Title 46 — Welfare
8 chapters · 136 sections in this title.
A.R.S. § 46-451 Definitions; program goals
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A. In this chapter, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Abuse" means: (a) Intentional infliction of physical harm. (b) Injury caused by negligent acts or omissions. (c) Unreasonable confinement. (d) Sexual abuse or sexual assault. (e) Emotional abuse. 2. "Adult protective …
A.R.S. § 46-452 Protective services workers; powers and duties; immunity; communications; access to records
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A. Each protective services worker shall: 1. Receive reports of abused, exploited or neglected vulnerable adults. 2. Receive from any source oral or written information regarding an adult who may be in need of protective services. 3. On receipt of such information make an evaluat…
A.R.S. § 46-452.01 Office of state long-term care ombudsman
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The office of state long-term care ombudsman is established pursuant to the older Americans act of 1965, as amended (P.L. 100-175; United States Code section 307(a)(12)). The state long-term care ombudsman is under the direct supervision of the department of economic security, ag…
A.R.S. § 46-452.02 State long-term care ombudsman; duties; immunity from liability
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A. A representative of the office of the state long-term care ombudsman who performs the official duties of the long-term care ombudsman is not liable under state law for the good faith performance of official duties. B. Official duties of the office of the state long-term care o…
A.R.S. § 46-453 Immunity of participants; nonprivileged communication
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A. Any person making a complaint, furnishing a report, information or records required or authorized by this chapter or otherwise participating in the program authorized by this chapter or in a judicial or administrative proceeding or investigation resulting from reports, informa…
A.R.S. § 46-454 Duty to report abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults; duty to make medical records available; violation; classification
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A. A health professional, emergency medical technician, home health provider, hospital intern or resident, speech, physical or occupational therapist, long-term care provider, social worker, peace officer, medical examiner, guardian, conservator, fire protection personnel, develo…
A.R.S. § 46-455 Allowing life or health of a vulnerable adult to be endangered by neglect; violation; classification; civil remedy; definition
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A. A person who has been employed to provide care, who is a de facto guardian or de facto conservator or who has been appointed by a court to provide care to a vulnerable adult and who causes or allows the life of the adult to be endangered or that person's health to be injured o…
A.R.S. § 46-456 Duty to a vulnerable adult; financial exploitation; civil penalties; exceptions; definitions
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A. A person who is in a position of trust and confidence to a vulnerable adult shall use the vulnerable adult's assets solely for the benefit of the vulnerable adult and not for the benefit of the person who is in the position of trust and confidence to the vulnerable adult or th…
A.R.S. § 46-457 Elder abuse central registry; mandatory reporting; release of information
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A. A person who files an action under this article shall serve notice and one copy of the pleading with the attorney general within thirty days after the action is filed in the superior court. The notice shall identify the action, the person against whom the civil complaint has b…
A.R.S. § 46-458 Hearing process; definitions
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A. After completing its investigation, the department shall notify a person who is alleged to have abused, neglected or exploited a vulnerable adult that the department intends to enter a substantiated finding of abuse, neglect or exploitation in the registry and of that person's…
A.R.S. § 46-459 Adult protective services registry
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A. The department of economic security shall maintain a registry of substantiated reports of abuse, neglect and exploitation of vulnerable adults made pursuant to section 46-458. The department shall incorporate duplicate reports on the same incident in the original report and sh…
A.R.S. § 46-460 Adult protective services information; confidentiality; allowed disclosures; violation; classification
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A. Unless otherwise provided by law, all personally identifying information concerning any person who is involved in an adult protective services program, including the reporting source's identity, other than a perpetrator against whom an allegation of abuse, neglect or exploitat…
A.R.S. § 46-461 Multidisciplinary adult protection team; duties; confidentiality; definition
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A. Adult protective services may establish a multidisciplinary adult protection team consisting of employees of the adult protective services program, the county attorney or the county attorney's designees and representatives of law enforcement, behavioral health, domestic violen…
A.R.S. § 46-471 Definitions
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In this article, unless the context otherwise requires: 1. "Broker-dealer" has the same meaning as dealer prescribed in section 44-1801. 2. "Eligible adult" means either of the following: (a) A person who is sixty-five years of age or older. (b) A person who is a vulnerable adult…
A.R.S. § 46-472 Disclosures; immunity; third-party disclosures
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A. Notwithstanding section 46-454, if a qualified individual reasonably believes that financial exploitation of an eligible adult may have occurred, may have been attempted or is being attempted, the qualified individual may notify adult protective services and the corporation co…
A.R.S. § 46-473 Delaying disbursements or transactions; immunity
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A. A broker-dealer or investment adviser may delay a disbursement or transaction from an account of an eligible adult or an account on which an eligible adult is a beneficiary if both: 1. The broker-dealer, investment adviser or qualified individual reasonably believes, after ini…
A.R.S. § 46-474 Records; disclosure; exemption
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A. A broker-dealer or investment adviser shall provide access to or copies of records that are relevant to the suspected or attempted financial exploitation of an eligible adult to adult protective services and law enforcement, either as part of a referral to adult protective ser…