§ 12-18-106. Cooperative agreements

AR Code § 12-18-106 (2018) (N/A)
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(a) The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police shall implement a coordinated multidisciplinary team approach to intervention in reports involving severe maltreatment and all reports requested by a prosecuting attorney pertaining to a law enforcement or prosecuting attorney's investigation by initiating formal cooperative agreements with:

(1) Law enforcement agencies;

(2) Prosecuting attorneys; and

(3) Other appropriate agencies and individuals.

(b) The Director of the Department of Human Services may enter into cooperative agreements with other states to create a national child maltreatment registration system.