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Extra - Chapter Notes - Enactment. Chapter 63 was added December 19, 1990, P.L.1240, No.206,...
Section 6301 - Short title of chapter - This chapter shall be known and may be cited as...
Section 6302 - Findings and purpose of chapter - (a) Findings.--Abused children are in urgent need of an effective...
Section 6303 - Definitions - (a) General rule.--The following words and phrases when used in...
Section 6304 - Exclusions from child abuse - (a) Environmental factors.--No child shall be deemed to be physically...
Section 6305 - Electronic reporting - (a) Departmental procedures.--The department shall establish procedures for the secure...
Section 6306 - Regulations - The department shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement this chapter....
Section 6311 - Persons required to report suspected child abuse - (a) Mandated reporters.--The following adults shall make a report of...
Section 6311.1 - Privileged communications - (a) General rule.--Subject to subsection (b), the privileged communications between...
Section 6312 - Persons encouraged to report suspected child abuse - Any person may make an oral or written report of...
Section 6313 - Reporting procedure - (a) Report by mandated reporter.-- (1) A mandated reporter shall...
Section 6314 - Photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report - A person or official required to report cases of suspected...
Section 6315 - Taking child into protective custody - (a) General rule.--A child may be taken into protective custody:...
Section 6316 - Admission to private and public hospitals - (a) General rule.--Children appearing to suffer any physical or mental...
Section 6317 - Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths - A person or official required to report cases of suspected...
Section 6318 - Immunity from liability - (a) General rule.--A person, hospital, institution, school, facility, agency or...
Section 6319 - Penalties - (a) Failure to report or refer.-- (1) A person or...
Section 6320 - Protection from employment discrimination - (a) Basis for relief.--A person may commence an action for...
Section 6331 - Establishment of Statewide database - There shall be established in the department a Statewide database...
Section 6332 - Establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number - (a) General rule.--The department shall establish a single Statewide toll-free...
Section 6333 - Continuous availability of department - The department shall be capable of receiving oral reports of...
Section 6334 - Disposition of complaints received - (a) Receipt of reports by county agencies and law enforcement.--After...
Section 6334.1 - Responsibility for investigation - The department shall establish procedures regarding the following different responses...
Section 6335 - Access to information in Statewide database - (a) Request for information.--A county agency or law enforcement official...
Section 6336 - Information in Statewide database - (a) Information authorized.--The Statewide database shall include and shall be...
Section 6337 - Disposition and expunction of unfounded reports and general protective services reports - (a) General rule.--When a report of suspected child abuse is...
Section 6338 - Disposition of founded and indicated reports - (a) General rule.--When a report of suspected child abuse is...
Section 6338.1 - Expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed - (a) General rule.--The name of a perpetrator who is the...
Section 6339 - Confidentiality of reports - Except as otherwise provided in this subchapter or by the...
Section 6340 - Release of information in confidential reports - (a) General rule.--Reports specified in section 6339 (relating to confidentiality...
Section 6340.1 - Exchange of information - (a) Certified medical practitioners.--In circumstances which negatively affect the medical...
Section 6341 - Amendment or expunction of information - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding section 6338.1 (relating to expunction of information...
Section 6342 - Studies of data in records - (a) Studies.--The department may conduct or authorize the conducting of...
Section 6343 - Investigating performance of county agency - (a) General rule.--If, within 30 days from the date of...
Section 6343.1 - Citizen review panels - (a) Establishment.--The department shall establish a minimum of three citizen...
Section 6344 - Employees having contact with children; adoptive and foster parents - (a) Applicability.--Beginning December 31, 2014, this section applies to the...
Section 6344.1 - Information relating to certified or licensed child-care home residents - (a) General rule.--In addition to the requirements of section 6344...
Section 6344.2 - Volunteers having contact with children - (a) Applicability.--This section applies to an adult applying for or...
Section 6344.3 - Continued employment or participation in program, activity or service - (a) (Reserved). (b) (Reserved). (c) (Reserved). (d) (Reserved). (e) Noninterference...
Section 6344.4 - Recertification - New certifications shall be obtained in accordance with the following:...
Section 6345 - Audits by Attorney General - The Attorney General shall conduct a mandated audit done randomly...
Section 6346 - Cooperation of other agencies - (a) General rule.--The secretary may request and shall receive from...
Section 6347 - Reports to Governor and General Assembly - (a) General rule.--No later than May 1 of every year,...
Section 6348 - Regulations - The department shall adopt regulations necessary to implement this chapter....
Section 6349 - Penalties - (a) Failure to amend or expunge information.-- (1) A person...
Section 6361 - Organization for child protective services - (a) Establishment.--Every county agency shall make available child protective services...
Section 6362 - Responsibilities of county agency for child protective services - (a) General rule.--The county agency shall be the sole civil...
Section 6363 - County plan for protective services - The county agency shall include provisions for protective services in...
Section 6364 - Purchasing services of other agencies - Any other provision of law notwithstanding but consistent with sections...
Section 6365 - Services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse - (a) Instruction and education.--Each county agency shall make available among...
Section 6366 - Continuous availability to receive reports - Each county agency shall receive 24 hours a day, seven...
Section 6367 - Reports to department and coroner - (a) Reports to department.--Upon the receipt of each report of...
Section 6368 - Investigation of reports - (a) Response to direct reports.--Upon receipt of a report of...
Section 6369 - Taking child into protective custody (Repealed) - 2014 Repeal. Section 6369 was repealed April 15, 2014, P.L.417,...
Section 6370 - Voluntary or court-ordered services; findings of child abuse - (a) General rule.--Based on the investigation and evaluation conducted pursuant...
Section 6371 - Rehabilitative services for child and family - The county agency shall provide or arrange for and monitor...
Section 6372 - Protecting well-being of children maintained outside home - The county agency shall be as equally vigilant of the...
Section 6373 - General protective services responsibilities of county agency - (a) Program objectives.--Each county agency is responsible for administering a...
Section 6374 - Principles and goals of general protective services - (a) Primary purpose.--The primary purpose of general protective services is...
Section 6375 - County agency requirements for general protective services - (a) Duties of county agency.--The county agency shall make available...
Section 6376 - Appeals with respect to general protective services - (a) Right to appeal.--A custodial parent or person who has...
Section 6377 - Caseloads - The department by regulation shall set forth staff-to-family ratios for...
Section 6378 - Purchase of services - Except for the receipt and assessment of reports alleging a...
Section 6381 - Evidence in court proceedings - (a) General rule.--In addition to the rules of evidence provided...
Section 6382 - Guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings (Repealed) - 2000 Repeal. Section 6382 was repealed May 10, 2000, P.L.74,...
Section 6383 - Education and training - (a) Duties of department and county agencies.--The department and each...
Section 6384 - Legislative oversight - A committee of the Senate designated by the President pro...
Section 6385 - Reimbursement to county agencies - The department shall certify in accordance with the needs-based budgeting...
Section 6386 - Notification to department and development of plan of safe care for children under one year of age - (a) Notification to department.--For the purpose of assessing a child...
Section 6387 - Pandemic of 2020 - (a) General rule.--Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary,...
Section 6388 - Task Force on Child Pornography - (a) Establishment.--The Task Force on Child Pornography is established. (b)...