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42 PA Cons Stat § 6109 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6109 - Photographic copies of business and public records

 § 6109. Photographic copies of business and public records. (a) Short title of section.--This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Uniform Photographic Copies of Business and Public Records as Evidence Act."  (b) General rule.--If any business institution, member of a profession or calling, or any department or agency of government, in the regular course of business or activity, has kept or recorded any memorandum, writing, entry, print, representation, or combination thereof, of any act, transaction, occurrence or event, and in the regular course of business has caused any or all of the same to be recorded, copied or reproduced by any photographic, photostatic, microfilm, microcard, miniature photographic, or other process which accurately reproduces or forms a durable medium for so reproducing the original, the original may be destroyed, in the regular course of business, unless its preservation is required by law. Any such reproduction in order to comply with this section must accurately reproduce all lines and markings which appear on the original. Such reproduction, when satisfactorily identified, is as admissible in evidence as the original itself in any judicial or administrative proceeding, whether the original is in existence or not, and an enlargement or facsimile of such reproduction is likewise admissible in evidence if the original reproduction is in existence and available for inspection under direction of the tribunal. The introduction of a reproduced record, enlargement or facsimile does not preclude admission of the original.    Cross References. Section 6109 is referred to in sections 1378, 1380, 1516, 1550, 3753 of Title 75 (Vehicles).
42 PA Cons Stat § 6110 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6110 - Registers kept by religious societies and municipalities

 § 6110. Registers kept by religious societies and municipalities. (a) General rule.--The registry kept by any religious society in their respective meeting book or books of any marriage, birth or burial, within this Commonwealth, shall be held good and authentic, and shall be allowed of upon all occasions whatsoever.  (b) Foreign burials.--The registry of burials of any religious society or corporate town, in places out of the United States, shall be prima facie evidence of the death of any person whose burial is therein registered, and of the time of his interment, if the time be stated in the registry, and extracts from such registries, certified by the proper officers, in the mode of authentication usual in the place in which they are made and authenticated as provided in section 5328 (relating to proof of official records), shall be received as copies of such registries, and be evidence accordingly.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6111 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6111 - Handwriting

 § 6111. Handwriting. (a) Opinion evidence as to handwriting.--Where there is a question as to any writing, the opinions of the following persons shall be deemed to be relevant:  (1) The opinion of any person acquainted with the handwriting of the supposed writer. (2) The opinion of those who have had special experience with, or who have pursued special studies relating to, documents, handwriting, and alterations thereof, who are called experts in this section.  (b) Comparison of handwriting.--It shall be competent for experts in giving their testimony, under the provisions of this section, to make comparison of documents and comparison of disputed handwriting with any documents or writing admitted to be genuine, or proven to the satisfaction of the judge to be genuine, and the evidence of such experts respecting the same shall be submitted to the jury as evidence of the genuineness or otherwise of the writing in dispute.  (c) Comparison of signatures.--It shall be competent for experts in formulating their opinions to the court and jury to place the genuine and disputed signatures or writing in juxtaposition, and to draw the attention of the jury thereto; and it shall furthermore be competent for counsel to require of an expert a statement of the principles on which he has based his work, the details of his work, and his opinion that the results are important to the point at issue, or the reasoning, analysis and investigation by which he has arrived at his opinion.  (d) Jury question.--The opinions of the witnesses to handwriting being submitted as competent testimony to the jury, the final determination as to whether any particular handwriting is genuine or simulated shall remain, as heretofore, a question for the jury on all the evidence submitted.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6112 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6112 - Introduction of parol evidence after refusal to produce documents

§ 6112. Introduction of parol evidence after refusal to produce documents. In all matters wherein any person is directed by a court to produce any documents and such person refuses to produce such documents, and for such refusal is attached and imprisoned by a court, and subsequently discharged, persisting in such refusal, parol evidence shall be received in relation to the existence and contents of such documents.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6121 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6121 - Eminent domain matters

