Welfare and Institutions Code § 15751

CHAPTER 13. Adult Protective Services

Current as of September 28, 2026Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15751Official source ↗

Added by renumbering Section 15750 by Stats. 2002, Ch. 54, Sec. 18. Effective January 1, 2003.

Each county welfare department shall establish and support a system of protective services to elderly and dependent adults who may be subjected to neglect, abuse, or exploitation, or who are unable to protect their own interest.

This system shall be known as the county adult protective services system.