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626.5572.21(a)(4)

Statute ID: 13361

Statute Function ID: 29199

Vulnerable Adult-Regardless of residence or service unable to provide adequate care or protect self

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Statute Number:

626.5572.21(a)(4)

Enactment Date:

May 21, 2009

Effective Date:

Aug 1, 2009

Expiration Date:

Repealed?:

Summary Text:

Vulnerable Adult-Regardless of residence or service unable to provide adequate care or protect self

Statute ID:

13361

Created:

May 6, 2010 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Updated:

May 6, 2010 by mnjis.legal.analyst@state.mn.us

Last Update Action:

Added

Legal Analyst Comment:

Summary Text:

Vulnerable Adult-Regardless of residence or service unable to provide adequate care or protect self

Link to MN Statute Text:

https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/stats/626/5572.html

Legislative Session:

2009 - Regular

Session Law Text?:

Statute text last updated on:

Jul 17, 2014

(a) "Vulnerable adult" means any person 18 years of age or older who: 

(1) is a resident or inpatient of a facility; 

(2) receives services at or from a facility required to be licensed to serve adults under sections 245A.01 to 245A.15, except that a person receiving outpatient services for treatment of chemical dependency or mental illness, or one who is served in the Minnesota sex offender program on a court-hold order for commitment, or is committed as a sexual psychopathic personality or as a sexually dangerous person under chapter 253B, is not considered a vulnerable adult unless the person meets the requirements of clause (4); 

(3) receives services from a home care provider required to be licensed under section 144A.46; or from a person or organization that exclusively offers, provides, or arranges for personal care assistant services under the medical assistance program as authorized under sections 256B.04, subdivision 16, 256B.0625, subdivision 19a, 256B.0651, 256B.0653 to 256B.0656, and 256B.0659; or 

(4) regardless of residence or whether any type of service is received, possesses a physical or mental infirmity or other physical, mental, or emotional dysfunction: 

(i) that impairs the individual's ability to provide adequately for the individual's own care without assistance, including the provision of food, shelter, clothing, health care, or supervision; and 

(ii) because of the dysfunction or infirmity and the need for care or services, the individual has an impaired ability to protect the individual's self from maltreatment. 

(b) For purposes of this subdivision, "care or services" means care or services for the health, safety, welfare, or maintenance of an individual.