A. The Department of Human Services shall have authority at any reasonable time to investigate and examine the conditions of any home which receives and cares for adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities. The Department shall have authority at any time to require the home to provide information pertaining to adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities in its care.
B. The State Department of Health may visit any home at the request of the Department to advise on matters affecting the health of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and to inspect the sanitation of the buildings used for their care.
C. The State Bureau of Investigation and the State Fire Marshal shall visit any home at the request of the Department to advise on matters affecting the safety of adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities and to inspect the condition of the buildings in which their care is provided.
D. Information obtained by the Department from any home regarding adults with intellectual or developmental disabilities shall be deemed confidential, and shall be properly safeguarded, and shall not be accessible to anyone except as herein provided unless upon order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
Added by Laws 1993, c. 159, § 11, eff. July 1, 1993. Amended by Laws 2019, c. 475, § 44, eff. Nov. 1, 2019.
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