Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 16 - STATE BOARD OF MEDICINE-GENERAL PROVISIONS
Subchapter G - MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PRACTICE-CHILD ABUSE
Section 16.104 - Suspected death as a result of child abuse-mandated reporting requirement
A Board-regulated practitioner who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child died as a result of child abuse shall report that suspicion to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where death occurred or, in the case where the child is transported to another county for medical treatment, to the coroner or medical examiner of the county where the injuries were sustained.
The provisions of this § 16.104 amended under section 8 of the Medical Practice Act of 1985 (63 P.S. § 422.8); and 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 16.105 (relating to immunity from liability); 49 Pa. Code § 16.106 (relating to confidentiality-waived); and 49 Pa. Code § 16.107 (relating to noncompliance).
