§ 15610 The definitions contained in this article shall govern the …
§ 15610.02 (a) The Legislature finds and declares all of the …
§ 15610.05 “Abandonment” means the desertion or willful forsaking of an elder or …
§ 15610.06 “Abduction” means the removal from this state and the restraint from …
§ 15610.07 (a) “Abuse of an elder or a dependent adult” means any of the …
§ 15610.10 “Adult protective services” means those activities performed on …
§ 15610.13 “Adult protective services agency” means a county welfare department, …
§ 15610.15 “Division” means the Division of Medi-Cal Fraud and Elder Abuse …
§ 15610.17 “Care custodian” means an administrator or an employee of any of the …
§ 15610.19 “Clergy member” means a priest, minister, rabbi, religious …
§ 15610.20 “Clients’ rights advocate” means the individual or individuals …
§ 15610.23 (a) “Dependent adult” means a person, regardless of whether the …
§ 15610.25 “Developmentally disabled person” means a person with a developmental …
§ 15610.27 “Elder” means any person residing in this state, 65 years of age or …
§ 15610.30 (a) “Financial abuse” of an elder or dependent adult occurs when …
§ 15610.35 “Goods and services necessary to avoid physical harm or mental …
§ 15610.37 “Health practitioner” means a physician and surgeon, psychiatrist, …
§ 15610.39 “Imminent danger” means a substantial probability that an elder or …
§ 15610.40 “Investigation” means that activity undertaken to determine the …
§ 15610.43 (a) “Isolation” means any of the following:(1) Acts …
§ 15610.45 “Local law enforcement agency” means a city police or county …
§ 15610.47 “Long-term care facility” means any of the following:(a) Any …
§ 15610.50 “Long-term care ombudsman” means the State Long-Term Care Ombudsman, …
§ 15610.53 “Mental suffering” means fear, agitation, confusion, severe …
§ 15610.55 (a) “Multidisciplinary personnel team” means any team of two or …
§ 15610.57 (a) “Neglect” means either of the following:(1) The …
§ 15610.60 “Patients’ rights advocate” means a person who has no direct or …
§ 15610.63 “Physical abuse” means any of the following:(a) Assault, as …
§ 15610.65 “Reasonable suspicion” means an objectively reasonable suspicion that …
§ 15610.67 “Serious bodily injury” means an injury involving extreme physical …
§ 15610.70 (a) “Undue influence” means excessive persuasion that causes …

Terms Used In California Codes > Welfare and Institutions Code > Division 9 > Part 3 > Chapter 11 > Article 2 - Definitions

  • Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
  • Attorney-in-fact: A person who, acting as an agent, is given written authorization by another person to transact business for him (her) out of court.
  • Bequest: Property gifted by will.
  • commission: means the California Transportation Commission. See California Streets and Highways Code 22
  • Construction: includes :

    California Streets and Highways Code 29

  • County: includes "city and county. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 14
  • County: includes "city and county. See California Streets and Highways Code 14
  • custody: means the legal right to custody of the child unless that right is held jointly by two or more persons, in which case "custody" means the physical custody of the child by one of the persons sharing the right to custody. See California Welfare and Institutions Code 17.1
  • Department: means the Department of Transportation of this state. See California Streets and Highways Code 20
  • Dependent: A person dependent for support upon another.
  • Director: means the director of the department. See California Streets and Highways Code 21
  • 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.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • highway: includes bridges, culverts, curbs, drains, and all works incidental to highway construction, improvement, and maintenance. See California Streets and Highways Code 23
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Person: means any person, firm, partnership, association, corporation, organization, limited liability company, or business trust. See California Streets and Highways Code 19
  • Personal property: All property that is not real property.
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Probation: A sentencing alternative to imprisonment in which the court releases convicted defendants under supervision as long as certain conditions are observed.
  • Quorum: The number of legislators that must be present to do business.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.