1. (a)

   1. (1) If the child being placed has been identified as an exempted-from-finding underaged juvenile offender, or a juvenile offender, or a sexual offender, the child must not be placed in a home with other children, unless the child’s therapist and the Division of Children and Family Services determine that the child is no longer a danger to other children.
   2. (2) Proper documentation of this will be contained in the child’s hard copy file and documented in the recommended placement screen.

2. (b) Any child being placed who is an adolescent or child sexual offender and has been assessed and designated as a risk Level 3 or Level 4, and is required to register as a sex offender under the Sex Offender Registration Act of 1997, Arkansas Code § 12-12-901 et seq., must not:

   1. (1) Be placed in any out-of-home placement that is within two thousand feet (2,000’) of the victim’s residence;
   2. (2) Be allowed to have any direct or indirect contact with the intention to harass the victim; and

   3. (3) Be placed in any out-of-home placement that is within two thousand feet (2,000’) of any public or private:

      1. (A) Elementary or secondary school;
      2. (B) Public park;
      3. (C) Youth center; or
      4. (D) Childcare facility.

3. (c) Document in CHRIS that a child who is a Level III or IV registered sex offender and must not be placed in any out-of-home placement that is within two thousand feet (2,000’) of the victim’s home or any public or private:

   1. (1) Elementary or secondary school;
   2. (2) Public park;
   3. (3) Youth center; or
   4. (4) Childcare facility.
4. (d) Provide local law enforcement or other appropriate law enforcement agency, with all applicable and appropriate information that is required by law within five (5) business days after the person establishes residency.
5. (e) Document that law enforcement has been notified of this placement and all subsequent placements.
6. (f) If recommended placement is a facility, facility must be notified about any under-aged juvenile offender, juvenile offender, or sexual offender status and documented in the placement recommendation screen.

Codification Notes: This section as promulgated prior to codification into the Code of Arkansas Rules provided as follows: "09/2011"