Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15610.63 · Article 2. Definitions
Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15610.63
Text — As published in the Legislative Counsel's database, tables dated October 18, 2026 (pubinfo_2025.zip)
“Physical abuse” means any of the following:
(a) Assault, as defined in Section 240 of the Penal Code.
(b) Battery, as defined in Section 242 of the Penal Code.
(c) Assault with a deadly weapon or force likely to produce great bodily injury, as defined in Section 245 of the Penal Code.
(d) Unreasonable physical constraint, or prolonged or continual deprivation of food or water.
(e) Sexual assault, that means any of the following:
(1) Sexual battery, as defined in Section 243.4 of the Penal Code.
(2) Rape, as defined in Section 261 of the Penal Code, or former Section 262 of the Penal Code.
(3) Rape in concert, as described in Section 264.1 of the Penal Code.
(4) Incest, as defined in Section 285 of the Penal Code.
(5) Sodomy, as defined in Section 286 of the Penal Code.
(6) Oral copulation, as defined in Section 287 or former Section 288a of the Penal Code.
(7) Sexual penetration, as defined in Section 289 of the Penal Code.
(8) Lewd or lascivious acts, as defined in paragraph (2) of subdivision (b) of Section 288 of the Penal Code.
(f) Use of a physical or chemical restraint or psychotropic medication under any of the following conditions:
(1) For punishment.
(2) For a period beyond that for which the medication was ordered pursuant to the instructions of a physician and surgeon licensed in the State of California, who is providing medical care to the elder or dependent adult at the time the instructions are given.
(3) For any purpose not authorized by the physician and surgeon.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Amended by Stats. 2022, Ch. 197, Sec. 39. (SB 1493) Effective January 1, 2023.
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 240Printed as Section 240 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 242Printed as Section 242 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 243.4Printed as Section 243.4 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 245Printed as Section 245 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 261Printed as Section 261 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 264.1Printed as Section 264.1 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 285Printed as Section 285 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 286Printed as Section 286 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 288Printed as Section 288 of the Penal Code
- Pen. Code, § 289Printed as Section 289 of the Penal Code
Cited by 16 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15610.63. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Civil Procedure
- Code Civ. Proc., § 1002Printed as Section 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2017.310Printed as Sections 15610.30, 15610.57, and 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
- Code Civ. Proc., § 2017.320Printed as Sections 15610.30, 15610.57, and 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
Health and Safety Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1548Printed as Section 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1568.0822Printed as Section 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1568.28Printed as Section 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
- Health & Saf. Code, § 1569.49Printed as Section 15610.63 of the Welfare and Institutions Code
Welfare and Institutions Code
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4023Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4313.5Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4427.5Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4427.7Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 4659.2Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15630Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15657Printed as Section 15610.63
- Welf. & Inst. Code, § 15657.8Printed as Section 15610.63
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