California Code
PART 3 - AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE
CHAPTER 11 - Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act

ARTICLE 1 - Legislative Findings and Intent

Section 15600. - 15600. (a) The Legislature recognizes that elders and dependent adults...

Section 15601. - 15601. The purposes of this act are to: (a) Require...

ARTICLE 2 - Definitions

Section 15610. - 15610. The definitions contained in this article shall govern the...

Section 15610.02. - 15610.02. (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the...

Section 15610.05. - 15610.05. “Abandonment” means the desertion or willful forsaking of an...

Section 15610.06. - 15610.06. “Abduction” means the removal from this state and the...

Section 15610.07. - 15610.07. (a) “Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult”...

Section 15610.10. - 15610.10. “Adult protective services” means those activities performed on behalf...

Section 15610.13. - 15610.13. “Adult protective services agency” means a county welfare department,...

Section 15610.15. - 15610.15. “Division” means the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder...

Section 15610.17. - 15610.17. “Care custodian” means an administrator or an employee of...

Section 15610.19. - 15610.19. “Clergy member” means a priest, minister, rabbi, religious practitioner,...

Section 15610.20. - 15610.20. “Clients’ rights advocate” means the individual or individuals assigned...

Section 15610.23. - 15610.23. (a) “Dependent adult” means a person, regardless of whether...

Section 15610.25. - 15610.25. “Developmentally disabled person” means a person with a developmental...

Section 15610.27. - 15610.27. “Elder” means any person residing in this state, 65...

Section 15610.30. - 15610.30. (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult...

Section 15610.35. - 15610.35. “Goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or...

Section 15610.37. - 15610.37. “Health practitioner” means a physician and surgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist,...

Section 15610.39. - 15610.39. “Imminent danger” means a substantial probability that an elder...

Section 15610.40. - 15610.40. “Investigation” means that activity undertaken to determine the validity...

Section 15610.43. - 15610.43. (a) “Isolation” means any of the following: (1) Acts...

Section 15610.45. - 15610.45. “Local law enforcement agency” means a city police or...

Section 15610.47. - 15610.47. “Long-term care facility” means any of the following: (a)...

Section 15610.50. - 15610.50. “Long-term care ombudsman” means the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman,...

Section 15610.53. - 15610.53. “Mental suffering” means fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression, or...

Section 15610.55. - 15610.55. (a) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” means any team of two...

Section 15610.57. - 15610.57. (a) “Neglect” means either of the following: (1) The...

Section 15610.60. - 15610.60. “Patients’ rights advocate” means a person who has no...

Section 15610.63. - 15610.63. “Physical abuse” means any of the following: (a) Assault,...

Section 15610.65. - 15610.65. “Reasonable suspicion” means an objectively reasonable suspicion that a...

Section 15610.67. - 15610.67. “Serious bodily injury” means an injury involving extreme physical...

Section 15610.70. - 15610.70. (a) “Undue influence” means excessive persuasion that causes another...

ARTICLE 3 - Mandatory and Nonmandatory Reports of Abuse

Section 15630. - 15630. (a) A person who has assumed full or intermittent...

Section 15630.1. - 15630.1. (a) As used in this section, “mandated reporter of...

Section 15630.2. - 15630.2. (a) For purposes of this section, the following terms...

Section 15631. - 15631. (a) Any person who is not a mandated reporter...

Section 15632. - 15632. (a) In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither...

ARTICLE 4 - Confidentiality

Section 15633. - 15633. (a) The reports made pursuant to Sections 15630, 15630.1,...

Section 15633.5. - 15633.5. (a) (1) Information relevant to the incident of elder...

Section 15634. - 15634. (a) No care custodian, clergy member, health practitioner, mandated...

Section 15636. - 15636. (a) Any victim of elder or dependent adult abuse...

Section 15637. - 15637. In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither the...

ARTICLE 5 - Local Agency Cross-Reporting

Section 15640. - 15640. (a) (1) An adult protective services agency shall immediately,...

ARTICLE 6 - Investigation of Reports

Section 15650. - 15650. (a) Investigation of reports of known or suspected instances...

Section 15651. - 15651. County adult protective service agencies and the Home Safe...

ARTICLE 7 - Interagency Coordination

Section 15653. - 15653. (a) Minimum guidelines for use by county adult protective...

Section 15653.5. - 15653.5. Training for determining when to refer for possible criminal...

Section 15654. - 15654. (a) As described in subdivision (h) of Section 12528...

Section 15655. - 15655. (a) (1) Each long-term health care facility, as defined...

Section 15655.5. - 15655.5. A county adult protective services agency shall provide the...

ARTICLE 8 - Prosecution of Elder and Dependent Adult Abuse Cases

Section 15656. - 15656. (a) Any person who knows or reasonably should know...

ARTICLE 8.5 - Civil Actions for Abuse of Elderly or Dependent Adults

Section 15657. - 15657. Where it is proven by clear and convincing evidence...

Section 15657.01. - 15657.01. Notwithstanding Section 483.010 of the Code of Civil Procedure,...

Section 15657.03. - 15657.03. (a) (1) An elder or dependent adult who has...

Section 15657.04. - 15657.04. (a) The court shall order that any party enjoined...

Section 15657.05. - 15657.05. Where it is proven by clear and convincing evidence...

Section 15657.1. - 15657.1. The award of attorney’s fees pursuant to subdivision (a)...

Section 15657.2. - 15657.2. Notwithstanding this article, any cause of action for injury...

Section 15657.3. - 15657.3. (a) The department of the superior court having jurisdiction...

Section 15657.5. - 15657.5. (a) Where it is proven by a preponderance of...

Section 15657.6. - 15657.6. A person or entity that takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains,...

Section 15657.7. - 15657.7. An action for damages pursuant to Sections 15657.5 and...

Section 15657.8. - 15657.8. (a) An agreement to settle a civil action for...

ARTICLE 9 - Reporting Forms

Section 15658. - 15658. (a) A written abuse report, as required by this...

ARTICLE 10 - Employee Statement

Section 15659. - 15659. (a) Any person who enters into employment on or...

ARTICLE 11 - Criminal Record Reporting

Section 15660. - 15660. (a) The Department of Justice shall secure any criminal...

ARTICLE 9 - Paid Care Provider Requirements

Section 15670. - 15670. The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:...

Section 15671. - 15671. (a) All initial certified nurse assistant and certified home...

Section 15673. - 15673. Home health aides certified prior to July 1, 1998,...

Section 15675. - 15675. (a) Unless otherwise prohibited by law, the Department of...