California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 15700

WIC § 15700 Effective Jan 1, 1997Div. 9 · Part 3 · Ch. 12 · Art. 1

Statute text

(a)The Legislature finds and declares all of the following:

(1)Elder and dependent adults may be subjected to abuse, neglect, or abandonment, and that this state has a responsibility to protect those persons.

(2)Most elder and dependent adults who are at greatest risk of abuse, neglect, or abandonment by their families or caretakers, suffer physical impairments and other poor health that place them in a dependent and vulnerable position.

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Legislative history

Added by Stats. 1996, Ch. 913, Sec. 1. Effective January 1, 1997.