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§ 2603. Use of Social Security numbers alternatives

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State GovernmentEffective: April 19, 2010

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part V. Miscellaneous
Chapter 29. Social Security Number Privacy Act
Effective: April 19, 2010
71 P.S. § 2603
§ 2603. Use of Social Security numbers alternatives
Currentness
(a) General rule.--Except as provided in section 71 and notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, individuals applying for or renewing a professional license or certification, occupational license or certification or recreational license required by a Commonwealth agency or municipality shall be permitted to provide an alternative to disclosing their SSNs if the SSNs are collected by the agency or municipality solely for the purpose of complying with 23 Pa.C.S. § 4304.1(a)(2) (relating to cooperation of government and nongovernment agencies).2 Alternate forms of identification shall include the individual's department-issued driver's license number or department issued nondriver identification card number.
(b) Effect of alternatives.--Any individual who provides an alternative under subsection (a) shall not be required to supply a Social Security number.
(c) Licensing agencies and municipalities.--Commonwealth agencies and municipalities issuing or renewing a professional license or certification, occupational license or certification or recreational license and collecting the individual's SSN for the purpose of complying with 23 Pa.C.S. § 4304.1(a)(2) shall develop application and renewal forms containing all of the following:
(1) Space for the individual's department-issued driver's license number as an alternative to the individual's SSN.
(2) Space for the individual's department-issued nondriver identification card number as an alternative to the individual's SSN.
(3) A statement to read as follows:
By affixing my driver's license number or nondriver's identification number issued by the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation, I authorize the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation to release my Social Security number to (insert Commonwealth agency or municipality) for the limited purpose of complying with 23 Pa.C.S. § 4304.1(a)(2).

Credits

2006, Nov. 29, P.L. 1456, No. 160, § 3.

Footnotes

1
71 P.S. § 2607.
2
Pennsylvania Dept. of Public Welfare request, pursuant to 71 P.S. § 2606, for exemption from federal law requiring collection of Social Security numbers from certain license applicants, granted as to recreational licenses only. See Historical and Statutory Notes, below.
71 P.S. § 2603, PA ST 71 P.S. § 2603
Current through Act 13 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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