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Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › PROCEDURES › Section 3350.12 - Adoptive applicants

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(a) The
						service provider shall make a written study of applicants for the purpose of
						determining their capacity for adoptive parenthood, using interviews between an
						agency representative and the prospective parents as the primary source of
						information. The study shall include:
(1) A
						medical history and recent physical examination as evidence that the applicants
						are in good physical and mental health and able to undertake the
						responsibilities of parenthood.
(2)
						Information concerning marital relationship, emotional, and financial status,
						and attitudes of the family toward adopting a child.
(3) A description of the visit to the home
						and community.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › PROCEDURES › Section 3350.13 - Placement

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(a) The selection
						of an adoptive parent and child shall be made on the basis of their suitability
						for each other, and the record shall indicate the reasoned basis for the
						selection.
(b) Siblings shall be
						placed together, if possible.
(c)
						The desires of the child, whether expressed or implied, shall be considered in
						his placement.
(d) The service
						provider with the child in its care or custody shall be responsible for
						preparing the child for placement, including arranging visits in the home of
						the adoptive parents before placement.
(e) Direct placement from the hospital to the
						adoptive home or to a foster home shall be considered when adoption is the plan
						for the newborn infant.
(f)
						Adoptive placement shall not be delayed for routine psychological and pediatric
						evaluations, except for compelling concern about the development of the
						infant.
(g) Every effort shall be
						made to avoid more than one placement before adoptive placement.
(h) When adoptive placement is determined to
						be the best plan for a child beyond the age of infancy, vigorous efforts shall
						be made to terminate parental rights and effect an adoptive
						placement.
(i) A minimum of three
						supervisory visits shall be made with the child and the adoptive parents during
						the 6 months' resident period, as required by law before adoption. Any decision
						to extend this period shall be made only for compelling reasons.
(j) Provider agencies shall make known to
						adoptive parents the availability of continuing counseling services after the
						finalization of adoption.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › PROCEDURES › Section 3350.14 - Records

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(a) The service
						provider's records shall all contain copies of all pertinent documents, such
						as:
(1) Birth records.
(2) Baptismal certificates.
(3) Legal documents pertaining to the
						termination of parental rights.
(4)
						Evidence of legal consummation of adoption.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.101 - Preparation

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A professional staff person who is experienced and
						  skilled in the provision of adoption services is assigned by the adoption
						  agency to work on behalf of the adoptee to obtain specific adoption record
						  information.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.102 - Initial contacts

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(a) The
						designated agent or professional staff person schedules and conducts a
						face-to-face meeting with the information requester as soon as practical after
						the court or adoption agency assumes responsibility. The purpose of the meeting
						is to determine the precise information which is being requested. The session
						is used also to explain the role, duties and responsibilities of the designated
						agent or professional staff person.
(b) During the meeting the designated agent
						or professional staff person discusses with the requester at least the
						following:
(1) Adoption record disclosure
						provisions at
						23 Pa.C.S. §
														2905
						(relating to impounding of proceedings and access to records), a copy of which
						should be provided to the requester.
(2) The limits of the agency's
						authority.
(3) The rights of a
						birth parent to decline to have personal or identifying information
						released.
(4) An explanation of the
						differing responsibilities of the Department of Health and the Department of
						Human Services in the release of adoption record information.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.103 - Review of records

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(a) The
						designated agent or professional staff person examines adoption agency and
						adoption court records. The review of the records has two purposes:
(1) To determine whether a birth parent has
						filed a consent letter with the county orphans' court which permits the
						disclosure of personal or identifying information.
(2) To obtain basic background information
						regarding the birth parent's address and family circumstances at the time of
						the adoptee's birth or adoption.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.104 - Search

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(a) The following
						sources may be helpful in attempts to locate birth parents:
(1) Pennsylvania Adoption Exchange, Office of
						Children, Youth and Families, Department of Human Services, (717)
						257-7015.
(2) Telephone and other
						directories for particular geographical areas.
(3) County court records, such as marriage,
						birth, death and divorce.
(4) Motor
						vehicle records.
(5) Occupational
						licensing board records.
(6) County
						public agency records, such as public assistance, health, mental health
						children and youth.
(7) State
						Bureau of Employment Security offices.
(8) Federal Social Security Administration
						offices.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.105 - Later contacts

