49 Pa. Code § 29.96
To protect children from abuse, the reporting requirements of § § 29.92—29.94 (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) take precedence over the provisions of confidentiality in § 29.23 (relating to confidentiality) and any other ethical principle or professional standard that might otherwise apply to podiatrists. In accordance with 23 Pa.C.S. § 6311.1 (relating to privileged communications), privileged communications between a mandated reporter and a patient does not apply to a situation involving child abuse and does not relieve the mandated reporter of the duty to make a report of suspected child abuse.
The provisions of this § 29.96 issued and amended under 23 Pa.C.S. § 6383(b)(2); and section 15 of the Podiatry Practice Act (63 P.S. § 42.15).
The provisions of this § 29.96 adopted November 8, 1996, effective November 9, 1996, 26 Pa.B. 5405; amended October 4, 2024, effective October 5, 2024, 54 Pa.B. 6250. Immediately preceding text appears at serial page (223015).
This section cited in 49 Pa. Code § 29.91 (relating to definitions relating to child abuse reporting requirements).