2010 Michigan Compiled Laws
Chapter 400 - SOCIAL SERVICES
Act 280 of 1939 - THE SOCIAL WELFARE ACT (400.1 - 400.122)
280-1939-COUNTY-DEPARTMENT-OF-SOCIAL-SERVICES - COUNTY DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SERVICES (400.45...400.122)
Section 400.115q - Field investigation or home visit; training program; documentation of safety risk; completion with another department employee or law enforcement officer.

Sec. 115q.

(1) The department shall develop, implement, and provide a training program to each department employee who is required to perform a field investigation or home visit. The training program shall include both of the following:

(a) Mandatory training on defusing threatening behavior.

(b) Mandatory training on how to perform a safe investigation or home visit and recognize a potentially dangerous situation.

(2) If a department employee who is required to perform a field investigation or home visit has documented a risk that leads to a reasonable apprehension regarding the safety of performing a field investigation or home visit, that employee shall complete the field investigation or home visit with another department employee who has been trained as required in subsection (1) or with a law enforcement officer.

History: Add. 2001, Act 14, Eff. Sept. 1, 2001
Popular Name: Act 280