§ 42-66-1. Declaration of purpose. The legislature finds and declares: (1) That the state has an obligation to provide for the health, safety and welfare of its elderly citizens; (2) That to develop and implement innovative programs to insure the dignity and independence of our elderly citizens is essential to insure and protect their rights; […]
§ 42-66-10. Confidentiality of records. Any records of the department or other agency pertaining to a person reported to be abused, neglected, exploited or self-neglecting shall be confidential. The records shall not be deemed public and shall be considered records under § 38-2-2(4)(i). The director may, however, disclose to the attorney general, any local state; […]
§ 42-66-11. Immunity from liability. Any person participating in good faith in making a report pursuant to § 42-66-8, excluding any perpetrator or conspirator of those acts, has immunity from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed. History of Section.P.L. 1982, ch. 127, § 1.
§ 42-66-12. Transfer of powers and functions from department of elderly affairs. There are transferred to the department of administration: (1) Those functions of the department of elderly affairs which were administered through or with respect to departmental programs in the performance of strategic planning as defined in § 42-11-10(c); (2) All officers, employees, agencies, […]
§ 42-66-13 — 42-66-16. Repealed.
§ 42-66-17. Disclosure of financial interest. (a) Any licensed or certified adult day care program which refers clients to any health care facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17 of title 23 or to a residential care/assisted living facility licensed pursuant to chapter 17.4 of title 23 or to a licensed/certified adult day care program which […]
§ 42-66-2. Establishment of department — Director. There is established within the executive branch of state government a department of elderly affairs. The director of the department shall be the director of elderly affairs, appointed by and reporting directly to the governor, with the advice and consent of the senate. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. […]
§ 42-66-3. Transfer of functions from the department of community affairs. There are transferred to the director of the department of elderly affairs: (1) Those duties with respect to elderly citizens as enacted by former §§ 42-44-9 and 42-44-10; (2) So much of other functions or parts of functions of the director of the department […]
§ 42-66-4. Duties of the division. (a) The division shall be the principal agency of the state to mobilize the human, physical, and financial resources available to plan, develop, and implement innovative programs to ensure the dignity and independence of elderly persons, including the planning, development, and implementation of a home- and long-term-care program for […]
§ 42-66-4.1. Definitions. As used in this chapter: (1) “Abuse” means physical abuse, sexual abuse, and/or emotional abuse of an elderly person by a caregiver as defined in subsection (5). (a) “Physical abuse” means the willful infliction of physical pain or injury (e.g. slapping, bruising or restraining) upon an elderly person. (b) “Sexual abuse” means […]
§ 42-66-4.2. Repealed.
§ 42-66-5. Divisions of department. There shall be within the department of elderly affairs a division of program planning, development and operations and a division of community services. History of Section.P.L. 1977, ch. 235, § 2; P.L. 1992, ch. 242, § 1.
§ 42-66-6. Administrative units. The director may from time to time, subject to appropriation, establish within the department those administrative units that may be necessary for its efficient and economical administration and, when necessary for that purpose, the director may abolish or merge any two (2) or more administrative units. The director shall prepare and […]
§ 42-66-7. Advisory commission on aging. (a) Within the department of elderly affairs there shall be an advisory commission on aging consisting of twenty-five (25) members, four (4) of whom shall be from the general assembly as hereinafter provided, and twenty-one (21) of whom shall be appointed by the governor, thirteen (13) of whom shall […]
§ 42-66-8. Abuse, neglect, exploitation, and self-neglect of elderly persons — Duty to report. (a) Any person who has reasonable cause to believe that any person sixty (60) years of age or older has been abused, neglected, or exploited, or is self-neglecting, shall make an immediate report to the director of the office of healthy […]
§ 42-66-8.1. Abuse of elderly persons — Telephone line. The director shall provide, for the use of the general public, a statewide toll free, twenty-four (24) hour a day, seven (7) days a week telephone line, to report abuse, neglect, exploitation and self-neglect of the elderly. History of Section.P.L. 1988, ch. 303, § 1; P.L. […]
§ 42-66-8.2. Abuse, neglect, exploitation and self-neglect of elderly persons — Investigation of reports. (a) The director of the department shall cause the report to be investigated immediately to determine the circumstances surrounding the alleged abuse, neglect, exploitation or self-neglect and its cause. The investigation shall include personal contact with the elder victim named in […]
§ 42-66-9. Obstruction of provision of services. (a) No person shall obstruct the provision of available and existing services to a person sixty (60) years of age or older who has been abused, neglected, exploited or who is self-neglecting. For the purposes of this section, “obstruction” shall mean threats, intimidation, assaults and/or abuse, whether physical […]
