Central Registry

10 GCA § 21009, under Division of Public Welfare.

10 GCA § 21009

(a) The Bureau shall maintain a Central Registry of reports of elderly or adult with a disability abuse, which shall contain and be limited to the following information:

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(1) The name, address and birthdate of the elderly or adult with a disability. (2) The date or dates and the nature and extent of the suspected abuse. (3) The locality in which the suspected abuse occurred. (4) The name of the person or persons suspected of causing the abuse. (5) The progress of any legal proceedings brought on the basis of suspected abuse. (b) Both substantiated and unsubstantiated reports of elderly or adult with a disability abuse shall be placed and maintained in the Central Registry. (c) An investigation of a report of suspected elderly or adult with a disability abuse, that does not determine within ninety (90) days of the date of the initial report that it is a substantiated or an unsubstantiated report, shall be classified as an inconclusive finding. Therefore, all information identifying the named victim and perpetrator or perpetrators shall be expunged. SOURCE: Added by P.L. 19-054:1 (Jan. 30, 1989). Subsection (b) repealed and reenacted by P.L. 21-033:16 (May 17, 1991). Amended by P.L. 31-278:6 (Dec. 28, 2012).