As used in this chapter:(1) 'Advocate' means an employee, supervisor, or administrator of a shelter;(2) 'Dating relationship' means a romantic or intimate social relationship between two (2) individuals that is not a casual relationship or an ordinary fraternization in a business or social context and that is determined by examining the following factors:(A) The length of the relationship;(B) The nature of the relationship; and(C) The frequency of interaction between the two (2) individuals involved in the relationship;(3) 'Domestic abuse' means:(A) Physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household;(B) Mental harm caused by the infliction of fear of imminent physical harm, bodily injury, or assault against an individual in a dating relationship by the other individual in the dating relationship or against a member of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or(C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or mber of a family or household by another member of the family or household; or(C) Sexual conduct between family or household members or between individuals in a dating relationship, whether minors or adults, that constitutes a crime under the laws of this state;(4) 'Family or household member' means a:(A) Spouse;(B) Former spouse;(C) Parent;(D) Child;(E) Person related to another family or household member by blood;(F) Person who cohabits with another family or household member or who cohabited in the past with another family or household member; and(G) Person who shares one (1) or more children in common with another person;(5) 'Shelter' means an entity that: (A) Provides services, including food, housing, advice, counseling, and assistance to victims of domestic abuse and their minor dependent children in this state; and(B) Meets the program, fiscal, and training requirements of this chapter;(6) 'Statewide domestic violence entity' means an entity that:(A) Provides all the required core and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;(B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence ore and continuing education for statewide domestic violence shelters and programs;(B) Is governed by a board of directors that is made up of a majority of publicly funded statewide domestic violence shelter program directors;(C) Functions as the clearinghouse of domestic violence statistical data for Arkansas; and(D) Exclusively services domestic violence programs; and(7) 'Volunteer' means a person who donates his or her time to provide services to victims at a shelter.Added by Act 2017, No. 583,§ 1, eff. 8/1/2017
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