§ 63-1-1990.5. Activation of silver alert procedure - Procedure.

A.  A silver alert shall be activated if a local law enforcement agency:

1.  Receives notice of a missing senior citizen;

2.  Verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported missing:

a.the person reported missing is sixty (60) years of age or older,

b.the location of the senior citizen is unknown, or

c.the senior citizen has dementia or other cognitive impairment;

3.  Determines that the disappearance of the senior citizen poses a credible threat to the health and safety of the senior citizen; and

4.  Determines that information which may assist in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen is available.

B.  The local law enforcement agency shall:

1.  Require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior citizen to provide documentation of the impaired mental condition of the senior citizen;

2.  Determine identifying information about the missing senior citizen and any other information which might be useful to the general public in the safe recovery of the missing senior citizen; and

3.  Report the individual through the national crime information center immediately upon the issuance of a silver alert.

Added by Laws 2009, c. 50, § 5, eff. Nov. 1, 2009.