Section 33.254. Confidentiality—waived

To protect children from abuse, the reporting requirements of § § 33.250—33.252 (relating to suspected child abuse—mandated reporting requirements; photographs, medical tests and X-rays of child subject to report; and suspected death as a result of child abuse—mandated reporting requirement) take precedence over any other ethical principle or professional standard that might otherwise apply to a Board regulated practitioner.

The provisions of this § 33.254 adopted November 8, 1996, effective November 9, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 5410.

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The provisions of this § 33.254 issued under the Child Protective Services Law, 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2); and section 3(o) of The Dental Law (63 P. S. § 122(o)).