California Welfare and Institutions Code ARTICLE 2 - Definitions
- Section 15610.
The definitions contained in this article shall govern the construction of this chapter, unless the context requires otherwise.(Repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 594,...
- Section 15610.05.
“Abandonment” means the desertion or willful forsaking of an elder or a dependent adult by anyone having care or custody of that person under circumstances...
- Section 15610.06.
“Abduction” means the removal from this state and the restraint from returning to this state, or the restraint from returning to this state, of any...
- Section 15610.07.
(a) “Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult” means any of the following:(1) Physical abuse, neglect, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting physical harm...
- Section 15610.10.
“Adult protective services” means those preventive and remedial activities performed on behalf of elders and dependent adults who are unable to protect their own interests,...
- Section 15610.13.
“Adult protective services agency” means a county welfare department, except persons who do not work directly with elders or dependent adults as part of their...
- Section 15610.15.
“Bureau” means the Bureau of Medi-Cal Fraud within the office of the Attorney General.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 594, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
- Section 15610.17.
“Care custodian” means an administrator or an employee of any of the following public or private facilities or agencies, or persons providing care or services...
- Section 15610.19.
“Clergy member” means a priest, minister, rabbi, religious practitioner, or similar functionary of a church, synagogue, temple, mosque, or recognized religious denomination or organization. “Clergy...
- Section 15610.20.
“Clients’ rights advocate” means the individual or individuals assigned by a regional center or state hospital developmental center to be responsible for clients’ rights assurance...
- Section 15610.23.
(a) “Dependent adult” means any person between the ages of 18 and 64 years who resides in this state and who has physical or mental limitations...
- Section 15610.25.
“Developmentally disabled person” means a person with a developmental disability specified by or as described in subdivision (a) of Section 4512.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch....
- Section 15610.27.
“Elder” means any person residing in this state, 65 years of age or older.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 594, Sec. 3. Effective January 1, 1995.)
- Section 15610.30.
(a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when a person or entity does any of the following:(1) Takes, secretes, appropriates, obtains, or retains real...
- Section 15610.35.
“Goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering” include, but are not limited to, all of the following:(a) The provision of medical care...
- Section 15610.37.
“Health practitioner” means a physician and surgeon, psychiatrist, psychologist, dentist, resident, intern, podiatrist, chiropractor, registered nurse, dental hygienist, licensed clinical social worker or associate clinical...
- Section 15610.39.
“Imminent danger” means a substantial probability that an elder or dependent adult is in imminent or immediate risk of death or serious physical harm, through...
- Section 15610.40.
“Investigation” means that activity undertaken to determine the validity of a report of elder or dependent adult abuse.(Added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 594, Sec. 3....
- Section 15610.43.
(a) “Isolation” means any of the following:(1) Acts intentionally committed for the purpose of preventing, and that do serve to prevent, an elder or dependent adult from...
- Section 15610.45.
“Local law enforcement agency” means a city police or county sheriff’s department, or a county probation department, except persons who do not work directly with...
- Section 15610.47.
“Long-term care facility” means any of the following:(a) Any long-term health care facility, as defined in subdivision (a) of Section 1418 of the Health and Safety...
- Section 15610.50.
“Long-term care ombudsman” means the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, local ombudsman coordinators, and other persons currently certified as ombudsmen by the Department of Aging as...
- Section 15610.53.
“Mental suffering” means fear, agitation, confusion, severe depression, or other forms of serious emotional distress that is brought about by forms of intimidating behavior, threats,...
- Section 15610.55.
(a) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” means any team of two or more persons who are trained in the prevention, identification, management, or treatment of abuse of elderly...
- Section 15610.57.
(a) “Neglect” means either of the following:(1) The negligent failure of any person having the care or custody of an elder or a dependent adult to exercise...
- Section 15610.60.
“Patients’ rights advocate” means a person who has no direct or indirect clinical or administrative responsibility for the patient, and who is responsible for ensuring...
- Section 15610.63.
“Physical abuse” means any of the following:(a) Assault, as defined in Section 240 of the Penal Code.(b) Battery, as defined in Section 242 of the Penal Code.(c) Assault...
- Section 15610.65.
“Reasonable suspicion” means an objectively reasonable suspicion that a person would entertain, based upon facts that could cause a reasonable person in a like position,...
- Section 15610.67.
“Serious bodily injury” means an injury involving extreme physical pain, substantial risk of death, or protracted loss or impairment of function of a bodily member,...
- Section 15610.70.
(a) “Undue influence” means excessive persuasion that causes another person to act or refrain from acting by overcoming that person’s free will and results in inequity....
Last modified: October 22, 2018