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Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
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Title 231. RULES OF CIVIL PROCEDURE |
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PART II. ORPHANS COURT RULES |
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Rule 16. PROCEEDINGS PURSUANT TO SECTION 3206 OF THE ABORTION CONTROL ACT (View pdf) |
Section 16.2. Confidentiality
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(a) The proceeding shall be confidential.
Official Note
See subdivision (b) of this rule governing the sealing of the record.
See Rule 16.6 for provisions governing docketing.
See Section 3206(f)(3) of the Act for the exclusion of persons from the hearing.
(b) The record, including the application, pleadings, submissions, transcripts, exhibits, orders, evidence, findings and conclusions and any other written material to be maintained, shall be sealed.
(c) The identity of the applicant shall not be disclosed in any decision of the proceeding.
The provisions of this § 16.2 amended and effective November 26, 1984, 14 Pa.B. 4503; reserved March 31, 1994, effective immediately, 24 Pa.B. 1956; amended December 9, 1994, effective March 1, 1995, 24 Pa.B. 6555. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (188397).