Pennsylvania § 6314 Photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report

Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6314 — Photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report

Pennsylvania § 6314

JurisdictionPennsylvania

Title 23DOMESTIC RELATIONS

PartPART VII

Ch. 63CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES

Subch.PROVISIONS AND RESPONSIBILITIES FOR

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Bluebook

23 Pa. Cons. Stat. § 6314 (2026).

Text

A person or official required to report cases of suspected child abuse may take or cause to be taken photographs of the child who is subject to a report and, if clinically indicated, cause to be performed a radiological examination and other medical tests on the child. Medical summaries or reports of the photographs, X-rays and relevant medical tests taken shall be sent to the county agency at the time the written report is sent or within 48 hours after a report is made by electronic technologies or as soon thereafter as possible. The county agency shall have access to actual photographs or duplicates and X-rays and may obtain them or duplicates of them upon request. Medical summaries or reports of the photographs, X-rays and relevant medical tests shall be made available to law enforcemen

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A person or official required to report cases of suspected child abuse may take or cause to be taken photographs of the child who is subject to a report and, if clinically indicated, cause to be performed a radiological examination and other medical tests on the child. Medical summaries or reports of the photographs, X-rays and relevant medical tests taken shall be sent to the county agency at the time the written report is sent or within 48 hours after a report is made by electronic technologies or as soon thereafter as possible. The county agency shall have access to actual photographs or duplicates and X-rays and may obtain them or duplicates of them upon request. Medical summaries or reports of the photographs, X-rays and relevant medical tests shall be made available to law enforcement officials in the course of investigating cases pursuant to section 6340(a)(9) or (10) (relating to release of information in confidential reports).

Legislative History

(Dec. 16, 1994, P.L.1292, No.151, eff. July 1, 1995; Apr. 15, 2014, P.L.417, No.33, eff. Dec. 31, 2014) Cross References.Section 6314 is referred to in sections 6313, 6318 of this title.