Adult Protective Services is a social services program to assist vulnerable adults who are unable to provide for their basic living needs or access necessary professional services, or protect their own interests and are subject to abuse, neglect, exploitation, or self-neglect. Service provision is normally limited to 6 months in which time risk is reduced. Adult Protective Services makes every effort to stabilize the vulnerable adult in the adult's own home within the community through community support services that reduce risk factors.

Authority: Family Law Article, §§14-101—14-404, Annotated Code of Maryland

Effective date: August 8, 1980 (7:16 Md. R. 1593)

Regulations .10E and .11 amended effective October 6, 1986 (13:20 Md. R. 2209)

Chapter revised effective October 31, 1988 (15:22 Md. R. 2555)

Regulation .10B amended effective August 19, 1991 (18:16 Md. R. 1811)

Regulation .15A amended effective February 18, 1991 (18:3 Md. R. 302)

Recodified from COMAR 07.02.16 to 07.06.14, December, 1992

Regulation .11 amended as an emergency provision effective October 1, 1997 (24:19 Md. R. 1334); amended permanently effective December 1, 1997 (24:24 Md. R. 1669)

Regulation .12B amended effective January 17, 1994 (21:1 Md. R. 29)

Chapter revised effective December 10, 2001 (28:24 Md. R. 2127)

Regulation .01 amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .02B amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .05 amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .07A amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .09B amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .11 amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .12A, E amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .13D, E amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .15A amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Regulation .16B amended effective July 28, 2008 (35:15 Md. R. 1347)

Chapter recodified from COMAR 07.06.14 to COMAR 07.02.16, effective June, 2009