Nationwide Reporting Chart

For Suspected Exploitation Of Seniors And/Or Vulnerable Persons

 

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Statute
Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19A, § 15(a), (c), (d).
Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19A, § 14.
Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19C, § 1.
Financial Services Professionals
(Mandated? Permissive?)

Any other person. (Permissive)

State Report & Hold
(Y/N)

No.

Reporters

Any physician, physician assistant, medical intern, dentist, nurse, family counselor, probation officer, social worker, policeman, firefighter, emergency medical technician, licensed psychologist, coroner, registered physical therapist, registered occupational therapist, osteopath, podiatrist, director of a council on aging, outreach worker employed by a council on aging, executive director of a licensed home health agency or executive director of a homemaker service agency or manager of an assisted living residence. Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19A, § 15(a).

Any other person may make such a report to the department or its designated agency, if any such person has reasonable cause to believe that an elderly person is suffering from or has died as a result of abuse. Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19A, § 15(c).

Protected Individuals

Elderly Person: An individual who is sixty years of age or over. Mass. Ann. Laws Ch.19A, § 14.

Disabled Person: A person between the ages of eighteen to fifty–nine, inclusive, who is a person with an intellectual disability as defined by section 1 of chapter 123B, or who is otherwise mentally or physically disabled and as a result of such mental or physical disability is wholly or partially dependent on others to meet his daily living needs. Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19C, § 1.

Financial Institutions-Immunity (Y/N)

Yes.

No other person making such a report pursuant to the provisions of subsection (b) or (c) shall be liable in any civil or criminal action by reason of such report if it was made in good faith; provided, however, that such person did not perpetrate, inflict or cause said abuse. Mass. Ann. Laws ch. 19A, § 15(d).

** See Senior Safe Act

* Although care has been taken to ensure the accuracy and completeness of the information provided, EverSafe assumes no responsibility therefore and urges users of the information to check sources before use. Information is updated regularly and subject to change.
** On May 24, 2018, the Senior Safe Act was signed into law on a federal level as part of Economic Growth, Regulatory Relief, and Consumer Protection Act (Pub. Law No: 115-174). The Act is now codified at 12 USC § 3423. It extends immunity from liability to covered financial institutions who disclose suspected financial exploitation of adults 65 years and older to regulatory or law-enforcement agencies.
*** On February 5, 2018, FINRA Rule 2165 was adopted. Rule 2165 allows members to place temporary holds on disbursements of funds or securities from the accounts of a person 1) age 65 or older or 2) 18 years or older who the member reasonably believes has a mental or physical impairment that renders the individual unable to protect his or her own interests, if the member reasonably believes that financial exploitation of the person has occurred, is occurring, has been attempted, or will be attempted.