Pennsylvania Code
Title 6 - AGING
Part I - Department of Aging
Chapter 15 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES FOR OLDER ADULTS
PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION
Section 15.11 - Administrative functions and responsibilities of the Department

(a) General responsibilities. The Department will establish and maintain a Statewide system of protective services for older adults who need them. These services will be available and accessible through local protective services agencies. In maintaining this system of protective services, the Department's functions and responsibilities include the following:

(b) Local protective services plans. The Department will review the annual protective services plan submitted under § 15.12(b) by an area agency on aging and will notify the area agency of approval or disapproval within 60 days.

(c) Staff training and experience. The minimum standards of training and experience of protective services staff employed to carry out activities under this chapter are set forth in §§ 15.121-15.127 (relating to staff training and experience standards).

(d) Public information and education. The Department will develop and maintain a campaign of public information and education about the needs for and availability of protective services under this chapter. The target of this campaign will be older adults and the general public, as well as professionals and others employed in situations where they are likely to have frequent contact with older adults who need protective services. In designing and implementing the ongoing public awareness campaign, the Department will consult with other Commonwealth agencies and consider the concerns of area agencies on aging and the local entities identified by area agencies as having substantial contact with potential victims or perpetrators of abuse, neglect, exploitation and abandonment.