Vulnerable Adults and the Law Jonathan Herring
Publisher: Oxford University Press

Background checks — Access to children or vulnerable persons — Definitions. Maltreatment of vulnerable adults, to provide for the voluntary reporting of with this section or any related rule or provision of law is immune from any civil or. The North Dakota Legislature passed the Vulnerable Adult Protective Service Law in 1989. The Washington Department of Social and Health Services received 17586 reports of vulnerable adult abuse in 2010. Washington has several laws that can be used to protect vulnerable adults. Adult Protective Services investigates reports of vulnerable adult abuse/neglect/ exploitation, Where can I read the APS law and regulations? Protective services, the Florida Abuse Hotline, law enforcement, the Child lorida law is very specific about child and vulnerable adult abuse and neglect. Offenses Against the Family and Vulnerable Adults Endangering the Welfare of a Vulnerable Adult in the Second Degree. 74.34.063, Response to reports -- Timing -- Reports to law enforcement agencies 74.34.110, Protection of vulnerable adults -- Petition for protective order. Elder and vulnerable adult abuse in recent years was like child abuse in Those figures exclude complaints to law enforcement and others. This commentary examines some of the recent case law on the removal of vulnerable adults from their homes. Minnesota law mandates safe environments and services for vulnerable adults and protective services for vulnerable adults who have been maltreated.