Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 49. PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS |
PART I. Department of State |
Subpart A. Professional and Occupational Affairs |
Chapter 16. State Board of MedicineGeneral Provisions |
SubChapter G. MINIMUM STANDARDS OF PRACTICECHILD ABUSE |
Section 16.107. Noncompliance
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(a) Disciplinary action. A Board regulated practitioner who willfully fails to comply with the reporting requirements in § § 16.10216.104 (relating to suspected child abusemandated reporting requirements; photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report; and suspected death as a result of child abusemandated reporting requirement) will be subject to disciplinary action under section 41 of the act (63 P. S. § 422.41).
(b) Criminal penalties. Under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6319 (relating to penalties for failure to report), a Board regulated practitioner who is required to report a case of suspected child abuse who willfully fails to do so commits a summary offense for the first violation and a misdemeanor of the third degree for a second or subsequent violation.