{"data":{"id":"us-ca/wic-15631","jurisdiction":"us-ca","citation":"WIC § 15631","heading":"","body":"(a) Any person who is not a mandated reporter under Section 15630, who knows, or reasonably suspects, that an elder or a dependent adult has been the victim of abuse may report that abuse to a long-term care ombudsman program or local law enforcement agency, or both the long-term care ombudsman program and local law enforcement agency when the abuse is alleged to have occurred in a long-term care facility.\n(b) Any person who is not a mandated reporter under Section 15630, who knows, or reasonably suspects, that an elder or a dependent adult has been the victim of abuse in any place other than a long-term care facility may report the abuse to the county adult protective services agency or local law enforcement agency.","path":["Welfare and Institutions Code - WIC","DIVISION 9. PUBLIC SOCIAL SERVICES [10000. - 18999.98.]","PART 3. AID AND MEDICAL ASSISTANCE [11000. - 15771.]","CHAPTER 11. Elder Abuse and Dependent Adult Civil Protection Act [15600. - 15675.]","ARTICLE 3. Mandatory and Nonmandatory Reports of Abuse [15630. - 15632.]"],"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":"78464c283152a7dacd2077737882c4e7a705eda858399d0fc59a07fa6ef5f43c","source_id":"us-ca","stale":false,"prev":"us-ca/wic-15630.2","next":"us-ca/wic-15632"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}