§ 6121. Eminent domain matters. Eminent domain matters shall be governed by the provisions of 26 Pa.C.S. Ch. 11 (relating to evidence) in addition to the provisions of this chapter.   (May 4, 2006, P.L.112, No.34, eff. 120 days)   2006 Amendment. Section 6(1) of Act 34 provided that Act 34 shall apply to all condemnations effected on or after the effective date of section 6.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6141 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6141 - Effect of certain settlements

 § 6141. Effect of certain settlements. (a) Personal injuries.--Settlement with or any payment made to an injured person or to others on behalf of such injured person with the permission of such injured person or to anyone entitled to recover damages on account of injury or death of such person shall not constitute an admission of liability by the person making the payment or on whose behalf the payment was made, unless the parties to such settlement or payment agree to the contrary.  (b) Damages to property.--Settlement with or any payment made to a person or on his behalf to others for damages to or destruction of property shall not constitute an admission of liability by the person making the payment or on whose behalf the payment was made, unless the parties to such settlement or payment agree to the contrary.  (c) Admissibility in evidence.--Except in an action in which final settlement and release has been pleaded as a complete defense, any settlement or payment referred to in subsections (a) and (b) shall not be admissible in evidence on the trial of any matter.  (d) Credits on settlement or judgment.--All settlements and payments by or on behalf of the person making payment under subsections (a) and (b) shall be credited to the person making the same against any final settlement or judgment against such person, except that this section shall not be construed in such a manner as to change, alter or amend the effect of Subchapter B of Chapter 83 (relating to contribution among tort-feasors).
42 PA Cons Stat § 6142 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6142 - Pleas in vehicle matters

 § 6142. Pleas in vehicle matters. (a) General rule.--A plea of guilty or nolo contendere, or a payment of the fine and costs prescribed after any such plea, in any summary proceeding made by any person charged with a violation of Title 75 (relating to vehicles) shall not be admissible as evidence in any civil matter arising out of the same violation or under the same facts or circumstances.  (b) Exception.--The provisions of subsection (a) shall not be applicable to administrative or judicial proceedings involving the suspension of a motor vehicle or tractor operating privilege, learner's permit, or right to apply for a motor vehicle or tractor operating privilege, or the suspension of a certificate of appointment as an official inspection station, or the suspension of a motor vehicle, tractor, or trailer registration.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)   1978 Amendment. Act 53 amended the section heading and subsec. (a).
42 PA Cons Stat § 6143 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6143 - Registration number as evidence of operation of vehicle

 § 6143. Registration number as evidence of operation of vehicle. (a) General rule.--In any action or proceeding for the recovery of a civil penalty for an infraction of the provisions of any law relating to the ownership or operation of any conveyance by air, land or water or any game or fish law or any local ordinance, rule or regulation relating thereto, the registration number displayed on a conveyance shall sustain an inference that the person to whom the registration number was officially assigned is the owner of the conveyance and was then operating the conveyance.  (b) Inference overcome by testimony of owner.--If at any proceeding under subsection (a) the owner testifies that the owner was not operating the conveyance at the time of the alleged infraction and submits to an examination as to who at the time was operating the conveyance and reveals the name and residence address of the person, if known, then the inference arising from the registration number shall be overcome.  (c) Inference overcome by verified statement of owner.--If the proceeding under subsection (a) is commenced in a county other than that of the residence of the owner and a verified written statement setting forth the facts set forth in subsection (b) is forwarded by the owner to the tribunal, the inference arising from the registration number shall be overcome.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days; Oct. 5, 1980, P.L.693, No.142, eff. 60 days; Dec. 20, 1982, P.L.1409, No.326, eff. 60 days)    1982 Amendment. Act 326 amended subsec. (a).
42 PA Cons Stat § 6144 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6144 - Dying declarations in case of abortion

 § 6144. Dying declarations in case of abortion. (a) General rule.--The ante mortem statements of any woman, who shall die in consequence of any criminal acts producing or intended to produce a miscarriage of such woman, as to the causes of her injuries shall be competent evidence on the trial of any person charged with the commission of such injuries, with like effect and under like limitations as apply to dying declarations in prosecutions for felonious homicide.  (b) Limitation.--Before such statement shall be submitted to the jury as evidence the Commonwealth shall, by competent and satisfactory evidence, prove that such woman was of sound mind at the time such ante mortem statements were made.   (Apr. 28, 1978, P.L.202, No.53, eff. 60 days)   1978 Amendment. Act 53 amended subsec. (b).
42 PA Cons Stat § 6151 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6151 - Use of certified copies

