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2012 Maine Revised Statutes
TITLE 22: HEALTH AND WELFARE
Chapter 958-A: ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACT
22 §3482. Providing for protective services to incapacitated adults who lack the capacity to consent


22 ME Rev Stat § 3482 (2012 through 125th Legis) What's This?

Subtitle 3: INCOME SUPPLEMENTATION HEADING: PL 1973, C. 790, §1 (AMD)

Part 2: AGED, BLIND, DISABLED OR MEDICALLY INDIGENT PERSONS

Subchapter 2: INVESTIGATIONS AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES HEADING: PL 1981, C. 527, §1 (NEW)

§3482. Providing for protective services to incapacitated adults who lack the capacity to consent

If the department reasonably determines that an incapacitated adult is being abused, neglected or exploited and lacks capacity to consent to protective services, the department may petition the Probate Court for guardianship or conservatorship, in accordance with Title 18-A, section 5-601. The petition must allege specific facts sufficient to show that the incapacitated adult is in need of protective services and lacks capacity to consent to them. [1981, c. 527, §2 (NEW).]

SECTION HISTORY

1981, c. 527, §2 (NEW).

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