Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the second degree

1. Law
2. Arkansas Code
3. Law Enforcement, Emergency Management, and Military Affairs
4. Law Enforcement Agencies and Programs
5. Child Maltreatment Act
6. Offenses and Penalties
7. Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the second degree

1. (a) A person commits the offense of failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the second degree if he or she:

   1. (1) Is a mandated reporter under this chapter;

   2. (2) Has:

      1. (A) Reasonable cause to suspect that a child has been subjected to child maltreatment;

      2. (B) Reasonable cause to suspect that a child has died as a result of child maltreatment; or

      3. (C) Observes a child being subjected to conditions or circumstances that would reasonably result in child maltreatment; and

   3. (3) Recklessly fails to notify the Child Abuse Hotline of the child maltreatment or suspected child maltreatment.

2. (b) Failure to notify by a mandated reporter in the second degree is a Class C misdemeanor.

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