California Welfare and Institutions Code

§ 4902

WIC § 4902 Effective Jan 1, 2020Div. 4.7 · Ch. 1

Statute text

(a)The protection and advocacy agency, in protecting and advocating for the rights of people with disabilities, pursuant to the federal mandate, may exercise any authority specified in this section when one or more of the following occurs:

(1)The agency receives a complaint or report of alleged abuse or neglect, or of an incident in which an individual is in serious and immediate jeopardy.

(2)The agency determines that probable cause exists that an individual has been or may be subject to abuse or neglect.

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Legislative history

Amended by Stats. 2019, Ch. 548, Sec. 2. (SB 398) Effective January 1, 2020.