§ 50-25.2-01 Definitions
§ 50-25.2-02 Adult protective services program – Rules
§ 50-25.2-03 Reporting of abuse or neglect – Method of reporting
§ 50-25.2-04 Referral of complaints concerning long-term care facilities
§ 50-25.2-05 Evaluation and assessment – Participation by law enforcement agencies – Entry
§ 50-25.2-06 Provision of adult protective services
§ 50-25.2-07 Refusal or inability to accept adult protective services – Department alternatives
§ 50-25.2-08 Cost of adult protective services
§ 50-25.2-09 Immunity from liability
§ 50-25.2-10 Penalty for failure to report – Penalty and civil liability for false reports
§ 50-25.2-11 Retaliation prohibited – Presumption – Penalty
§ 50-25.2-11.1 Civil remedy for financial exploitation – Damages – Commencement of action
§ 50-25.2-12 Confidentiality of records – Authorized disclosures
§ 50-25.2-13 Information, education, and training programs
§ 50-25.2-14 Implementation contingent upon appropriation

Terms Used In North Dakota Code > Chapter 50-25.2 - Vulnerable Adult Protection Services

  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • following: when used by way of reference to a chapter or other part of a statute means the next preceding or next following chapter or other part. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
  • Individual: means a human being. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Organization: includes a foreign or domestic association, business trust, corporation, enterprise, estate, joint venture, limited liability company, limited liability partnership, limited partnership, partnership, trust, or any legal or commercial entity. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Person: means an individual, organization, government, political subdivision, or government agency or instrumentality. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Plaintiff: The person who files the complaint in a civil lawsuit.
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
  • Property: includes property, real and personal. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
  • Sex: means the biological state of being male or female, based on the individual's nonambiguous sex organs, chromosomes, or endogenous hormone profiles at birth. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories. See North Dakota Code 1-01-49
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • written: include "typewriting" and "typewritten" and "printing" and "printed" except in the case of signatures and when the words are used by way of contrast to typewriting and printing. See North Dakota Code 1-01-37