Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 33 - STATE BOARD OF DENTISTRY
Subchapter C - MINIMUM STANDARDS OF CONDUCT AND PRACTICE
Section 33.252 - 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 §33.252 issued under the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2); and section 3(o) of The Dental Law (63 P. S. § 122(o)); amended under section 3(o) of the Dental Law (63 P.S. § 122(o)); and the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2).

This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 33.253 (relating to immunity from liability); 49 Pa. Code § 33.254 (relating to confidentiality-waived); and 49 Pa. Code § 33.255 (relating to noncompliance).