APS Report 2016-2017 written by APS staff
2016/17 https://www.coloradoaps.com/uploads/5/0/9/7/50975653/aps_annual_report_-_fy_2017.pdf
Overview History of Adult Protective Services (APS) by Legislative Council Staff 2012 Document https://www.colorado.gov/pacific/sites/default/files/12-14Adult%20Protective%20Services%20IB.pdf
Link to current Colorado State Statute. These are the laws, passed in LEGISLATIVE branch, at the Capitol.
1514-300 Guardianship page 309
1514-312 Emergency guardianship page 315
https://leg.colorado.gov/sites/default/files/images/olls/crs2017-title-15.pdf
Rules and Regs These are the parameters at the DEPARTMENT level EXECUTIVE BRANCH to enact the Statute. These rules are promulagated (generated and approved) within each department with a rule making body.
For Colorado Department of Human Services (CDHS), it is the State Board of CDHS.
For the medicaid state agency Health Care Policy and Finance (HCPF) it is the Medical Services Board.
For judicial branch it is the Colorado Supreme Court.
Entire APS Section, which is under CDHS
https://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/GenerateRulePdf.do?ruleVersionId=7026