10215 Non-Critical Death Notification

 

When there is an open abuse or neglect (excluding self-neglect or financial exploitation) investigation and the Involved Adult (IA) dies and the death is not related to the abuse or neglect.

 

  1. The APS Protection Specialist shall:

  1. Complete the PPS 10215 and forward it, along with a copy of the obituary, if available, to their Supervisor.
  2. The Supervisor shall forward the PPS 10215 and the obituary, if available, to the Regional Assistant Program Administrator (APA).
  3. The APA shall forward a copy of the PPS 10215 and the obituary, if available, to the APS Program Administrator and the Deputy Director.
  4. The investigation shall be reviewed by APS Supervisor and APS APA as a possible Critical Incident if question number four (4) on the PPS 10215 is answered “yes”.