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(a)
						Contacts initiated by the designated agent or professional staff person with a
						birth parent should be discreet and carefully considered. The purpose of
						discretion is to ensure as completely as possible that no persons beyond the
						involved individuals learn of the adoptee's existence and relationship to the
						birth parent.
(b) The initial
						meeting between the designated agent or professional staff person and birth
						parent should be brief and directed towards determining whether the birth
						parent is willing to have personal or identifying information disclosed to the
						authorized requester. The meeting should also accomplish the following:
(1) Explain the reason for the
						contact.
(2) Specify the precise
						information requested by the adoptee.
(3) Clarify the legal necessity of the birth
						parent's disclosure of personal or identifying information. A birth parent is
						under no legal obligation to consent to disclosure of personal or identifying
						information, and cannot be compelled by the designated agent or professional
						staff person to consent to disclosure.
(4) Provide the birth parent with a copy of
						23 Pa.C.S. §
														2905
						(relating to impounding of proceedings and access to records).
(5) Answer relevant questions posed by the
						birth parent.
(6) Permit the birth
						parent time to consider the request for disclosure of information.
(7) Provide the birth parent with a name,
						address and telephone number for subsequent contacts with the designated agent
						or professional staff person regarding possible future disclosure of personal
						or identifying information.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.106 - Meeting between adoptee and birth parent

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(a) The designated agent or professional
						staff person arranges a meeting of the adoptee and birth parent, if requested
						to do so, and neither party objects.
(b) Following arrangement of the meeting of
						the adoptee with the birth parent, the case responsibility of the designated
						agent or professional staff person ends, unless continuation is requested by
						either the adoptee or the birth parent.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.107 - Referral to Department of Health

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Requests for information regarding the adoptee's
						  original certificate of birth, documents of proof on which the amended
						  certificate of birth is based or relating to obtaining information held by the
						  Department of Health should be referred to the Department of Health, Division
						  of Vital Records, Post Office Box 1528, New Castle, Pennsylvania 16503, (412)
						  656-3100.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article I - Licensing/Approval › Chapter 3350 - ADOPTION SERVICES › STATEMENT OF POLICY ON ADOPTION RECORD DISCLOSURE PROCEDURES › Section 3350.108 - Conclusion

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(a) The designated
						agent or professional staff person writes a concluding letter to the adoptee
						which indicates completion of adoption record disclosure responsibilities
						according to
						23 Pa.C.S. §
													2905
						(relating to impounding of proceedings and access to records).
(b) The designated agent or professional
						staff person prepares a brief report which describes the results of the birth
						parent search and contact effort. A copy of the report is retained by the
						designated agent or professional staff person. Other copies are provided to the
						birth parent and to the county orphans' court.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › INTRODUCTION › Section 3490.1 - Applicability

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This chapter applies to the Department; other
							 departments, boards, bureaus and agencies of the Commonwealth or any of its
							 political subdivisions; county children and youth social service agencies and
							 other agencies providing services to children and youth; law enforcement
							 officials; county executive officers; auditors of the Federal government;
							 public and nonpublic schools; intermediate units; area vocational-technical
							 schools; independent school contractors; and persons who, in the course of
							 their employment or occupation or in the practice of their profession, come
							 into contact with children.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › INTRODUCTION › Section 3490.2 - Purposes

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The purposes of this subchapter are to:
(1) Protect abused children from further
						  abuse.
(2) Preserve and stabilize
						  families.
(3) Implement the
						  CPSL.
(4) Involve law enforcement
						  agencies in responding to child abuse.
(5) Prioritize the response and services to
						  children most at risk.
(6)
						  Encourage more complete reporting of suspected child abuse.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › INTRODUCTION › Section 3490.3 - Legal base

