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Title 22 - HEALTH AND WELFARESubtitle 3 - INCOME SUPPLEMENTATIONPart 2 - AGED, BLIND, DISABLED OR MEDICALLY INDIGENT PERSONSChapter 958-A - ADULT PROTECTIVE SERVICES ACT
Subchapter 2 - INVESTIGATIONS AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
Section 3482 - Providing for protective services to incapacitated adults who lack the capacity to consent

Me. Stat. tit. 22 § 3482

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Current through 131st (2023-2024) Legislature Chapter 684
Section 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-C, section 5-701. 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. [2017, c. 402, Pt. C, §56(AMD); 2019, c. 417, Pt. B, §14(AFF).]

22 M.R.S. § 3482

Amended by 2019, c. 417,§ B-14, eff. 6/20/2019.
Amended by 2018, c. 402,§ C-56, eff. 7/1/2019.
1981, c. 527, § 2 (NEW) .