Adult
Protective
Services
Adult
Protective Services (APS) exists to receive and investigate incidents of abuse,
neglect, or exploitation of incapacitated or vulnerable adults, and to offer appropriate
services in accordance with individual need and acceptance.
The Central
Intake Unit hosts a 24-hour, toll-free hotline for statewide reports of adult
abuse, neglect, and exploitation. 1-877-SOS-ADULT (1-877-767-2385) TDD: 1-877-815-8390
Eligibility for Service:
Adult Protective
Services is provided to an incapacitated or vulnerable adult resident of Arizona.
For the purpose of the APS
program, an adult is 18 years of age or older. A resident is a person
physically present within the state's geographic boundaries, (or if not within the
boundaries at specific given moment, is a current client in the program), excluding the
Native American Reservations.
The operation of Adult
Protective Services (APS) is authorized by Arizona Revised Statutes:
ARS 46-451 Definitions;
Program Goals
ARS 46-452
Protective Services Worker Powers & Duties
ARS 46-452.01
Office of State Long-term Care Ombudsman
ARS AR-452.02
Long-Term Care Ombudsman; Duties; Immunity From Liability
ARS 46-453 Immunity
of Participants; Non Privileged Communication
ARS 46-454 Duty to
Report Abuse, Neglect & Exploitation of Incapacitated or Vulnerable Adults; Violation;
Classification
ARS AR 46-455
Permitting life or health of an incapacitated or vulnerable adult to endangered by
neglect; violation; classification; civil remedy; definition
ARS AR 46-456
Duty to an incapacitated or vulernable adult; financial exploitation; civil and criminal
penalties; exceptions; definitions
ARS 46-457 Elder Abuse
Central Registry; Mandatory Reporting; Release of information
ARS 41-1959
Confidential Information; Permissible Disclosure; Rules; Violation; Classification
ARS 14-5310.01
APS Workers; Special Visitation Warrants
ARS 13-1813 Child or Vulnerable Adult Abuse; Definitions; Classification
For further APS information, contact the Operations
Manager at (602) 542-4446 or write:
Arizona Department of Economic Security
Aging and Adult Administration (950A)
1789 W. Jefferson
Phoenix, Arizona 85007
You may also contact the
following sites for general APS information:
Adult Protective Services
1990 W. Camelback, Suite 302
Phoenix, Arizona 85015
(602)255-0996
Fax:(602)420-9306 |
Adult Protective Services
3131 N. Country Club Rd, Suite 206
Tucson, Arizona 85716
(520)881-4066
Fax:(520)881-8232 |
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Adult Protective Services
397 Malpais Lane
Flagstaff, Arizona 86001
(928)213-3594
Fax:(928)773-1027 |
Adult Protective Services
1220 S. Fourth Ave.
Yuma, Arizona 85364
(928)782-9255
Fax:(928)343-2251 |
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Adult Protective Services
605 S. 7th Street
Globe, Arizona 85501
(928)425-3101
Fax:(928)425-7950 |
Adult Protective Services
1938 Thatcher Boulevard
Safford, Arizona 85546
(928)428-7702
Fax:(928)428-6578 |
Toll Free,
24-Hour Adult Abuse Hotline 1-877-SOS-ADULT