Ark. Code Ann. § 12-18-615 (2020)

1. A person who is required to make a report under this chapter may take or cause to be taken radiology procedures and photographs or compile medical records that may be relevant as to the existence or extent of child maltreatment.
2. A hospital, clinic, or child safety center, or the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police may make electronic media that may be relevant as to the existence or extent of child maltreatment.
3. The Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police, or law enforcement officials shall be provided at no cost a copy of the results of radiology procedures, electronic media, photographs, or medical records upon request.

History. Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1; 2013, No. 1006, § 15; 2015, No. 1004, § 15.

Amendments. The 2013 amendment substituted “electronic media” for “videotapes” throughout and substituted “child safety center, or the Department of Human Services” for “or” in (b).

The 2015 amendment inserted “and the Department of Arkansas State Police” in (b) and (c).