{"data":{"id":"us-ca/pen-11174.4","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"PEN § 11174.4","heading":"","body":"The following definitions shall govern the construction of this article, unless the context requires otherwise:\n(a) “Elder” means any person who is 65 years of age or older.\n(b) (1) “Abuse” means any of the conduct described in Article 2 (commencing with Section 15610) of Chapter 11 of Part 3 of Division 9 of the Welfare and Institutions Code.\n(2) Abuse does not include the use of any reasonable and necessary force that may result in an injury used by a peace officer acting within the course of his or her employment as a peace officer.","path":["Penal Code - PEN","PART 4. PREVENTION OF CRIMES AND APPREHENSION OF CRIMINALS [11006. - 14315.]","TITLE 1. INVESTIGATION AND CONTROL OF CRIMES AND CRIMINALS [11006. - 11482.]","CHAPTER 2. Control of Crimes and Criminals [11150. - 11199.5.]","ARTICLE 2.7. Elder and Dependent Adult Death Review Teams [11174.4. - 11174.9.]"],"source_url":"https://downloads.leginfo.legislature.ca.gov/pubinfo_2025.zip","current_through":"2026-09-13","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T05:56:33Z","sha256":"5087e4bb8a8c04be44e4dc99ab2d3703a66ce411c154f09abb572bf843daedc5","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/pen-11174.35","next":"us-ca/pen-11174.5"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}