§ 459. Cross-report to law enforcement agency and licensing agency
(a) The Department of Human Services, local law enforcement agencies and the ombudsman shall report the results of their investigations, referrals or reports of elder or dependent adult abuse to the respective referring or reporting agencies in the following manner: (1) The Department of Human Services shall, within 24 hours after the reported incident or […]
§ 451. Short title
This chapter may be cited as “The Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Prevention Act.”
§ 452. Definitions
The following terms have the meaning set forth in this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise— (a) “Abandonment” means the desertion or willful forsaking of an elder or dependent adult by anyone having care or custody of that person under circumstances in which a reasonable person would continue to provide care and custody. (b) “Abduction” […]
§ 453. Mandated reporter; duties
(a) Any mandated reporter who, in the mandated reporter’s professional capacity, or within the scope of the mandated reporter’s employment, has observed or has knowledge of an incident that reasonably appears to be physical abuse, abandonment, abduction, isolation, financial abuse, or neglect, or is told by an elder or dependent adult that he has experienced […]
§ 454. Other persons making report
Any person who is not a mandated reporter under this chapter, who knows, or reasonably suspects, that an elder or dependent adult has been the victim of abuse may report the abuse to a local law enforcement agency.