Terms Used In Indiana Code 12-10-3-17

  • adult protective services unit: refers to the entity with whom the division contracts to carry out the duties listed in section 8 of this chapter. See Indiana Code 12-10-3-1
  • endangered adult: means an individual who is:

    Indiana Code 12-10-3-2

  • protective services: refers to available medical, psychiatric, residential, and social services that are necessary to protect the health or safety of an endangered adult. See Indiana Code 12-10-3-5
   Sec. 17. If an adult protective services unit receives a report alleging that an individual who is a resident of a facility licensed under IC 16-28 is an endangered adult, the adult protective services unit shall immediately communicate the report to the Indiana department of health under IC 16-28-4-1.

[Pre-1992 Revision Citation: 4-28-5-10.]

As added by P.L.2-1992, SEC.4. Amended by P.L.2-1993, SEC.77; P.L.281-2003, SEC.2; P.L.56-2023, SEC.87.