Section 19A:17 - Protective services agencies; authorized activitiesA protective services agency is authorized:
(1) to receive and investigate reports of abuse;(2) to furnish protective services to an elderly person with his or her consent;(3) to petition the court for appointment of a conservator or guardian or for issuance of an emergency order for protective services;(4) to furnish protective services to an elderly person 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.Mass. Gen. Laws ch. 19A, § 17