this subchapter.\n\n(3) No fee may be charged to a nonprofit or volunteer agency that requests a search of the investigative files maintained under this subchapter.\n\n(4) No fee may be charged under this subchapter to a person who is indigent.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 12","Subchapter 17"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_ar_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:41Z","sha256":"94fc6ccf0561fe3283db47acf2cafa46a17be7f1196020f471c3c85bf1ace76a","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-12-1715","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-12-1717"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. 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