23 Pa. C.S. § 6317

Current through Pa Acts 2024-53, 2024-56 through 2024-92

Section 6317 - Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths

A person or official required to report cases of suspected child abuse, including employees of a county agency, who has reasonable cause to suspect that a child died as a result of child abuse shall report that suspicion to the appropriate coroner or medical examiner. The coroner or medical examiner shall accept the report for investigation and shall report his finding to the police, the district attorney, the appropriate county agency and, if the report is made by a hospital, the hospital.

23 Pa.C.S. § 6317

Amended by P.L. 388 2014 No. 29, § 3, eff. 12/31/2014.

1990, Dec. 19, P.L. 1240, No. 206, § 2, effective in 90 days. Amended 1994, Dec. 16, P.L. 1292, No. 151, § 3, effective July 1, 1995.