Revised Code of Washington - RCW Title 74 Public Assistance - Chapter 74.34 Abuse Of Vulnerable Adults

74.34.005 Findings
The legislature finds and declares that: (1) Some adults are vulnerable and may be subjected to abuse, neglect, financial exploitation, or abandonment by a family ...

74.34.020 Definitions
Unless the context clearly requires otherwise, the definitions in this section apply throughout this chapter. (1) "Abandonment" means action or inaction by a person or ...

74.34.021 Vulnerable adult -- Definition
For the purposes of this chapter, the term "vulnerable adult" includes persons receiving services from any individual who for compensation serves as a personal aide ...

74.34.025 Limitation on recovery for protective services and benefits
The cost of benefits and services provided to a vulnerable adult under this chapter with state funds only does not constitute an obligation or lien ...

74.34.035 Reports -- Mandated and permissive -- Contents -- Confidentiality
(1) When there is reasonable cause to believe that abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult has occurred, mandated reporters shall immediately ...

74.34.040 Reports -- Contents -- Identity confidential
The reports made under *RCW 74.34.030 shall contain the following information if known: (1) Identification of the vulnerable adult; (2) The nature and extent of ...

74.34.050 Immunity from liability
(1) A person participating in good faith in making a report under this chapter or testifying about alleged abuse, neglect, abandonment, financial exploitation, or self-neglect ...

74.34.053 Failure to report -- False reports -- Penalties
(1) A person who is required to make a report under this chapter and who knowingly fails to make the report is guilty of a ...

74.34.063 Response to reports -- Timing -- Reports to law enforcement agencies -- Notification to licensing authority
(1) The department shall initiate a response to a report, no later than twenty-four hours after knowledge of the report, of suspected abandonment, abuse, financial ...

74.34.067 Investigations -- Interviews -- Ongoing case planning -- Conclusion of investigation
(1) Where appropriate, an investigation by the department may include a private interview with the vulnerable adult regarding the alleged abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, neglect, ...

74.34.068 Investigation results -- Report -- Rules
(1) After the investigation is complete, the department may provide a written report of the outcome of the investigation to an agency or program described ...

74.34.070 Cooperative agreements for services
The department may develop cooperative agreements with community-based agencies providing services for vulnerable adults. The agreements shall cover: (1) The appropriate roles and responsibilities of ...

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 ...

74.34.090 Data collection system -- Confidentiality
The department shall maintain a system for statistical data collection, accessible for bona fide research only as the department by rule prescribes. The identity of ...

74.34.095 Confidential information--Disclosure
(1) The following information is confidential and not subject to disclosure, except as provided in this section: (a) A report of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, ...

74.34.110 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Petition for protective order
An action known as a petition for an order for protection of a vulnerable adult in cases of abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect is ...

74.34.115 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Administrative office of the courts -- Standard petition -- Order for protection -- Standard notice -- Court staff handbook
(1) The administrative office of the courts shall develop and prepare standard petition, temporary order for protection, and permanent order for protection forms, a standard ...

74.34.120 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Hearing
(1) The court shall order a hearing on a petition under RCW 74.34.110 not later than fourteen days from the date of filing the petition. ...

74.34.130 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Judicial relief
The court may order relief as it deems necessary for the protection of the vulnerable adult, including, but not limited to the following: (1) Restraining ...

74.34.135 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Filings by others--Dismissal of petition or order -- Testimony or evidence -- Additional evidentiary hearings -- Temporary order
(1) When a petition for protection under RCW 74.34.110 is filed by someone other than the vulnerable adult or the vulnerable adult's full guardian over ...

74.34.140 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Execution of protective order
When an order for protection under RCW 74.34.130 is issued upon request of the petitioner, the court may order a peace officer to assist in ...

74.34.145 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Notice of criminal penalties for violation -- Enforcement under RCW 26.50.110
(1) An order for protection of a vulnerable adult issued under this chapter which restrains the respondent or another person from committing acts of abuse, ...

74.34.150 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Department may seek relief
The department of social and health services, in its discretion, may seek relief under RCW 74.34.110 through 74.34.140 on behalf of and with the consent ...

74.34.160 Protection of vulnerable adults -- Proceedings are supplemental
Any proceeding under RCW 74.34.110 through 74.34.150 is in addition to any other civil or criminal remedies.[1986 c 187 § 11.] ...

74.34.163 Application to modify or vacate order
Any vulnerable adult who has not been adjudicated fully incapacitated under chapter 11.88 RCW, or the vulnerable adult's guardian, at any time subsequent to entry ...

74.34.165 Rules
The department may adopt rules relating to the reporting, investigation, and provision of protective services in in-home settings, consistent with the objectives of this chapter.[1999 ...

74.34.170 Services of department discretionary -- Funding
The provision of services under RCW *74.34.030, 74.34.040,74.34.050 , and **74.34.100 through 74.34.160 are discretionary and the department shall not be required to expend additional ...

74.34.180 Retaliation against whistleblowers and residents -- Remedies -- Rules
(1) An employee or contractor who is a whistleblower and who as a result of being a whistleblower has been subjected to workplace reprisal or ...

74.34.200 Abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult -- Cause of action for damages -- Legislative intent
(1) In addition to other remedies available under the law, a vulnerable adult who has been subjected to abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect either ...

74.34.205 Abandonment, abuse, or neglect -- Exceptions
(1) Any vulnerable adult who relies upon and is being provided spiritual treatment in lieu of medical treatment in accordance with the tenets and practices ...

74.34.210 Order for protection or action for damages -- Standing -- Jurisdiction
A petition for an order for protection may be brought by the vulnerable adult, the vulnerable adult's guardian or legal fiduciary, the department, or any ...

74.34.300 Vulnerable adult fatality reviews
(1) The department may conduct a vulnerable adult fatality review in the event of a death of a vulnerable adult when the department has reason ...

74.34.900 Severability -- 1984 c 97
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...

74.34.901 Severability -- 1986 c 187
If any provision of this act or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the remainder of the act or the application ...