(a) The Department, upon receiving a report of a missing child or a dependent adult shall:
(1) immediately start an investigation with due diligence to determine the present location of a missing child or dependant adult;
(2) after a 24-hour period, if the child or dependant adult has not been located, enter the respective name into the National Crime Information Center missing person file, if the child or adult meets the center’s criteria and, if applicable, also enter the respective name into the Alzheimer’s Association Safe Return crisis number, with all the available identifying information, including but not limited to fingerprints, physical characteristics, dental records, as well as a description of the clothing the missing person was wearing when last seen. A description of any person or persons last seen with the missing person must also be included; and
(3) inform the person making the missing person report that the information listed in paragraph (2) will be entered into the applicable data bases.
(b) Information not readily available must be obtained and entered into the applicable clearing houses as a supplement as soon as obtained.
(c) If the Department when investigating a report of a missing minor or dependant adult obtains a warrant for the arrest of a person for taking or retaining the missing minor or dependant adult, the Department or other law enforcement agency shall immediately enter the arrestee’s name and other descriptive information into the National Crime Information Center wanted person file. All other available information pertaining to the missing minor or dependant adult, as mandated by subsection (a)(2), must also be entered and cross-referenced with the information in the national crime information center missing person file.
(d) Immediately after the return of a missing minor or dependant adult or the identification of an unidentified body, the Department shall cancel the entry in the National Crime Information Center database.
(e) On determining the location of a or dependant adult a police officer shall deliver or arrange for the delivery of the minor or dependant adult to the person legally responsible for the person. If the minor or dependant adult’s legal guardian is unavailable, the law enforcement officer shall deliver the minor or dependant adult to the Department of Human Services Division of Intake and Emergency Services.