CHAPTER 13. Adult Protective Services
Chapter 13 added by Stats. 1986, Ch. 25, Sec. 3.
§§ 15750–15768 · 14 sections
- § 15750 (a) The definitions contained in Chapter 11 (commencing with Section 15600) shall govern the construction of this chapter. (b) Notwithstanding subdivision (a),…
- § 15751 Each county welfare department shall establish and support a system of protective services to elderly and dependent adults who may be subjected to neglect,…
- § 15752 Each county shall establish and maintain a specialized entity within the county welfare department which shall have lead responsibility for the operation of…
- § 15753 The department shall, to the extent funding for this purpose remains with the department, establish one full-time position that reports to the director to…
- § 15754 (a) Notwithstanding any provision of law governing the disclosure of information and records, persons who are trained and qualified to serve on…
- § 15755 A law enforcement agency may seek a search warrant from a magistrate pursuant to the procedures set forth in Chapter 3 (commencing with Section 1523) of Title…
- § 15760 Adult protective services shall include investigations, needs assessments, remedial and preventive social work activities; the necessary tangible resources…
- § 15762 When an allegation of abuse of an elder or dependent adult is reported to a county designated adult protective service agency and an agency social worker has…
- § 15763 (a) Each county shall establish an emergency response adult protective services program that shall provide in-person response, 24 hours per day, seven days per…
- § 15764 Notwithstanding Section 10101.1, a county shall have no share of any nonfederal expenditures above the required expenditures for this program in the 1996–97…
- § 15765 This chapter shall become operative on May 1, 1999. Commencing with the 1999–2000 fiscal year, Sections 15760 to 15764, inclusive, shall be implemented only to…
- § 15766 The investigation of allegations of elder and dependent adult abuse pursuant to this chapter, and the case management of elder and dependent adult abuse cases…
- § 15767 (a) The department, in consultation with representatives from the County Welfare Directors Association of California, the California Elder Justice Coalition,…
- § 15768 (a) The department shall select and award grants to private nonprofit or public entities for the purpose of establishing a statewide multipurpose adult…