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The legal base of this chapter is the following
							 statutory provisions:
(1) Articles VII
						  and IX of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §§
														701-774 and
						  901-922).
(2) Chapter 63 of 42 Pa.C.S. (relating to the
						  Juvenile Act).
(3) Section 2168 of
						  the County Code (16 P. S. §
														2168).
(4) Section 405 of the County Institution
						  District Law (62 P. S. §
														2305).
(5) The CPSL,
						  23 Pa.C.S. §§
														6301-6385 (relating to the Child Protective
						  Services Law).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › INTRODUCTION › Section 3490.4 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this
							 chapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
							 otherwise:
Accept for service
-The county agency
							 decides on the basis of the needs and problems of an individual to admit or
							 receive the individual as a client of the agency or as required by a court
							 order entered under the Juvenile Act.
Agent of the county agency
-A person
							 who provides a children and youth social service either directly or under
							 contract or through agreement with a county agency.
(i) An agent of the county agency includes:
(A) Preadoptive parents.
(B) Foster parents.
(C) Staff and volunteers of public and
						  private residential child care facilities.
(D) Staff and volunteers of public and
						  private day care centers, group day care homes and family day care
						  homes.
(E) Staff and volunteers of
						  public and private social service agencies.
(F) Staff and volunteers of county detention
						  centers.
(G) Persons residing in
						  the home of foster or preadoptive parents.
(H) A school employe of a facility or agency
						  that is an agent of a county agency.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › INTRODUCTION › Section 3490.5 - Waivers

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(a) A waiver of a
						  requirement of this chapter may be requested as specified in procedures
						  published by the Department.
(b) A
						  waiver may be granted by the Department if the waiver:
(1) Does not alter the applicability, scope
						  or purpose of this chapter.
(2) Is
						  based on evidence, supplied by the requesting county agency, that the objective
						  of the requirement will be achieved in another way.
(3) Is based on evidence, supplied by the
						  requesting county agency, that a waiver will have no adverse effect on the
						  health, safety and rights of children.
(4) Does not violate or condone noncompliance
						  with Federal statutes or regulation or State statutes.
(5) Does not jeopardize receipt of Federal
						  moneys.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.11 - Reporting suspected child abuse

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(a) A person may make a report of suspected
						  child abuse to ChildLine or a county agency if the person has reasonable cause
						  to suspect that a child has been abused. Reports shall be accepted by ChildLine
						  or the county agency regardless of whether the person identifies
						  himself.
(b) A person other than a
						  school employe having reasonable cause to suspect that a school employe has
						  committed student abuse may report the suspected abuse to the school
						  administrator as required by §§
													3490.151(c) and
						  3490.152(a) and
						  (c) (relating to required reporting; and
						  responsibilities of administrators and school employes).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.12 - Required reporters

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In addition to other reports they make, required
							 reporters shall report suspected child abuse to ChildLine.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.13 - Reports by employes who are required reporters

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(a) Required reporters who work in an
						  institution, school, facility or agency shall immediately notify the person in
						  charge of the institution, school, facility or agency or the person in charge's
						  designee of suspected abuse. The person in charge, or the designee, shall be
						  responsible and have the obligation to make a report of the suspected child
						  abuse to ChildLine immediately. Nothing in this chapter requires more than one
						  report from any institution, school, facility or agency.
(b) The person in charge or the designee may
						  not make an independent determination of whether to report. The person in
						  charge or the designee shall notify the employe when the report was made to
						  ChildLine.
(c) Notwithstanding
						  subsection (a), nothing in this chapter prohibits an employe who is a required
						  reporter from making a report directly to ChildLine.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.14 - Privileged communication

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Except with respect to confidential communications
							 made to an ordained member of the clergy which are protected under
							 42 Pa.C.S. §
														5943
							 (relating to confidential communications to clergymen), privileged
							 communication between a required reporter and the person's patient or client
							 does not apply to situations involving child abuse and may not constitute
							 grounds for failure to report as required by this chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.15 - Taking a child into protective custody

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(a) The following persons may take a child
						  into protective custody:
(1) Persons
						  authorized to do so under section 6324 of the Juvenile Act (relating to taking
						  into custody).
(2) The director or
						  a person specifically designated in writing by the director of a hospital or
						  other medical facility or a physician examining or treating a child under
						  section 6315 of the CPSL (relating to taking child into protective custody) and
						  subsection (b).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.16 - Notifying the county agency

