22VAC30-60-220: Taking security deposits and making payments on behalf of clients

Unless an Area Agency on Aging has an approved program for such purposes and any such security deposits and payments are explicitly covered under the agency's fidelity bond coverage, all officers, employees, volunteers and agents shall be prohibited from taking security deposits for clients or from making payments on behalf of participants of programs funded under the Older Americans Act, as amended. Where such programs are provided for and explicitly covered under the agency's fidelity bond coverage, adequate safeguards shall be formally in place and the operation of the program periodically monitored by the Area Agency on Aging.