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Timestamp: 2019-09-23 00:52:45
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Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 6318', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 5', '§ 625']

5.91. Suspected child abuse—mandated reporting requirements.
5.93. Suspected death as a result of child abuse—mandated reporting requirement.
5.95. Confidentiality—waived.
§ 5.91. Suspected child abuse—mandated reporting requirements.
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 5.95 (relating to confidentiality—waived); and 49 Pa. Code § 5.96 (relating to noncompliance).
§ 5.93. Suspected death as a result of child abuse—mandated reporting requirement.
Under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6318 (relating to immunity from liability), a chiropractor who participates in good faith in the making of a report, cooperating with an investigation, testifying in a proceeding arising out of an instance of suspected child abuse or the taking of photographs shall have immunity from civil and criminal liability that might result by reason of the chiropractor’s actions. For the purpose of any civil or criminal proceeding, the good faith of the chiropractor shall be presumed. The Board will uphold the same good faith presumption in any disciplinary proceeding that might result by reason of a chiropractor’s actions in participating in good faith in the making of a report, cooperating with an investigation, testifying in a proceeding arising out of an instance of suspected child abuse or the taking of photographs.
§ 5.95. Confidentiality—waived.
To protect children from abuse, the reporting requirements of § § 5.91—5.94 take precedence over the act and any other ethical principle or professional standard that might otherwise apply to chiropractors. This section takes precedence over the provisions in § 5.81 (relating to unprofessional and immoral conduct) and any other ethical principle or professional standard that might otherwise apply.
(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)).