Section 17: Protective services agencies; authorized activities
Section 17. A protective services agency is authorized:
(1) to receive and investigate reports of abuse;
[ Clause (2) effective until January 9, 2025. For text effective January 9, 2025, see below.]
(2) to furnish protective services to an elderly person with his or her consent;
[ Clause (2) as amended by 2024, 392, Secs. 68 and 69 effective January 9, 2025. For text effective until January 9, 2025, see above.]
(2) to furnish protective services to an older adult with the elderly person's consent;
(3) to petition the court for appointment of a conservator or guardian or for issuance of an emergency order for protective services;
[ Clause (4) effective until January 9, 2025. For text effective January 9, 2025, see below.]
(4) to furnish protective services to an elderly person on an emergency basis as hereinafter provided;
[ Clause (4) as amended by 2024, 392, Sec. 68 effective January 9, 2025. For text effective until January 9, 2025, see above.]
(4) to furnish protective services to an older adult on an emergency basis as hereinafter provided;
(5) to furnish protective services to a protected person with the consent of such person's guardian or conservator;
(6) to serve as conservator, guardian, or temporary guardian of a protected person; and
(7) to perform all other functions determined by the department to be necessary for the administration of this chapter.