                                 CODE OF VIRGINIA

DEFINITIONS (§ 52-34.4)

As used in this chapter:
		&#8220;Media&#8221; means print, radio, television, and Internet-based
communication systems or other methods of communicating information to the
public.
		&#8220;Missing senior adult&#8221; means an adult whose whereabouts are
unknown and who is over 60 years of age and suffers a cognitive impairment to
the extent that he is unable to provide care to himself without assistance from
a caregiver, including a diagnosis of Alzheimer&#8217;s Disease or dementia, and
whose disappearance poses a credible threat as determined by a law-enforcement
agency to the health and safety of the adult and under such other circumstances
as deemed appropriate by the Virginia State Police.
		&#8220;Senior alert&#8221; means the notice of a missing senior adult provided
to the public by the media or other methods under a Senior Alert Agreement.
		&#8220;Senior Alert Agreement&#8221; means a voluntary agreement between
law-enforcement officials and members of the media whereby a senior adult will
be declared missing, and the public will be notified by media outlets, and
includes all other incidental conditions of the partnership as found appropriate
by the Virginia State Police.
		&#8220;Senior Alert Program&#8221; or &#8220;Program&#8221; means the
procedures and Senior Alert Agreements to aid in the identification and location
of a missing senior adult.

HISTORY: 2007, cc. 486, 723.