§ 6317. Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 23 Pa.C.S.A. Domestic RelationsEffective: December 31, 2014
Effective: December 31, 2014
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6317
§ 6317. Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths
A person or official required to report cases of suspected child abuse, including employees of a county agency, who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child died as a result of child abuse shall report that suspicion to the appropriate coroner or medical examiner. The coroner or medical examiner shall accept the report for investigation and shall report his finding to the police, the district attorney, the appropriate county agency and, if the report is made by a hospital, the hospital.
Credits
1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 1240, No. 206, § 2, effective in 90 days. Amended 1994, Dec. 16, P.L. 1292, No. 151, § 3, effective July 1, 1995; 2014, April 7, P.L. 388, No. 29, § 3, effective Dec. 31, 2014.
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6317, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6317
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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