9 CAR § 40-1303. Automatic name removal from Child Maltreatment Central Registry – Criteria for removal

(a) The offender’s name will be automatically removed from the Child Maltreatment Central Registry if: (1) More than one (1) year has passed since the offender’s name was placed on the Child Maltreatment Central Registry; (2) The offender has not had a subsequent true report of this type for one (1) year; (3) The offender was not placed in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry for child maltreatment that resulted in or was related to a child fatality; and (4) The offender was placed in the Child Maltreatment Central Registry for the following type of maltreatment: (A) Educational neglect; (B) Failure to provide care, maintenance, or support (C) Failure to provide essential needs; or (D) Failure to provide food, clothing, shelter, or medical treatment. (b)(1) Arkansas Code § 12-18-908 allows these to be set at the discretion of the Secretary of the Department of Human Services. (2) However, these can only be changed through normal promulgation after a special review by the House Interim Committee on Aging, Children and Youth, Legislative and Military Affairs and the Senate Interim Committee on Children and Youth.