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#106 Child Care Licensing Agency
Arkansas Department of Human Services
Division of Child Care and Early Childhood Education
Child Care Licensing Unit
P.O. Box 1437, Slot S-150
Little Rock, AR 72203-1437
Phone: (501) 682-8590
Toll Free: (800) 445-3316
Fax: (501) 682-2317
Criminal Record Checks
1. The following persons shall be required to have their background reviewed through Criminal Records check conducted by the Arkansas State Police:
a. Each applicant at application and every 5 years thereafter
b. All household members who are at application; upon residency and
18 years of age or older every 5 years thereafter
c. Employees and applicants for within 10 days of hire and every 5
employment in a registered home years thereafter
d. Volunteers who have supervisory/ within 10 days and every 5 years
disciplinary control over children. thereafter
2. No person shall be eligible to be a child care facility owner, operator, employee, or be present when children are in care, if that person has pleaded guilty, or been found guilty, of any of the following offenses:
1. Capital murder;
2. 1st/2nd degree murder;
3. Manslaughter;
4. 1 st/2nd degree battery;
5. Aggravated assault;
6. 1st degree terroristic threatening;
7. Kidnapping;
8. 1st degree false imprisonment;
9. Permanent detention or restraint;
10 1st/2nd degree rape or carnal abuse;
11. 1 st/2nd degree sexual abuse;
12. 1st/2nd degree violation of a minor;
13. Incest;
14. 1st degree endangering of a minor;
15. Permitting child abuse;
16. Engaging children in sexually explicit conduct for use in a visual or print medium, transportation of minors for prohibited sexual conduct, use of a child or consent to use a child in sexual performance, by producing, directing or promoting sexual performance by a child;
17. Criminal attempt, criminal solicitation or criminal conspiracy to commit any of the above named offenses.
18. Distribution to minors [of any controlled substance]
19. Manufacture, delivery, or possession with intent to deliver, or manufacture any controlled substance
20. Carnal abuse in the third degree
21. Sexual solicitation of a child
22. Pandering or possessing visual or print medium depicting sexually explicit conduct involving a child
23. Negligent homicide
24. Assault in the first degree
25. Coercion
26. Sexual misconduct
27. Public sexual indecency
28. Indecent exposure
29. Endangering the welfare of a minor in the second degree
30. Any felony or misdemeanor involving violence or sexual misconduct
3. Any person who has pled guilty, nolo contendere, or who has been found guilty of any one of the offenses listed above may apply to the Division to demonstrate rehabilitation, if more than five (5) years have passed since the person was convicted and they have completed their sentence (confinement, parole, or probation). The Division is authorized to determine whether rehabilitation is sufficient for the person to be a child care owner, operator, or employee.