Pennsylvania Code
Title 49 - PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS
Part I - DEPARTMENT OF STATE
Subpart A - PROFESSIONAL AND OCCUPATIONAL AFFAIRS
Chapter 49 - STATE BOARD OF SOCIAL WORKERS, MARRIAGE AND FAMILY THERAPISTS AND PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS-LICENSURE OF PROFESSIONAL COUNSELORS
CODE OF ETHICAL PRACTICE AND STANDARDS OF PROFESSIONAL CONDUCT
Section 49.79 - Mandatory reporting
Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 44, November 2, 2024
(a) Licensees, supervisors and trainees have a responsibility to report alleged violations of the act or this chapter to the Board. If a licensee has knowledge or reason to suspect that a colleague or other licensee is incompetent, impaired or unethical, the licensee shall report that practitioner to the Board. Licensees shall make these reports in a manner that does not violate a client's/patient's right to confidentiality.
(b) Licensees shall comply with the mandatory reporting requirements in this chapter, including §§ 49.51-49.57 (relating to child abuse reporting requirements).
(c) A licensee shall notify the Board within 30 days of changes of name or mailing information to ensure that the Board has the licensee's current name and mailing address.