§ 506. Funding
(a) The Silver Alert Community Response System Fund is established in the Treasury of the Government of the Virgin Islands. The Commissioner of Finance shall administer this Fund as a separate and distinct fund in the Treasury of the Virgin Islands. (b) The Fund consists of all sums appropriated by the Legislature, all public and […]
§ 521. Maintenance of registry
(a) The Department of Human Services shall maintain a registry of persons 60 years and older who live alone and persons with disabilities who live alone. (b) The Department of Human Services, the Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Virgin Islands Elections System shall post signs in conspicuous places throughout their respective establishments notifying the […]
§ 522. Periodic reporting of registry information
(a) The Bureau of Motor Vehicles and the Virgin Islands Elections System must remit the contact information to the Department of Human Services on a monthly basis. (b) The Department of Human Services shall submit the registry to the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency, the National Guard of the Virgin Islands, the Virgin Islands […]
§ 523. Confidentiality of registry information
The information collected for the registry is confidential and may not be disclosed other than to assist the person on the registry in time of a manmade or natural disaster or if there is a medical or some other emergency. Disclosure of the information under any other circumstance subjects the person who discloses the information […]
§ 477. Rules and regulations
The Commissioner of Human Services may revise the rules and regulations for the implementation of the provisions of the Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Act.
§ 502. Establishment and purpose
(a) The Silver Alert System is established within the Virgin Islands Territorial Emergency Management Agency. The Silver Alert System is used when appropriate to alert other public safety departments and private safety organizations when an adult with documented serious memory impairment, such as Alzheimer’s disease or other dementia, is reported to the Virgin Islands Police […]
§ 503. Development and implementation
The Director, with the assistance of the Commissioner of Police, the Attorney General and the Department of Human Services, shall develop and implement the Silver Alert System notification plan for the purpose of disseminating, as rapidly as possible, information about a missing person, so that the Police Department, other law enforcement agencies, public safety departments, […]
§ 504. Consultation and training
(a) In promulgating regulations to develop and implement the Silver Alert System, The VITEMA shall consult with the Virgin Islands Police Department, representatives of the Office of the Attorney General, the Department and any local chapter of the National Alzheimer’s Association. (b) All first responders, EMS first responders, 911 operators and other appropriate personnel, as […]
§ 471. Isolation; rebuttable presumption
The act of isolation as set forth in section 452(r) of this chapter is subject to a rebuttable presumption that the act does not constitute isolation if: (a) The act is performed pursuant to the instructions of a physician or surgeon licensed to practice medicine in the territory, who is caring for the elder or […]
§ 472. Remedies
(a) Abuse and neglect. In any civil action brought under this chapter, when it is proven by clear and convincing evidence that a defendant is liable for physical abuse, neglect or financial abuse, as defined in this chapter and the defendant has been found to have been negligent, oppressive, fraudulent, or malicious in the commission […]