Maintenance of records
Authority: IC 12-9.1-2-3
Affected: IC 12-10-3-13 ; IC 35-42-2-1 ; IC 35-46-1-13
Sec. 9. (a) For substantiated reports, DDARS and the APS units shall maintain identifying records concerning: (1) reports which identify the endangered adult; (2) types of protective services provided, and identity of the service provider(s); and (3) agencies, persons, or institutions who are determined to have permitted or inflicted neglect, battery, or exploitation.
(b) For unsubstantiated reports, DDARS shall: (1) receive all identifying records concerning unsubstantiated reports (as determined by the APS units) from the APS units; (2) destroy identifying information on said records within one hundred eighty (180) days after the receipt of those records; and (3) maintain nonidentifying statistical records concerning unsubstantiated reports, and make this information available to the entities listed at IC 12-10-3-13 .