Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC
DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000 - 18999.98]
( Division 9 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000 - 15771]
( Part 3 added by Stats. 1965, Ch. 1784. ) CHAPTER 11. Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act [15600 - 15675]
( Heading of Chapter 11 amended by Stats. 1991, Ch. 774, Sec. 1. ) ARTICLE 2. Definitions [15610 - 15610.70]
( Article 2 repealed and added by Stats. 1994, Ch. 594, Sec. 3. ) 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 or pain or mental suffering.
(2) The deprivation by a care custodian of goods or services that are necessary to avoid physical harm or mental suffering.
(3) Financial abuse, as defined in Section 15610.30.
(b) This section shall become operative on July 1, 2016.
(Repealed (in Sec. 1) and added by Stats. 2015, Ch. 285, Sec. 2. (SB 196) Effective January 1, 2016. Section operative July 1, 2016, by its own provisions.)