Ark. Code § 12-18-201

Current with legislation from 2024 Fiscal and Special Sessions.
Section 12-18-201 - Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree
(a) A person commits the offense of failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree if he or she:
(1) Is a mandated reporter under this chapter;
(2) Has:
(A) Reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been subjected to child maltreatment;
(B) Reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or
(C) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment; and
(3) Knowingly fails to notify the Child Abuse Hotline of the child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment.
(b) Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the first degree is a Class A misdemeanor.
(c) This section does not apply to a person who is a:
(1) Mandated reporter under § 12-18-402(b)(43); and
(2) Victim of any of the following committed by the same offender whom the person observed subjecting a child to abuse, sexual abuse, or sexual exploitation:
(A) Domestic abuse as defined in § 9-4-102;
(B) An offense involving physical injury, the threat or risk of physical injury, or apprehension of imminent physical injury; or
(C) A sex offense as defined in § 12-12-903.

Ark. Code § 12-18-201

Amended by Act 2023, No. 727,§ 3, eff. 8/1/2023.
Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.