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ABUSE
"Abuse" means any
repeated act or omission that causes physical injury or serious physical
injury to an elderly, blind, disabled or mentally retarded person,
except when (A) the act or omission is a part of the treatment and care,
and in furtherance of the health and safety, of the elderly, blind,
disabled or mentally retarded person, or (B) the act or omission is
based upon the instructions, wishes, consent, refusal to consent or
revocation of consent of an elderly, blind, disabled or mentally
retarded person, or the legal representative of an incapable elderly,
blind, disabled or mentally retarded person. For purposes of this
subdivision, "repeated" means an act or omission that occurs on two or
more occasions.
Source:
General Statutes § 53a-320 (6) (applies to Part XXVI: Abuse of Elderly,
Blind, Disabled or Mentally Retarded Persons, §§ 53a-320 -- 53a-323).
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