Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 29 - STATE BOARD OF PODIATRY
CHILD ABUSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 29.93 - Photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report

Universal Citation: 49 PA Code ยง 29.93
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 12, March 23, 2024

A podiatrist may take or cause to be taken photographs of the child who is subject to a report and, if clinically indicated, cause to be performed a radiological examination and other medical tests on the child. Medical summaries or reports of the photographs, X-rays and relevant medical tests taken shall be sent to the county children and youth social service agency at the time the written report is sent or as soon thereafter as possible. The county children and youth social service agency shall have access to actual photographs or duplicates and X-rays and may obtain them or duplicates of them upon request.

The provisions of this § 29.93 issued under the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2); and section 15 of the Podiatry Practice Act (63 P. S. § 42.15).

This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 29.91 (relating to definitions relating to child abuse reporting requirements); 49 Pa. Code § 29.96 (relating to confidentiality-waived); and 49 Pa. Code § 29.97 (relating to noncompliance).

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