37.47.101    ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES: PURPOSE

(1) Adult protective services are services intended to reduce or remove the risk of physical or mental harm that has occurred or is occurring to a vulnerable adult, as a result of abuse, neglect, or exploitation.

History: 52-3-205, 52-3-802, MCA; IMP, 52-3-205, 52-3-804, MCA; NEW, 1978 MAR p. 206, Eff. 2/25/79; TRANS, from Dept. of SRS, 1987 MAR p. 1492, Eff. 7/1/87; TRANS, from DFS, 1998 MAR p. 657; AMD, 2019 MAR p. 344, Eff. 3/30/19.