6332 - Establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number. - Pennsylvania Statutes

§ 6332. Establishment of Statewide toll-free telephone number. (a) General rule.--The department shall establish a single Statewide toll-free telephone number that all persons, whether mandated by law or not, may use to report cases of suspected child abuse. A county agency shall use the Statewide toll-free telephone number for determining the existence of prior founded or indicated reports of child abuse in the Statewide central register or reports under investigation in the pending complaint file. (b) Limitation on use.--A county agency may only request and receive information pursuant to this subsection either on its own behalf because it has received a report of suspected child abuse or on behalf of a physician examining or treating a child or on behalf of the director or a person specifically designated in writing by the director of any hospital or other medical institution where a child is being treated, where the physician or the director or a person specifically designated in writing by the director suspects the child of being an abused child. (Dec. 16, 1994, P.L.1292, No.151, eff. July 1, 1995) Cross References. Section 6332 is referred to in sections 6335, 6336, 6368 of this title.