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Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
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Title 49. PROFESSIONAL AND VOCATIONAL STANDARDS |
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PART I. Department of State |
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Subpart A. Professional and Occupational Affairs |
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Chapter 49. State Board of Social Workers, Marriage and FamilyTherapists and Professional Counselors—Licensure of Professional Counselors |
Section 49.56. Confidentiality—waived
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To protect children from abuse, the reporting requirements of § § 49.52—49.54 (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 the provisions of any client confidentiality, ethical principle or professional standard that might otherwise apply.
The provisions of this § 49.56 adopted November 17, 2006, effective November 18, 2006, 36 Pa.B. 7022.
Notation
The provisions of this § 49.56 issued under section 6(2) of the Social Workers, Marriage and Family Therapists and Professional Counselors Act (63 P. S. § 1906(2)); and the Child Protective Services Act, 23 Pa.C.S. Chapter 63.
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 49.51 (relating to definitions relating to child abuse reporting requirements); and 49 Pa. Code § 49.79 (relating to mandatroy reporting).