HARRY HUGHES, Governor

1739

ADULT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO ABUSE, NEGLECT, SELF-NEGLECT, OR
EXPLOITATION SHALL:

(1)  NOTIFY THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT; AND

(2)  IF ACTING AS A STAFF MEMBER OF A HOSPITAL OR
PUBLIC HEALTH AGENCY, IMMEDIATELY NOTIFY AND GIVE ALL THE
INFORMATION REQUIRED BY THIS SECTION TO THE HEAD OF THE
INSTITUTION OR THE DESIGNEE OF THE HEAD.

(B)  AN INDIVIDUAL WHO IS REQUIRED TO MAKE A REPORT UNDER
SUBSECTION (A) OF THIS SECTION SHALL MAKE THE REPORT BY
TELEPHONE, DIRECT COMMUNICATION, OR IN WRITING TO THE LOCAL
DEPARTMENT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.

(C)  ANY INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN A HEALTH PRACTITIONER, HUMAN
SERVICE WORKER, OR POLICE OFFICER WHO HAS REASON TO BELIEVE THAT
AN ALLEGED VULNERABLE ADULT HAS BEEN SUBJECTED TO ABUSE, NEGLECT,
SELF-NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION MAY FILE WITH THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT
AN ORAL OR WRITTEN REPORT OF THE SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT,
SELF-NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION.

(D)  INSOFAR AS IS REASONABLY POSSIBLE, AN INDIVIDUAL WHO
MAKES A REPORT UNDER THIS SECTION SHALL INCLUDE IN THE REPORT THE
FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

(1)  THE NAME, AGE, AND HOME ADDRESS OF THE ALLEGED
VULNERABLE ADULT;

(2)  THE NAME AND HOME ADDRESS OF THE PERSON
RESPONSIBLE FOR THE CARE OF THE ALLEGED VULNERABLE ADULT;

(3)  THE WHEREABOUTS OF THE ALLEGED VULNERABLE ADULT;

(4)  THE NATURE OF THE ALLEGED VULNERABLE ADULT'S
INCAPACITY;

(5)  THE NATURE AND EXTENT OF THE ABUSE, NEGLECT,
SELF-NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION OF THE ALLEGED VULNERABLE ADULT,
INCLUDING EVIDENCE OR INFORMATION AVAILABLE TO THE REPORTER
CONCERNING PREVIOUS INJURY POSSIBLY RESULTING FROM ABUSE,
NEGLECT, SELF-NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION; AND

(6)  ANY OTHER INFORMATION THAT WOULD HELP TO
DETERMINE:

(I)  THE CAUSE OF THE SUSPECTED ABUSE, NEGLECT,
SELF-NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION; AND

(II)  THE IDENTITY OF ANY INDIVIDUAL RESPONSIBLE
FOR THE ABUSE, NEGLECT, SELF-NEGLECT, OR EXPLOITATION.

14-303.

(A) TO PROTECT THE WELFARE OF THE ALLEGED VULNERABLE ADULT
THE LOCAL DEPARTMENT SHALL BEGIN A THOROUGH INVESTIGATION: