Utah Administrative Code
Topic - Human Services
Title R510 - Aging and Adult Services
Rule R510-302 - Adult Protective Services
Section R510-302-6 - Adult Protective Services Intake Criteria
Universal Citation: UT Admin Code R 510-302-6
Current through Bulletin 2024-06, March 15, 2024
(1) Referrals may be submitted to the APS Intake Office in any format from any person who has reason to believe that a vulnerable adult has been abused, neglected, or exploited.
(2) Referrals shall be evaluated by APS Intake to determine whether APS shall investigate the allegation.
(3) APS shall investigate referrals of allegations of abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a vulnerable adult except as follows:
(a) when the referral does not
involve an allegation that a vulnerable adult may have been or is being abused,
neglected or exploited;
(b) when
the referral does not identify a current abuse, neglect or exploitation but
anticipates that abuse, neglect or exploitation may occur;
(c) when the referral involves a vulnerable
adult on an Indian reservation, unless a written agreement between APS and
tribal authorities granting APS authority to investigate is in effect or the
referral shall be forwarded by Intake to federal or tribal
authorities;
(d) when the referral
involves an alleged incident in a long-term care facility involving an alleged
theft or alleged loss of a resident's money or personal property, the alleged
perpetrator is unknown, and the money or personal property has been replaced,
returned, or reimbursed by the facility;
(e) when the referral involves an alleged
financial scam or alleged consumer fraud;
(f) when the referral contains insufficient
information to either locate the alleged victim or reasonable attempts by APS
Intake to gather that information are unsuccessful; and
(g) when the alleged victim or alleged
perpetrator lived out of state during the time period when the abuse or neglect
occurred, or the alleged victim or alleged perpetrator lives out of state
during the time period of the investigation.
(4) APS shall notify:
(a) the Department of Health and Human
Services and the local Long-term Care Ombudsman when a referral involves a
long-term care facility;
(b) the
Division of Services for People with Disabilities (DSPD), when the referral
involves a person who receives services from DSPD; and
(c) the Department of Health and Human
Services, Office of Licensing, and Office of Quality and Design, if the
referral involves a DSPD who reside in a DHHS licensed provider facility or if
the incident occurred at a DHS licensed provider facility.
(5) APS may submit a referral that involves a department employee or other potential conflict of interest to the department Office of Quality and Design for review.
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