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2016 Pennsylvania Consolidated Statutes
Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
Chapter 63 - Child Protective Services
Subchapter A. Preliminary Provisions- Section 6301 - Short title of chapter
- Section 6302 - Findings and purpose of chapter
- Section 6303 - Definitions
- Section 6304 - Exclusions from child abuse
- Section 6305 - Electronic reporting
- Section 6306 - Regulations
- Section 6311 - Persons required to report suspected child abuse
- Section 6311.1 - Privileged communications
- Section 6312 - Persons encouraged to report suspected child abuse
- Section 6313 - Reporting procedure
- Section 6314 - Photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report
- Section 6315 - Taking child into protective custody
- Section 6316 - Admission to private and public hospitals
- Section 6317 - Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths
- Section 6318 - Immunity from liability
- Section 6319 - Penalties
- Section 6320 - Protection from employment discrimination
- Section 6331 - Establishment of Statewide database
- Section 6332 - Establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number
- Section 6333 - Continuous availability of department
- Section 6334 - Disposition of complaints received
- Section 6334.1 - Responsibility for investigation
- Section 6335 - Access to information in Statewide database
- Section 6336 - Information in Statewide database
- Section 6337 - Disposition and expunction of unfounded reports and general protective services reports
- Section 6338 - Disposition of founded and indicated reports
- Section 6338.1 - Expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed
- Section 6339 - Confidentiality of reports
- Section 6340 - Release of information in confidential reports
- Section 6340.1 - Exchange of information
- Section 6341 - Amendment or expunction of information
- Section 6342 - Studies of data in records
- Section 6343 - Investigating performance of county agency
- Section 6343.1 - Citizen review panels
- Section 6344 - Employees having contact with children; adoptive and foster parents
- Section 6344.1 - Information relating to certified or licensed child-care home residents
- Section 6344.2 - Volunteers having contact with children
- Section 6344.3 - Continued employment or participation in program, activity or service
- Section 6344.4 - Recertification
- Section 6345 - Audits by Attorney General
- Section 6346 - Cooperation of other agencies
- Section 6347 - Reports to Governor and General Assembly
- Section 6348 - Regulations
- Section 6349 - Penalties
- Section 6361 - Organization for child protective services
- Section 6362 - Responsibilities of county agency for child protective services
- Section 6363 - County plan for protective services
- Section 6364 - Purchasing services of other agencies
- Section 6365 - Services for prevention, investigation and treatment of child abuse
- Section 6366 - Continuous availability to receive reports
- Section 6367 - Reports to department and coroner
- Section 6368 - Investigation of reports
- Section 6369 - Taking child into protective custody (Repealed)
- Section 6370 - Voluntary or court-ordered services; findings of child abuse
- Section 6371 - Rehabilitative services for child and family
- Section 6372 - Protecting well-being of children maintained outside home
- Section 6373 - General protective services responsibilities of county agency
- Section 6374 - Principles and goals of general protective services
- Section 6375 - County agency requirements for general protective services
- Section 6376 - Appeals with respect to general protective services
- Section 6377 - Caseloads
- Section 6378 - Purchase of services
- Section 6381 - Evidence in court proceedings
- Section 6382 - Guardian ad litem for child in court proceedings (Repealed)
- Section 6383 - Education and training
- Section 6384 - Legislative oversight
- Section 6385 - Reimbursement to county agencies
- Section 6386 - Mandatory reporting of children under one year of age
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