Social services agencies must protect the confidentiality of persons who report suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults or provide information related to an agency’s investigation of suspected abuse, neglect, or exploitation of disabled adults.
Information regarding the identity of these persons may be disclosed:
pursuant to court order;
verbally to the state Division of Facility Services, on request, when necessary to conduct a licensure investigation; or
to law enforcement officers or prosecutors who are conducting a criminal investigation or prosecution involving the abuse, neglect, or exploitation of a disabled adult.