23 Pa.C.S. § 6349 Penalties

• Library: Pennsylvania Statutes
• Edition: 2023
• Currency: Current through P.A. Acts 2023-66
• Year: 2023
• Citation: 23 Pa.C.S. § 6349

(a) Failure to amend or expunge information.--

(1)A person or official authorized to keep the records mentioned in section 6337 (relating to disposition [of unfounded reports] and expunction of unfounded reports and general protective services reports) or 6338 (relating to disposition of founded and indicated reports) who willfully fails to amend or expunge the information when required commits a [summary offense] misdemeanor of the third degree for the first violation and a misdemeanor of the [third] second degree for a second or subsequent violation.

(2) A person who willfully fails to obey a final order of the secretary or designated agent of the secretary to amend or expunge the summary of the report in the statewide [central register] database or the contents of any report filed pursuant to section 6313 (relating to reporting procedure) commits a [summary offense] misdemeanor of the third degree.

(b) Unauthorized release of information.--A person who willfully releases or permits the release of any information contained in the [pending complaint file, the statewide central register] statewide database or the county agency records required by this chapter to persons or agencies not permitted by this chapter to receive that information commits a misdemeanor of the [third] second degree. law enforcement [agencies] officials shall insure the confidentiality and security of information under this chapter. A person, including [an employee of] a law enforcement [agency] official, who violates the provisions of this subsection shall, in addition to other civil or criminal penalties provided by law, be denied access to the information provided under this chapter.