Vulnerable Adult Mandated Reporter (VAMR) Training

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Who is a vulnerable adult?

A resident or inpatient of a facility

Receives services at or from a facility required to be licensed to serve adults

Receives services from a home care provider

All of the above

What does maltreatment mean?

Maltreatment means to abuse, neglect or the misuse of funds, assets or property

Maltreatment is the medical treatment of a sickness

It means to treat another person with respect

All of the above

These are considered an act against a vulnerable adult that constitutes a violation.

Assault in the first through fifth degrees (MS 609.221 to 609.224)

The use of drugs to injure or facilitate crime (MS 609.235)

The solicitation, inducement, and promotion of prostitution (MS 609.322)

Criminal sexual conduct in the first through fifth degrees (MS 609.342 to 609.3451)

All of the above

As a professional health care worker, you are a mandated reporter

True

False

Social workers, police, teachers, direct care workers and medical examiners are all considered mandated reporters

True

False

Mandated reporters are professionals or professional’s delegate identified by law who MUST make a report if they have reason to believe that the abuse, neglect, or financial exploitation of a vulnerable adult has occurred.

True

False

What do the abbreviations MAARC stand for?

Muskegon Area Amateur Radio Council

Mid Atlantic Antique Radio Club

Machine-Readable Cataloging

MN Adult Abuse Reporting Center

What do the abbreviations (CEP) stand for?

Courier, Express and Parcel Services

Common Entry Point

Concept Evaluation program

Community Education Partners

Effective July 1st 2015, the Common Entry Point (CEP) will operate as the MN Adult Abuse Reporting Center (MAARC)

True

False

MAARC and CEP are available 24 hours per day to take calls from mandated and voluntary reporters of suspected maltreatment of vulnerable adults

True

False

Lead Investigative Agency (LIA) are responsible for all reports submitted by mandated reporters.

True

False

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