§ 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 […]
§ 474. Death of the elder or dependent adult; jurisdiction
(a) The death of the elder or dependent adult does not cause the court to lose jurisdiction in any claim for relief for abuse of an elder or dependent adult. (b) Upon petition, after the death of the elder or dependent adult, the right to maintain an action shall be transferred to the personal representative […]
§ 475. Protective order for an elder or dependent adult who has suffered abuse; prohibition against possession of firearm
(a) An elder or dependent adult who has suffered abuse as defined in this subchapter may seek protective orders as provided in this section. (b) For the purposes of this section, “protective order” means an order that includes any of the following restraining orders, whether issued ex parte, after notice and hearing, or in a […]
§ 476. Reimbursement
(a) The Department shall establish, by regulation, financial eligibility guidelines that provide a procedure for reimbursement by elderly persons or disabled adults for all or part of the costs of protective services. If the Department determines that the elderly person or disabled adult who is in need of protective services has sufficient resources to pay […]
§ 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.
§ 501. Definitions
As used in this chapter, the following words, unless the context clearly requires otherwise, have the following meanings: (1) “Commissioner” means the Commissioner of the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services. (2) “Department” means the Virgin Islands Department of Human Services. (3) “EMS first responder” means a person providing emergency medical services. (4) “First responder” […]
§ 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 […]