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     626.5571 Multidisciplinary adult protection team. 

    Subdivision 1.    Establishment of team.  A county may 
 establish a multidisciplinary adult protection team comprised of 
 the director of the local welfare agency or designees, the 
 county attorney or designees, the county sheriff or designees, 
 and representatives of health care.  In addition, 
 representatives of mental health or other appropriate human 
 service agencies and adult advocate groups may be added to the 
 adult protection team. 

    Subd. 2.    Duties of team.  A multidisciplinary adult 
 protection team may provide public and professional education, 
 develop resources for prevention, intervention, and treatment, 
 and provide case consultation to the local welfare agency to 
 better enable the agency to carry out its adult protection 
 functions under section 626.557 and to meet the community's 
 needs for adult protection services.  Case consultation may be 
 performed by a committee of the team composed of the team 
 members representing social services, law enforcement, the 
 county attorney, health care, and persons directly involved in 
 an individual case as determined by the case consultation 
 committee.  Case consultation is a case review process that 
 results in recommendations about services to be provided to the 
 identified adult and family. 

    Subd. 3.    Information sharing.  The local welfare 
 agency may make available to members of the team for case 
 consultation all records collected and maintained by the agency 
 under section 626.557 and in connection with case consultation.  
 Any member of the case consultation committee may share data, 
 acquired in the member's professional capacity, with the 
 committee to assist the committee in its function.  Members 
 prohibited from disclosing patient identifying information 
 because of federal or state law shall seek consent from each 
 patient or resident, or a guardian, conservator or legal 
 representative, for the disclosure of appropriate data to the 
 case consultation committee. 

    HIST: 1988 c 575 s 1; 2005 c 98 art 3 s 23 

Copyright 2005 by the Office of Revisor of Statutes, State of Minnesota.