La. Admin. Code tit. 48, § I-17101 - Statement of Policy
A. The
Department of Health and Hospitals is committed to preserving and protecting
the rights of individuals to be free from abuse, neglect, exploitation, or
extortion.
B. In pursuit of this
commitment and in accordance with the provisions of
R.S.
14:403.2, and
R.S.
15:1501-15:1511 the Department of Health and
Hospitals names the Office of Aging and Adult Services, Division of Adult
Protective Services (APS) as the Protective Services Agency in order to provide
protection to persons ages 18-59 with mental, physical, or developmental
disabilities that substantially impair the person's ability to provide
adequately for his/her own protection.
C. The primary function of Adult Protective
Services is to investigate and/or assess reports of abuse, neglect,
exploitation, or extortion consistent with the criteria contained in R.S.
14.403.2 and
R.S.
15:1501-15:1511 to determine if the situation
and condition of the subject of the report warrant further action and, if so,
to prepare and implement a plan aimed at remedying or improving the situation.
Adult Protective Services staff will provide protective services to each
individual in need of protection until that person's situation has stabilized,
that person is no longer at risk from the situation described in the report, or
that person, having demonstrated the capacity to do so, refuses
assistance.
Notes
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