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If a person takes a child suspected of being abused
							 into protective custody, the person shall immediately notify the county agency
							 in the county where the child is being held that the child is in protective
							 custody.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.233 (relating to protective
								custody).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.17 - Notifying the child's parents, guardians or other custodians

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If a person takes a child into protective custody,
							 the person shall verbally notify the child's parents, guardians or other
							 custodians immediately and in writing within 24 hours, of the following:
(1) The child's whereabouts unless
						  prohibited by a court order.
(2)
						  The reason for taking the child into protective custody.
(3) The telephone number of the local county
						  agency.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.57 (relating to protective
								custody); and 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.233 (relating to protective
								custody).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.18 - Filing of a written report by a required reporter

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Within 48 hours of reporting to ChildLine, a required
							 reporter shall make a written report on forms provided by the Department to the
							 county agency in the county where the suspected child abuse occurred. The
							 written report shall include the following information, if available:
(1) The names and addresses of the child and
						  the parents or other persons responsible for the care of the child.
(2) The county in which the suspected abuse
						  occurred.
(3) The age and sex of
						  the subjects of the report.
(4) The
						  nature and extent of the suspected child abuse, including evidence of prior
						  abuse to the child or a sibling.
(5) The reasons for suspecting child
						  abuse.
(6) The name of the alleged
						  perpetrators of the suspected abuse and evidence of prior abuse by those
						  persons.
(7) The relationship of
						  the alleged perpetrator to the child.
(8) The family household
						  composition.
(9) The source of the
						  report.
(10) The person making the
						  report and where the person can be reached.
(11) A statement of the child's parents
						  regarding the suspected abuse and a statement or admission of abuse by the
						  alleged perpetrator.
(12) The
						  actions taken by the reporting source, including:
(i) The taking of photographs and
						  X-rays.
(ii) The taking of
						  protective custody.
(iii)
						  Notification to the coroner.
(iv)
						  The hospitalization of the child.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.19 - Reporting to the coroner

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A required reporter who suspects that a child died as
							 a result of child abuse shall send a duplicate of the report sent to the county
							 agency to the coroner of the county in which the death occurred.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.20 - Other medical information

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A required reporter may photograph a child who is the
							 subject of a report and, if clinically indicated, ensure that a radiological
							 examination and other medical tests of the child are performed. A medical
							 summary or report of photographs or X-rays taken shall be sent to the county
							 agency at the time the written report is sent, or as soon thereafter as
							 possible. The county agency shall be provided access to the actual photographs
							 and X-rays and may obtain them or duplicates upon request.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › REPORTERS › Section 3490.21 - Release of information on prior child abuse reports

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(a) A physician or director or a person
						  specifically designated in writing by the director of a hospital or other
						  medical facility may request information from the county agency on prior abuse
						  involving the child being examined or treated by the physician or director or a
						  person specifically designated in writing by the director of the hospital or
						  other medical facility.
(b) The
						  county agency shall provide the physician or director or the designee of the
						  director treating or examining the child with the requested information on
						  prior child abuse involving the child.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.31 - Receipt of reports

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The Department established a single Statewide
							 toll-free telephone number (800) 932-0313-referred to as ChildLine-available at
							 all times to receive reports of suspected child abuse.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.32 - ChildLine reporting to the county agency

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(a) ChildLine shall immediately transmit
						  reports of suspected child abuse verbally to the county agency of the county
						  where the suspected abuse occurred. If the child resides in a different county,
						  ChildLine will notify that county also.
(b) If the child was allegedly abused in more
						  than one county or on an ongoing basis, ChildLine will assign the report to the
						  county where the most recent alleged abuse occurred.
(c) The county agency which receives the
						  report initially is responsible to contact the other counties in subsections
						  (a) and (b) in conducting the investigation. If it appears that a county other
						  than the one to which the report was referred should conduct the investigation,
						  the agencies should decide between themselves which one is responsible for the
						  report. The county which received the report initially shall notify ChildLine
						  of any change so that ChildLine's records are accurate and
						  up-to-date.
(d) If the counties are
						  unable to agree about which one is responsible to conduct the investigation and
						  make the status determination, the county to which the report was assigned
						  shall contact ChildLine and Childline will assign the investigation to a county
						  agency to make a status determination.
(e) The report of the investigation shall be
						  submitted to ChildLine within 30-calendar days of when the report was received
						  at ChildLine.
(f) The ChildLine
						  report to the county agency shall contain the information on the current report
						  of suspected abuse and the information on file at ChildLine on previous reports
						  except for information obtained by the Department as a result of a request to
						  expunge an indicated or founded report of child abuse or an indicated report of
						  student abuse.
(g) If the complaint
						  received does not suggest suspected child abuse but does suggest a need for
						  social services or other services or investigation, ChildLine shall transmit
						  the information to the appropriate county agency or other public
						  agency.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.36 (relating to providing
								information to the county agency).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.33 - Files

