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Chapter 74.34 RCW

ABUSE OF VULNERABLE ADULTS

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RCW dispositions

Sections

HTMLPDF 74.34.005Findings.
HTMLPDF 74.34.020Definitions.
HTMLPDF 74.34.025Limitation on recovery for protective services and benefits.
HTMLPDF 74.34.035Reports—Mandated and permissive—Contents—Confidentiality.
HTMLPDF 74.34.040Reports—Contents—Identity confidential.
HTMLPDF 74.34.050Immunity from liability.
HTMLPDF 74.34.053Failure to report—False reports—Penalties.
HTMLPDF 74.34.063Response to reports—Timing—Reports to law enforcement agencies—Notification to licensing authority.
HTMLPDF 74.34.067Investigations—Interviews—Ongoing case planning—Agreements with tribes—Conclusion of investigation.
HTMLPDF 74.34.068Investigation results—Report—Rules.
HTMLPDF 74.34.070Cooperative agreements for services.
HTMLPDF 74.34.080Injunctions.
HTMLPDF 74.34.090Data collection system—Confidentiality.
HTMLPDF 74.34.095Confidential information—Disclosure.
HTMLPDF 74.34.110Protection of vulnerable adults—Petition for protective order.
HTMLPDF 74.34.165Rules.
HTMLPDF 74.34.170Services of department discretionary—Funding.
HTMLPDF 74.34.180Retaliation against whistleblowers and residents—Remedies—Rules.
HTMLPDF 74.34.200Abandonment, abuse, financial exploitation, or neglect of a vulnerable adult—Cause of action for damages—Legislative intent.
HTMLPDF 74.34.205Abandonment, abuse, or neglect—Exceptions.
HTMLPDF 74.34.215Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults.
HTMLPDF 74.34.220Financial exploitation of vulnerable adults—Training—Reporting.
HTMLPDF 74.34.300Vulnerable adult fatality reviews.
HTMLPDF 74.34.305Statement to vulnerable adults.
HTMLPDF 74.34.310Service of process or filing fees prohibited—Certified copies.
HTMLPDF 74.34.320Written protocol—Counties encouraged to develop for handling criminal cases involving vulnerable adults—Vulnerable adult advocacy teams—Confidentiality—Disclosure of information.
HTMLPDF 74.34.902Construction—Chapter applicable to state registered domestic partnerships—2009 c 521.

Notes:

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