§ 6338.1.  Expunction of information of perpetrator who was under 18 years of age when child abuse was committed.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6338.1

(a) General rule. - The name of a perpetrator who is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse and who was under 18 years of age when the individual committed child abuse shall be expunged from the Statewide database when the individual reaches 21 years of age or when five years...

§ 6338.  Disposition of founded and indicated reports.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6338

(a) General rule. --When a report of suspected child abuse is determined by the appropriate county agency to be a founded report or an indicated report, the status of the report shall be changed from pending to founded or indicated in the Statewide database. Notice of the determination that a...

§ 6337.  Disposition and expunction of unfounded reports and general protective services reports.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6337

(a) General rule. -- When a report of suspected child abuse is determined by the appropriate county agency to be an unfounded report, the information concerning that report of suspected child abuse shall be maintained for a period of one year. Following the expiration of one year after...

§ 6336.  Information in Statewide database.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6336

(a) Information authorized. -- The Statewide database shall include and shall be limited to the following information:      (1) The names, Social Security numbers, age, race, ethnicity and sex of the subjects of the reports.      (2) The date or...

§ 6335.  Access to information in Statewide database.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6335

(a) Request for information. -- A county agency or law enforcement official shall use the Statewide toll-free telephone number, or any manner prescribed by the department, to determine the existence of any prior reports involving a subject of the report. If the Statewide database contains...

§ 6334.1.  Responsibility for investigation.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6334.1

The department shall establish procedures regarding the following different responses to address suspected child abuse and protective services depending on the persons allegedly committing the suspected child abuse or causing a child to be in need of protective...

§ 6334.  Disposition of complaints received.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6334

(a) Receipt of reports by county agencies and law enforcement. --After ensuring the immediate safety of the child and any other child in the childs home, a county agency or law enforcement official that receives a report of suspected child abuse shall immediately notify the department of the...

§ 6333.  Continuous availability of department.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6333

The department shall be capable of receiving oral reports of child abuse, reports of children in need of general protective services, reports made by electronic technologies pursuant to this chapter and report summaries from county agencies. The department shall be capable of immediately...

§ 6332.  Establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6332

(a) General rule. --The department shall establish a single Statewide toll-free telephone number that all persons, whether mandated by law or not, may use to report cases of suspected child abuse or children allegedly in need of general protective services. A county agency or law enforcement...

§ 6331.  Establishment of Statewide database.

Statutes | 23 Pa.C.S. § 6331

There shall be established in the department a Statewide database of protective services, which shall include the following, as provided by section 6336 (relating to information in Statewide database):     (1) Reports of suspected child abuse pending...