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§ 2406. Applicability

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 71 P.S. State GovernmentEffective: December 9, 2002

Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated Statutes
Title 71 P.S. State Government
Part V. Miscellaneous
Chapter 28. Religious Freedom Protection Act (Refs & Annos)
Effective: December 9, 2002
71 P.S. § 2406
§ 2406. Applicability
Currentness
(a) General rule.--This act shall apply to any State or local law or ordinance and the implementation of that law or ordinance, whether statutory or otherwise and whether adopted or effective prior to or after the effective date of this act. Any law enacted by the General Assembly after the effective date of this act shall be subject to this act unless the General Assembly expressly excludes that law from this act by specific reference to this act. This act shall not apply to actions of the courts of this Commonwealth or to any rules of procedure or to common law adopted by the courts of this Commonwealth.
(b) Exceptions.--Notwithstanding subsection (a) and subject to existing religious exceptions, this act shall not apply to any of the following:
(1) Any criminal offense under 18 Pa.C.S. (relating to crimes and offenses) or under the act of April 14, 1972 (P.L. 233, No. 64),1 known as The Controlled Substance, Drug, Device and Cosmetic Act, which is graded as a felony or a misdemeanor.
(2) Any provision of 75 Pa.C.S. (relating to vehicles) which does any of the following:
(i) Requires the licensing of motor vehicle operators.
(ii) Requires the registration of motor vehicles.
(iii) Requires financial responsibility for motor vehicle accidents.
(iv) Protects the public from the unsafe operation of motor vehicles or from dangerous conditions on the highways.
(3) Any provision of law which requires physicians or professional nurses to be properly licensed in order to practice their profession.
(4) Any provision of the act of June 13, 1967 (P.L. 31, No. 21),2 known as the Public Welfare Code,3 which prevents the endangerment of the health or safety of individuals in facilities which are licensed or supervised under the Public Welfare Code.
(5) Any provision of the act of July 19, 1979 (P.L. 130, No. 48),4 known as the Health Care Facilities Act, which requires the safe construction or operation of licensed health care facilities.
(6) Any provision of the act of November 10, 1999 (P.L. 491, No. 45),5 known as the Pennsylvania Construction Code Act, which prevents the endangerment of health and safety.
(7) Any provision of law which requires the reporting of abuse.

Credits

2002, Dec. 9, P.L. 1701, No. 214, § 6, imd. effective.

Footnotes

1
35 P.S. § 780-101 et seq.
2
62 P.S. § 101 et seq.
3
Now “Human Services Code”; see 62 P.S. § 101.
4
35 P.S. § 448.101 et seq.
5
35 P.S. § 7210.101 et seq.
71 P.S. § 2406, PA ST 71 P.S. § 2406
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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