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ChildLine will establish and maintain the following
							 files for reports of child abuse:
(1)
						  A pending complaint file which contains reports of child abuse that are one of
						  the following:
(i) Under
						  investigation.
(ii) Pending
						  juvenile or criminal court action.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.34 - Pending complaint file

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(a)
						  Upon receipt of a report of suspected child abuse ChildLine will enter the
						  information specified in section 6336 of the CPSL (relating to information in
						  Statewide Central Register) into the pending complaint file.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (c), reports
						  which are determined pending juvenile or criminal court action shall be
						  maintained in the pending complaint file until the county agency notifies
						  ChildLine of the final status.
(c)
						  If within 60-calendar days from the date of the initial report of suspected
						  child abuse a status determination has not been received at ChildLine, the
						  report shall be considered unfounded. Prior to expunging the report, ChildLine
						  shall verify with the county agency that the report was not completed within
						  60-calendar days.
(d) Unfounded
						  reports shall be expunged at ChildLine within 120-calendar days after the date
						  of the initial report to ChildLine.
(e) Reports which are unfounded awaiting
						  expunction may not be released from the pending complaint file except to a
						  subject of a report upon written request, employes of the Department under this
						  subchapter and employes of the Office of Attorney General under section 6345 of
						  the CPSL (relating to audits by Attorney General).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.35 - Statewide Central Register

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When a report of suspected child abuse is determined
							 founded or indicated, ChildLine shall enter the report in the Statewide Central
							 Register and expunge the report from the pending complaint file. If there is
							 incomplete information in the report, ChildLine will contact the county agency
							 and request additional clarifying information so that the information in the
							 Statewide Central Register is complete.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.36 - Providing information to the county agency

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(a) ChildLine shall release information to a
						  county agency verbally only when both of the following exist:
(1) The county agency is making a report of
						  suspected child abuse.
(2)
						  ChildLine has identified that the person is a representative of the county
						  agency.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.37 - Release of information: Statewide Central Register, pending complaint file and file of unfounded reports

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(a) A request for information from the
						  Statewide Central Register, pending complaint file or file of unfounded reports
						  by persons permitted access to this information, other than the county agency,
						  shall be in writing and signed by the person requesting the
						  information.
(b) The name of the
						  person who made the report or who cooperated in the investigation may be
						  released only by the Secretary.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.38 - Authorized studies of child abuse data

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The Department may conduct or authorize studies of
							 the data contained in the pending complaint file, the Statewide Central
							 Register, the statistical file, and the county agency files and distribute the
							 results of the studies if no study contains the name of a subject or other
							 information by which a subject of a report can be directly or indirectly
							 identified. Requests to conduct studies shall be made to the Deputy Secretary,
							 Office of Children, Youth and Families of the Department. The researcher shall
							 secure the concurrence of the appropriate county agency administrator to use
							 the county agency files.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.39 - Expunction from the Statewide Central Register

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(a) Except as provided in subsection (b),
						  ChildLine shall expunge founded and indicated reports when a subject child is
						  23 years of age or older.
(b) If
						  the Social Security Number or date of birth of the perpetrator is known in
						  founded or indicated reports of child abuse, the following information shall be
						  maintained:
(1) The name, Social Security
						  Number, date of birth and sex of the perpetrator.
(2) The date of birth and sex of the
						  child.
(3) The dates and the nature
						  and extent of the child abuse.
(4)
						  The county in which the child abuse occurred.
(5) The relationship of the perpetrator to
						  the child.
(6) Whether the report
						  was a founded or indicated report.
(7) The results of any criminal
						  prosecution.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.40 - Notifications regarding indicated reports

