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(a) An agency or an employee of an agency in either the consumer-directed or agency-based program who has reasonable cause to believe that a recipient of any service rendered under 7 AAC 43.750 - 7 AAC 43.795 is subject to abuse or coercion of any kind, shall report that belief to the department immediately in accordance with AS 43.17.020 and AS 47.24.010 .
(b) If an immediate termination of services under 7 AAC 43.789 appears likely to put a recipient at risk of harm, the agency shall
(1) include a statement to that effect in its notice to the department for referral of the recipient to adult protective services or the office of children's services within the department; and
(2) promptly call the department's adult protective services hotline or the child abuse hotline.
History: Eff. 6/27/92, Register 122; readopt 8/7/96, Register 139; am 10/1/2001, Register 159; am 1/1/2002, Register 160; am 6/19/2004, Register 170; am 4/1/2006, Register 177
Authority: AS 47.05.010
Editor's note: Effective 8/7/96, Register 139, the Department of Health and Social Services readopted 7 AAC 43.788 in its entirety, without change, under AS 47.05 and AS 47.07. Executive Order No. 72 transferred certain rate-setting authority to the department.
The hotline number for the department's adult protective services is 1-800-478-9996. The child abuse hotline number for the department is 1-800-478-4444.
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