Child Abuse Identification and Reporting: The Pennsylvania Requirement _____________________________
RELEVANT RESOURCES BY SECTION (Continued)
Reporting Procedure 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303 (relating to definitions) • Child • Child abuse • County agency • Department
• Law enforcement official • General protective services • Mandated reporter • School 23 Pa.C.S. § 6305 (relating to electronic reporting) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6311 (relating to persons required to report suspected child abuse) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6313 (relating to reporting procedure) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6314 (relating to photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6315 (relating to taking child into protective custody) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6316 (relating to admission to private and public hospitals) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6317 (relating to mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6320 (relating protection from employment discrimination) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6332 (relating to establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6346 (relating to cooperation of other agencies) Act of December 16, 1999 (P.L.971, No.69) - Electronic Transactions Act Act of July 9, 1976 (P.L.817, No.143) - Mental Health Procedures Act 18 Pa.C.S. § 4906.1 (relating to false reports of child abuse) Protections 23 Pa.C.S. § 6303 (relating to definitions) • Child • Child abuse • County agency • Department • General protective services • Mandated reporter • Perpetrator • School 23 Pa.C.S. § 6305 (relating to electronic reporting) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6311 (relating to persons required to report suspected child abuse) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6313 (relating to reporting procedure) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6318 (relating to immunity from liability) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6332 (relating to establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6339 (relating to confidentiality in reports) 23 Pa.C.S. § 6340 (relating to release of information in confidential reports) 18 Pa.C.S. § 4906.1 (relating to false reports of child abuse)
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