Statutes | 4 HCC § 1 Chapter I § 6 | 2020
a. Elder Protection Workers shall be employed by CFS and shall execute the duties and powers enumerated in this Act.
b. CFS may cooperate with such state and community agencies as necessary to achieve the purposes of this Act. CFS may negotiate working agreements with other jurisdictions.
c. CFS shall maintain Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) which implement this Act. These SOPs may be amended from time to time to keep up with changes in best practices and the laws of the Ho-Chunk Nation.
d. Duties. An Elder Protection Worker:
(1) Will receive a case from an assigning supervisor
(2) Will initiate an investigation within twenty-four (24) business hours of the case assignment of all reported cases of the abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation of an Elder
(3) Will offer services to an Elder
(4) Will prepare with the Elder a plan for the delivery of services which provide the least restrictive alternatives consistent with the Elder&rsquos needs
(5) Will inform the Elder the following:
(a) About the investigation
(b) That before seeking entry into their home, the Elder has the right to refuse to allow an Elder Protection Worker into their home the Elder Protection Worker shall also inform the Elder of the right of the Elder Protection Worker to seek a warrant to gain access
(c) That the Elder has the right to refuse services and
(d) That the Elder or the Elder Protection Worker can contact the local jurisdiction where the suspected abuse, neglect, self-neglect, or exploitation of an Elder occurred about a possible criminal offense.