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