Does Arkansas require licensed childcare providers to check for recalled equipment?

Q: Does Arkansas require licensed childcare providers to check for recalled equipment?

Yes. Child care centers shall maintain a log of all child product recalls and safety notices issued by Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or distributed by the Attorney General’s Office and shall post or otherwise make these notices available for parents to review on site. The facility director shall certify, on an annual basis, that these notices have been maintained and reviewed and that any identified items have been removed from the facility. (Minimum Licensing Requirements for Child Care Centers § 1201(11); records at § 602(1)(q); family homes § 1201(11). Statutory basis: Act 1313 of 2001.)

Recalled equipment: what Arkansas requires

The requirement

Child care centers shall maintain a log of all child product recalls and safety notices issued by Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) or distributed by the Attorney General’s Office and shall post or otherwise make these notices available for parents to review on site. The facility director shall certify, on an annual basis, that these notices have been maintained and reviewed and that any identified items have been removed from the facility.

What kind of duty this is

A documented check. Your state requires you to actually review the recall list and record that you did it.

Citation	Minimum Licensing Requirements for Child Care Centers § 1201(11); records at § 602(1)(q); family homes § 1201(11). Statutory basis: Act 1313 of 2001.
How often	annual, with a continuously maintained recall log
The form	Annual self-certification for CPSC and Attorney General recall notices — the rule says the Licensing Specialist supplies it; no public URL is published
If you do not comply	Act 1313 of 2001 § 6: the Department “may revoke or refuse to renew the license of any child care facility” for failure to comply.
Primary source	https://dese.ade.arkansas.gov/Files/2020-CCC-Clean-Copy_20230506115600.pdf

Worth knowing

The strongest duty we have found in any state. Three stacked obligations: a standing prohibition on having an unsafe children’s product on the premises, a MAINTAINED RECALL LOG that must be posted for parents as an on-site record, and an ANNUAL WRITTEN SELF-CERTIFICATION by the director. Licence revocation is stated in statute. The certification form has no published URL — the rule says the Licensing Specialist provides it, and the Attorney General’s child-product-safety page now returns a 404. Licensing moved from DHS to the Department of Education, though the rules still name DHS.

This page summarises publicly available licensing rules. It is not legal advice, and rules change. Always verify against your state’s current licensing authority.