Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 47 - STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILYTHERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
CHILD ABUSE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
Section 47.54 - Suspected death as a result of child abuse- mandated reporting requirement

A licensed bachelor social worker, licensed social worker or licensed clinical social worker 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 §47.54 issued under the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2); and section 6 of the Social Workers' Practice Act (63 P.S. § 1906); amended under section 6(2) of the Social Workers, Marriage Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act (63 P.S. § 1906(2)); and 23 Pa.C.S. §§ 6301-6388.

This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 47.51 (relating to definitions relating to child abuse reporting requirements); 49 Pa. Code § 47.55 (relating to immunity from liability); 49 Pa. Code § 47.56 (relating to confidentiality-waived); 49 Pa. Code § 47.57 (relating to noncompliance); and 49 Pa. Code § 47.79 (relating to mandatory reporting).