(a)(1) Except as otherwise provided in this section, an investigative determination shall be made in each investigation under this chapter within forty-five (45) days regardless of whether the investigation is conducted by the Department of Human Services and the Department of Arkansas State Police, or local law enforcement.(2) However, this procedural requirement shall not be considered as a factor to alter the investigative determination in any judicial or administrative proceeding.(3)(A) An extension of an additional fifteen (15) days to make an investigative determination is permitted.(B) The Department of Human Services and the Crimes Against Children Division of the Department of Arkansas State Police shall respectively promulgate rules pertaining to the extension of time to make an investigative determination.(b) An investigation shall not be transferred to inactive status because an investigator is awaiting documentary evidence.Amended by Act 2015, No. 1004,§ 16, eff. 7/22/2015.Amended by Act 2013, No. 426,§ 1, eff. 8/16/2013.Acts 2009, No. 749, § 1.
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