{"data":{"id":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-28-110","jurisdiction":"us-ar","citation":"Ark. Code Ann. § 5-28-110","heading":"Penalties for violation of section 12-12-1701 et seq","body":"(a) Any person or caregiver required by the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Act, § 12-12-1701 et seq., to report a case of suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who purposely fails to do so is: (1) Guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; and (2) Civilly liable for damages proximately caused by the failure. (b) Any person, official, or institution willfully making a false notification by the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Act, § 12-12-1701 et seq., knowing the allegation to be false, is guilty of a: (1) Class A misdemeanor; or (2) Class D felony if the person, official, or institution has been previously convicted of making a false allegation. (c) Any person who willfully permits and any other person who encourages the release of data or information contained in the adult and long-term care facility maltreatment central registry to a person to whom disclosure is not permitted under this section, § 5-28-201 [repealed], or §§ 5-28-203 - 5-28-221 [repealed] is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor. (d) Any person required to report a death as the result of suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who knowingly fails to make a report immediately to the appropriate coroner is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. (e) Any person required to report suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who knowingly fails to make a report within twenty-four (24) hours or on the next business day, whichever is earlier, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor. Acts 1983, No. 452, § 13; A.S.A. 1947, § 59-1313; Acts 1993, No. 1292, § 5; 1995, No. 1338, § 2; 2003, No. 1046, § 13; 2005, No. 1810, § 8; 2005, No. 1994, § 298.\n\n(a) Any person or caregiver required by the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Act, § 12-12-1701 et seq., to report a case of suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who purposely fails to do so is: (1) Guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; and (2) Civilly liable for damages proximately caused by the failure.\n\n(1) Guilty of a Class B misdemeanor; and\n\n(2) Civilly liable for damages proximately caused by the failure.\n\n(b) Any person, official, or institution willfully making a false notification by the Adult and Long-Term Care Facility Resident Maltreatment Act, § 12-12-1701 et seq., knowing the allegation to be false, is guilty of a: (1) Class A misdemeanor; or (2) Class D felony if the person, official, or institution has been previously convicted of making a false allegation.\n\n(1) Class A misdemeanor; or\n\n(2) Class D felony if the person, official, or institution has been previously convicted of making a false allegation.\n\n(c) Any person who willfully permits and any other person who encourages the release of data or information contained in the adult and long-term care facility maltreatment central registry to a person to whom disclosure is not permitted under this section, § 5-28-201 [repealed], or §§ 5-28-203 - 5-28-221 [repealed] is guilty of a Class A misdemeanor.\n\n(d) Any person required to report a death as the result of suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who knowingly fails to make a report immediately to the appropriate coroner is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.\n\n(e) Any person required to report suspected adult maltreatment or long-term care facility resident maltreatment who knowingly fails to make a report within twenty-four (24) hours or on the next business day, whichever is earlier, is guilty of a Class C misdemeanor.","path":["AR Code","Title 5","Chapter 28","Subchapter 1"],"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":"a591b99dee3e0e63a7602cbe10add866b305bf54be4687d456acad7f4908ec9d","source_id":"us-ar","stale":false,"prev":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-28-108","next":"us-ar/ark.-code-ann.-5-29-201"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}