PUBLIC AWARENESS
(a)Subject to the availability of funds, the executive…#
(a) Subject to the availability of funds, the executive commissioner by rule shall develop and the department shall implement a statewide public awareness campaign designed to educate the public regarding the abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly persons and persons with disabilities.
(b)The department may use mass communications media, the…#
(b) The department may use mass communications media, the Internet, publications, or other means of public education in conducting the campaign.
(c)A public awareness strategy implemented for the program…#
(c) A public awareness strategy implemented for the program must include:
(1) the provision of information on the incidence and types of reports of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly persons or persons with disabilities; and
(2) practices that can reduce the incidences of abuse, neglect, and exploitation of elderly persons or persons with disabilities in this state.