§ 11160 (a) A health practitioner, as defined in subdivision (a) of …
§ 11160.1 (a) Any health practitioner employed in any health facility, …
§ 11161 Notwithstanding Section 11160, the following shall apply to every …
§ 11161.2 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that adequate protection …
§ 11161.5 (a) It is the intent of the Legislature that on or before …
§ 11161.8 Every person, firm, or corporation conducting any hospital in the …
§ 11161.9 (a) A health practitioner who makes a report in accordance with …
§ 11162 A violation of this article is a misdemeanor, punishable by …
§ 11162.5 As used in this article, the following definitions shall …
§ 11162.7 This article shall not apply when a report is required to be made …
§ 11163 (a) The Legislature finds and declares that even though the …
§ 11163.2 (a) In any court proceeding or administrative hearing, neither …
§ 11163.3 (a) A county may establish an interagency domestic violence …
§ 11163.4 Subject to available funding, the Attorney General, working with the …
§ 11163.5 (a) The purpose of this section is to coordinate and integrate …
§ 11163.6 In order to ensure consistent and uniform results, data may be …

Terms Used In California Codes > Penal Code > Part 4 > Title 1 > Chapter 2 > Article 2 - Reports of Injuries

  • Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Arrest: Taking physical custody of a person by lawful authority.
  • Bail: Security given for the release of a criminal defendant or witness from legal custody (usually in the form of money) to secure his/her appearance on the day and time appointed.
  • Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Corporation: A legal entity owned by the holders of shares of stock that have been issued, and that can own, receive, and transfer property, and carry on business in its own name.
  • county: includes "city and county". See California Penal Code 7
  • department: means State Department of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 20
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Deposition: An oral statement made before an officer authorized by law to administer oaths. Such statements are often taken to examine potential witnesses, to obtain discovery, or to be used later in trial.
  • Director: means "State Director of Health Services. See California Health and Safety Code 21
  • Discovery: Lawyers' examination, before trial, of facts and documents in possession of the opponents to help the lawyers prepare for trial.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: means any person, firm, association, organization, partnership, business trust, corporation, limited liability company, or company. See California Health and Safety Code 19
  • person: includes a corporation as well as a natural person. See California Penal Code 7
  • Probation officers: Screen applicants for pretrial release and monitor convicted offenders released under court supervision.
  • Reasonably suspects: means that it is objectively reasonable for a person to entertain a suspicion, based upon facts that could cause a reasonable person in a like position, drawing, when appropriate, on his or her training and experience, to suspect. See California Penal Code 11162.5
  • Settlement: Parties to a lawsuit resolve their difference without having a trial. Settlements often involve the payment of compensation by one party in satisfaction of the other party's claims.
  • spouse: includes "registered domestic partner" as required by §. See California Penal Code 7
  • State: means the State of California, unless applied to the different parts of the United States. See California Health and Safety Code 23
  • state: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the territories, and the words "United States" may include the district and territories. See California Penal Code 7
  • state agency: shall include any state board, commission, bureau, or division created pursuant to the provisions of the Business and Professions Code, the Education Code, or the Chiropractic Initiative Act to license and regulate individuals who engage in certain businesses and professions. See California Penal Code 23
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
  • Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Victim advocate: work with prosecutors and assist the victims of a crime.
  • will: includes codicil. See California Penal Code 7