§ 10210.501. Reporting by employees
Purdon's Pennsylvania Statutes and Consolidated StatutesTitle 35 P.S. Health and SafetyEffective: April 7, 2011
Effective: April 7, 2011
35 P.S. § 10210.501
§ 10210.501. Reporting by employees
(1) An employee or an administrator who has reasonable cause to suspect that a recipient is a victim of abuse or neglect shall immediately make an oral report to an agency. If applicable, the agency shall advise the employee or administrator of additional reporting requirements that may pertain under subsection (b). An employee shall notify the administrator immediately following the report to the agency.
(3) The provisions of this section shall be satisfied when the administrator or employee submits a report to the incident reporting system. Nothing in this subsection shall prohibit an employee or administrator who has reasonable cause to suspect that a recipient is a victim of abuse or neglect from also making a report to the agency.
(1) An employee or an administrator who has reasonable cause to suspect that a recipient is the victim of sexual abuse, serious injury or serious bodily injury or that a death is suspicious shall, in addition to contacting the agency and the department, immediately contact appropriate law enforcement officials to make an oral report. An employee shall notify the administrator immediately following the report to law enforcement officials, unless such notification would jeopardize the investigation or subject the recipient to further risk.
Credits
2010, Oct. 7, P.L. 484, No. 70, § 501, effective in 6 months [April 7, 2011].
35 P.S. § 10210.501, PA ST 35 P.S. § 10210.501
Current through 2023 Regular Session Act 7. Some statute sections may be more current, see credits for details.
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