{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-18-1005","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-1005","heading":"Location","body":"(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.\n\n(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 .\n\n(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.\n\n(1) Retain the child until the department takes a hold on the child;\n\n(2) Not notify the parent until the child has been removed by the department; and\n\n(3) Provide the parent or guardian with the name and contact information of the department employee regarding the hold on the child.","path":["AR Code","Title 12","Chapter 18","Subchapter 10"],"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":"69acd3787f4d5aa4efa76e124d61f16f9316196f7fd4ce2faf4c728e0141feb0","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-18-1004","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-12-18-1006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}