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RCWs > Title 74 > Chapter 74.34

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Chapter 74.34 RCW

ABUSE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS

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RCW Sections

74.34.005	Findings.
74.34.020	Definitions.
74.34.025	Limitation on recovery for protective services and benefits.
74.34.035	Reports -- Mandated and permissive -- Contents -- Confidentiality.
74.34.040	Reports -- Contents -- Identity confidential.
74.34.050	Immunity from liability.
74.34.053	Failure to report -- False reports -- Penalties.
74.34.063	Response to reports -- Timing -- Reports to law enforcement agencies -- Notification to licensing authority.
74.34.067	Investigations -- Interviews -- Ongoing case planning -- Agreements with tribes -- Conclusion of investigation.
74.34.068	Investigation results -- Report -- Rules.
74.34.070	Cooperative agreements for services.
74.34.080	Injunctions.
74.34.090	Data collection system -- Confidentiality.
74.34.095	Confidential information--Disclosure.
74.34.110	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Petition for protective order.
74.34.115	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Administrative office of the courts -- Standard petition -- Order for protection -- Standard notice -- Court staff handbook.
74.34.120	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Hearing.
74.34.130	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Judicial relief.
74.34.135	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Filings by others--Dismissal of petition or order -- Testimony or evidence -- Additional evidentiary hearings -- Temporary order.
74.34.140	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Execution of protective order.
74.34.145	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Notice of criminal penalties for violation -- Enforcement under RCW 26.50.110.
74.34.150	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Department may seek relief.
74.34.160	Protection of vulnerable adults -- Proceedings are supplemental.
74.34.163	Application to modify or vacate order.
74.34.165	Rules.
74.34.170	Services of department discretionary -- Funding.
74.34.180	Retaliation against whistleblowers and residents -- Remedies -- Rules.
74.34.200	Abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult -- Cause of action for damages -- Legislative intent.
74.34.205	Abandonment, abuse, or neglect -- Exceptions.
74.34.210	Order for protection or action for damages -- Standing -- Jurisdiction.
74.34.215	Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
74.34.220	Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults -- Training -- Reporting.
74.34.300	Vulnerable adult fatality reviews.
74.34.305	Statement to vulnerable adults.
74.34.310	Service of process or filing fees prohibited -- Certified copies.
74.34.900	Severability -- 1984 c 97.
74.34.901	Severability -- 1986 c 187.
74.34.902	Construction -- Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships -- 2009 c 521.

Notes:

Domestic violence prevention, authority of department of social and health services to seek relief on behalf of vulnerable adults: RCW 26.50.021.

Patients in nursing homes and hospitals, abuse: Chapter 70.124 RCW.