§ 6151. Use of certified copies. Medical charts or records of any health care facility licensed under the laws of this Commonwealth that are susceptible to photostatic reproduction may be proved as to foundation, identity and authenticity without any preliminary testimony, by use of legible and durable copies, certified in the manner provided in this subchapter by the employee of the health care facility charged with the responsibility of being custodian of the originals thereof. These copies may be used in any trial, hearing, deposition or other judicial or administrative action or proceeding, whether civil or criminal, in lieu of the original charts or records which, however, the health care facility shall hold available during the pendency of the action or proceeding for inspection and comparison by the court, tribunal or hearing officer and by the parties and their attorneys of record. This subchapter does not apply to an X-ray film or any other portion of a medical record which is not susceptible to photostatic reproduction.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6152.1 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6152.1 - Limit on charges

§ 6152.1. Limit on charges. (a) Charges.-- (1) Notwithstanding the provisions of section 6152(c) (relating to subpoena of records), a health care provider or facility shall not charge more than a flat fee of $19 for the expense of reproducing medical charts or records, plus the actual cost of postage, shipping or delivery, if the charts or records are requested for the purpose of supporting a claim or appeal under any provision of the Social Security Act (49 Stat. 620, 42 U.S.C. § 301 et seq.) or any Federal or State financial needs-based benefit program. The fee provided for in this subsection shall be adjusted annually by the Secretary of Health of the Commonwealth, as provided for in section 6152(a)(2)(i).  (2) No independent or executive agency of the Commonwealth shall be required to pay any search or retrieval fee, copying cost or other cost related to medical charts or records under this section unless otherwise required by law, regulation or agreed to by the agency in guidelines, statements of policy or by publication of notice in the Pennsylvania Bulletin.  (b) Documentation.--The person making the request shall provide the health care provider or facility with clear and convincing documentation that the purpose of the request is to obtain medical charts or records necessary to support a claim or appeal under any provision of the Social Security Act or any Federal or State financial needs-based benefit program.  (c) Request.--For purposes of this section, a request for medical charts or records shall include, but not be limited to, a subpoena for medical charts or records under section 6152 or a letter from a person's attorney of record for whom an Appointment of Representative form (SSA-1696-U4) has been executed, indicating the need for such charts or records.   (Feb. 18, 1998, P.L.170, No.26, eff. imd.)   1998 Amendment. Act 26 added section 6152.1.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6153 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6153 - Receipts

§ 6153. Receipts. When the copies of records are personally delivered a receipt shall be presented to the person receiving the records for his signature and shall be immediately signed and returned to the person delivering the records. The receipt shall contain the name of the health care facility, the full name of the patient, the date the copies of records were received and the signature of the person receiving the records. When the copies of the records are sent via certified mail, pursuant to section 6152(d) (relating to subpoena of records), the receipt used by the postal authorities shall be sufficient to prove delivery and receipt of the copies of records.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6154 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6154 - Affidavit of none or partial possession

§ 6154. Affidavit of none or partial possession. If the health care facility has none of the charts or records specified in the subpoena, or only a part thereof, the custodian of the charts or records shall so state in a notarized affidavit and, following notice and payment of expenses, shall hold available the original charts or records which are in the health care facility's custody and specified in the subpoena and shall deliver the certified copies together with the affidavit.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6155 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6155 - Rights of patients

