Section 11174.5 Of Article 2.7. Elder And Dependent Adult Death Review Teams From California Penal Code >> Title 1. >> Part 4. >> Chapter 2. >> Article 2.7.
11174.5
. (a) Each county may establish an interagency elder and
dependent adult death review team to assist local agencies in
identifying and reviewing suspicious elder and dependent adult deaths
and facilitating communication among persons who perform autopsies
and the various persons and agencies involved in elder and dependent
adult abuse or neglect cases.
(b) Each county may develop a protocol that may be used as a
guideline by persons performing autopsies on elders and dependent
adults to assist coroners and other persons who perform autopsies in
the identification of elder and dependent adult abuse or neglect, in
the determination of whether elder or dependent adult abuse or
neglect contributed to death or whether elder or dependent adult
abuse or neglect had occurred prior to, but was not the actual cause
of, death, and in the proper written reporting procedures for elder
and dependent adult abuse or neglect, including the designation of
the cause and mode of death.
(c) As used in this section, the term "dependent adult" has the
same meaning as in Section 368, and applies regardless of whether the
person lived independently.