Section 17: Protective services agencies; authorized activities
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Section 17. A protective services agency is authorized:
(1)to receive and investigate reports of abuse;
(2)to furnish protective services to an older adult with the elderly person's 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 older adult 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.