Section 5.96. Noncompliance

(a) Disciplinary action. A chiropractor who willfully fails to comply with the reporting requirements in § § 5.91—5.93 (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) will be subject to disciplinary action under section 506(a)(9) and (13) of the act (63 P. S. § 625.506(a)(9) and (13)).

(b) Criminal penalties. Under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6319 (relating to penalties for failure to report), a chiropractor 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.