RCW 74.34.080
Injunctions.
If access is denied to an employee of the department seeking to investigate an allegation of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult by an individual, the department may seek an injunction to prevent interference with the investigation. The court shall issue the injunction if the department shows that:
(1) There is reasonable cause to believe that the person is a vulnerable adult and is or has been abandoned, abused, financially exploited, or neglected; and
(2) The employee of the department seeking to investigate the report has been denied access.
[ 1999 c 176 § 11; 1984 c 97 § 14.]
NOTES:
Findings—Purpose—Severability—Conflict with federal requirements—1999 c 176: See notes following RCW 74.34.005.
Structure Revised Code of Washington
Chapter 74.34 - Abuse of Vulnerable Adults.
74.34.025 - Limitation on recovery for protective services and benefits.
74.34.035 - Reports—Mandated and permissive—Contents—Confidentiality.
74.34.040 - Reports—Contents—Identity confidential.
74.34.050 - Immunity from liability.
74.34.053 - Failure to report—False reports—Penalties.
74.34.068 - Investigation results—Report—Rules.
74.34.070 - Cooperative agreements for services.
74.34.090 - Data collection system—Confidentiality.
74.34.095 - Confidential information—Disclosure.
74.34.110 - Protection of vulnerable adults—Petition for protective order.
74.34.170 - Services of department discretionary—Funding.
74.34.180 - Retaliation against whistleblowers and residents—Remedies—Rules.
74.34.205 - Abandonment, abuse, or neglect—Exceptions.
74.34.215 - Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
74.34.220 - Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults—Training—Reporting.
74.34.300 - Vulnerable adult fatality reviews.
74.34.305 - Statement to vulnerable adults.
74.34.310 - Service of process or filing fees prohibited—Certified copies.
74.34.902 - Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.