2013 Revised Code of Washington
Title 74 - PUBLIC ASSISTANCE
74.34 Abuse of vulnerable adults.
74.34.080 Injunctions.
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.
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