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2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 74 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
74.34 Abuse of vulnerable adults.
74.34.053 Failure to report -- False reports -- Penalties.
WA Rev Code § 74.34.053 (2013) What's This?
RCW 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 gross misdemeanor.
(2) A person who intentionally, maliciously, or in bad faith makes a false report of alleged abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult is guilty of a misdemeanor.
[1999 c 176 § 7.]
Notes:
| Findings -- Purpose -- Severability -- Conflict with federal requirements -- 1999 c 176: See notes following RCW 74.34.005.
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