§ 6155. Rights of patients. (a) Protective order.--Any patient whose medical charts or records are copied and delivered pursuant to this subchapter, any person acting on such patient's behalf and the health care facility having custody of the charts or records shall have standing to apply to the court or other body before which the action or proceeding is pending for a protective order denying, restricting or otherwise limiting access to and use of the copies or original charts and records.  (b) Rights to records generally.-- (1) A patient or his designee, including his attorney, shall have the right of access to his medical charts and records and to obtain photocopies of the same, without the use of a subpoena duces tecum, for his own use. A health care provider or facility shall not charge a patient or his designee, including his attorney, a fee in excess of the amounts set forth in section 6152(a)(2)(i) (relating to subpoena of records).  (2) Nothing in this subsection shall be construed as requiring an insurer to pay for medical records required to validate medical services for which reimbursement is sought under an insurance contract, except as provided in:  (i) the act of June 2, 1915 (P.L.736, No.338), known as the Workers' Compensation Act, and the regulations promulgated thereunder;  (ii) 75 Pa.C.S. Ch. 17 (relating to financial responsibility) and the regulations promulgated thereunder; or  (iii) a contract between an insurer and any other party.  (Feb. 18, 1998, P.L.170, No.26, eff. 60 days)   1998 Amendment. Act 26 amended subsec. (b).
42 PA Cons Stat § 6156 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6156 - Opening of sealed envelopes

§ 6156. Opening of sealed envelopes. The copy of the records shall remain sealed and shall be opened only at the time of trial, deposition or other hearing, upon the direction of the judge, court, officer, attorney, body or tribunal conducting the proceeding, in the presence of all parties who have appeared in person or by counsel at the trial, deposition or hearing. Before directing that the inner envelope or wrapper be opened, the judge, court, officer, attorney, body or tribunal shall first ascertain that either:  (1) the records have been subpoenaed in accordance with this subchapter; or (2) the patient involved or someone authorized in his behalf to do so for him has consented thereto.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6157 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6157 - Retention of records

§ 6157. Retention of records. When the copies of records are delivered to a party or his attorney of record for use in a deposition, they shall, after termination of the deposition, be delivered personally or by certified mail to the clerk of the court or other body before which the action or proceeding is pending, and it shall be the responsibility of the party or attorney to transmit the receipt obtained to the custodian of the original records. When the records are received by the clerk of a court or other body from a health care facility or from a party or his attorney of record, they shall be retained in the clerk's custody at all times except when actually used in the action or proceeding. Upon issuance of a final order terminating a case, the copies of the records will be promptly filed in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the medical information contained in the records by the clerk of the court with all other documents pertaining to the case until such a time as the normal retention period for court records expires. The copies of records shall then be permanently disposed of by the clerk in a manner that protects the confidentiality of the medical information contained in the records. Should the case be appealed, the copies of records shall be forwarded to the appellate court with other documents pertaining to the case and retained and disposed of in the manner described in this section.
42 PA Cons Stat § 6158 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6158 - Obtaining personal attendance of custodian

§ 6158. Obtaining personal attendance of custodian. The personal attendance of the custodian of the original charts or records specified in the subpoena shall only be required if the subpoena duces tecum so specifies for the purpose of obtaining the custodian's testimony on an issue in dispute and upon payment of the actual and reasonable expenses of the custodian's personal attendance. When the personal attendance of the custodian is requested by a district attorney or an independent or executive agency of the Commonwealth, the fee paid to the custodian shall not exceed the ordinary fee paid to witnesses in criminal cases as specified in section 5903 (relating to compensation and expenses of witnesses) and shall be paid after the custodian's appearance.   (Feb. 18, 1998, P.L.170, No.26, eff. 60 days)
42 PA Cons Stat § 6159 (2021)
2021 Pennsylvania Consolidated & Unconsolidated Statutes|Title 42 - JUDICIARY AND JUDICIAL PROCEDURE|Chapter 61 - Rules of Evidence|Section 6159 - Obtaining production of original record

§ 6159. Obtaining production of original record. The production of the original record shall only be required if the subpoena duces tecum so specifies for the purpose of comparing the reproduced record to the original or for the purpose of resolving an issue in dispute and shall be delivered within 30 days of receipt of the request. Except when the original record is requested by a district attorney or an independent or executive agency of the Commonwealth, the records shall be delivered on the date set forth in the subpoena duces tecum.   (Feb. 18, 1998, P.L.170, No.26, eff. 60 days)