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2011 California Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000 - 18996]
ARTICLE 2. Definitions
Section 15610.07
CA Welf & Inst Code § 15610.07 (through 2012 Leg Sess) What's This?
Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult means either of the following:
(a) Physical abuse, neglect, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or other treatment with resulting physical harm or pain or mental suffering.
(b) The deprivation by a care custodian of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering.
(Amended by Stats. 1998, Ch. 946, Sec. 2. Effective January 1, 1999.)
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