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(a) When indicated reports of child abuse are
						  entered into the Statewide Central Register, ChildLine will notify all subjects
						  by first class mail, other than the subject child, of:
(1) The status of the report.
(2) The perpetrator's right to request the
						  Secretary to amend or expunge the report.
(3) The circumstances under which the report
						  will be expunged.
(4) Their right
						  to services from the county agency.
(5) The effect of the report upon future
						  employment opportunities in a child care service.
(6) The fact that the name of the perpetrator
						  and nature of the abuse will be kept on file indefinitely if the Social
						  Security Number or date of birth of the perpetrator is known.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.40a - Notifications regarding founded reports

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When founded reports of child abuse are entered into
							 the Statewide Central Register, ChildLine will notify all subjects by first
							 class mail, other than the subject child, of:
(1) The status of the report.
(2) The effect of the report upon future
						  employment opportunities in a child care service and a school.
(3) The fact that the name of the perpetrator
						  or school employe and nature of the abuse will be kept on file indefinitely if
						  the Social Security Number or date of birth of the perpetrator or school
						  employe is known.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.41 - Determination of time

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ChildLine will use the United States Postal Service
							 postmark or the date received by the Department when transmitted electronically
							 to determine when the Department is informed by the county agency of the status
							 determination of a report.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.42 - Performance audit and reviews

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(a) The Secretary may direct that a
						  performance audit be conducted of any activity related to the implementation of
						  the CPSL and this chapter.
(b) The
						  Department will determine in its annual licensing and inspection process
						  whether the county agency has sufficiently documented reasons why, if
						  applicable, all child abuse investigations have not been completed within the
						  30-calendar day period.
(c) The
						  Department will provide the results of performance audits and reviews to the
						  affected agencies consistent with the confidentiality provisions of this
						  chapter. Information provided shall include an assessment of compliance with
						  the provisions of this chapter and recommendations relating to practice issues,
						  if appropriate.
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › DEPARTMENTAL RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.43 - Reserved

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.51 - Reserved

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Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.52 - Receipt of reports

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The county agency shall provide
							 24-hours-per-day/7-days-per-week telephone access for persons to report
							 suspected child abuse.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.53 - Functions of the county agency for child protective services

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(a) The county
						  agency is the sole civil agency responsible for receiving and investigating
						  reports of child abuse except reports of abuse allegedly perpetrated by an
						  agent. The county agency shall investigate allegations of abuse of children
						  residing in facilities operated directly by the Department.
(b) The county agency shall protect the
						  safety of the subject child and other children in the home or facility and
						  shall provide or arrange appropriate services when necessary during the
						  investigation period.
(c) The
						  county agency shall determine the status of reports of suspected child
						  abuse.
(d) If the county agency
						  concludes that the child is in danger of further child abuse, the county agency
						  shall do the following:
(1) Accept the case
						  for service.
(2) Provide direct
						  case management.
(3) Monitor the
						  provision of services, whether provided directly by the county agency or
						  through purchase or agreement.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 55 - HUMAN SERVICES › Part V - Children, Youth and Families Manual › Subpart D - Nonresidential Agencies, Facilities and Services › Article III - County-Administered Services › Chapter 3490 - PROTECTIVE SERVICES › Subchapter A - CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES › COUNTY RESPONSIBILITIES › Section 3490.54 - Independent investigation of reports

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Except for reports investigated by the Department,
							 the county agency shall investigate and make independent determinations on
							 reports of suspected child abuse, regardless of another investigation conducted
							 by another agency, the court or the police and regardless of whether or not the
							 person making the report identified himself. A county agency may rely on an
							 investigation of substantially the same allegations by a law enforcement agency
							 to support the county agency's finding regarding a child abuse report. This
							 reliance does not limit the duties required of the county agency by section
							 6368 of the CPSL (relating to investigation of reports).
This section cited in 55 Pa. Code §
															3490.193 (relating to other
								provisions).