§ 6338. Disposition of founded and indicated reports
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. § 6338
§ 6338. Disposition of founded and indicated reports
(a) General rule.--When a report of suspected child abuse is determined by the appropriate county agency to be a founded report or an indicated report, the status of the report shall be changed from pending to founded or indicated in the Statewide database. Notice of the determination that a report is a founded, indicated or unfounded report shall be made as provided in section 6368(f) (relating to investigation of reports).
(b) Expunction of information when child attains 23 years of age.--Except as provided in subsection (c), all information which identifies the subjects of founded and indicated child abuse reports shall be expunged when the subject child reaches the age of 23. The expunction shall be mandated and guaranteed by the department.
(c) Retention of information.--The Statewide database shall indefinitely retain the names of perpetrators of child abuse and school employees who are subjects of founded or indicated reports only if the individual's Social Security number or date of birth is known to the department. The entry in the Statewide database shall not include identifying information regarding other subjects of the report.
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; 2013, Dec. 18, P.L. 1170, No. 108, § 3, effective Dec. 31, 2014; 2014, April 7, P.L. 388, No. 29, § 5.1, effective Dec. 31, 2014; 2014, May 14, P.L. 653, No. 45, § 2, effective Dec. 31, 2014.
23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6338, PA ST 23 Pa.C.S.A. § 6338
Current through Act 11 of the 2024 Regular Session. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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