Generally, in California any concerned person who noticed elder abuse may make a report. There is also a list of certain persons who are required to make reports.
A person must make a report as soon as possible by telephone, followed by a written report or Internet report through the confidential Internet reporting tool within two working days.
In case of physical abuse, and it has occurred in a long-term care facility, a person must make a to both law enforcement the ombudsmen.
In case of serious bodily injury, the reporter must within two hours contact law enforcement and make a report to the ombudsmen within twenty-four hours.
The mandatory reporter has twenty-four hours to contact the ombudsman and law enforcement in case of less than serious bodily injury.
According to the law mandated reporters are obliged to report:
Under California law, a mandatory reporter cannot be held civilly or criminally liable for a report of elder abuse made in good faith. Moreover, mandatory reporters do not have any legal duty to investigate the report of elder abuse. They are only obliged to make that report.
The mandatory reporter who fails to report physical abuse, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or neglect of an elder will face:
The mandatory reporter who physical abuse, financial abuse, abandonment, isolation, abduction, or neglect where that abuse caused great bodily injury or death of an elder will face:
In case the officer or an employee of a financial institution fails to report financial abuse, he will face
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