GroundRules
23 Pa.C.S. § 6317: Mandatory reporting and postmortem investigation of deaths.
Where this section sits in the code
- Title 23 - DOMESTIC RELATIONS
- PART VII ABUSE OF FAMILY
- CHAPTER 63 CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES
- SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR REPORTING SUSPECTED CHILD ABUSE
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.
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