http://www.pacourts.us/OpPosting/Cwealth/out/581CD12_10-11-12.pdf
Secion
6381(c) of the Child Protective Services Law, setting out rules for privileged
communications in child abuse cases, pre-empts all other privilege statutes.
Sec.
6381(c) says that
(c) Privileged communications.
– Except for privileged communications between a lawyer and a client and
between a minister and penitent, a privilege of confidential communication
between husband and wife or between any professional person, including but not
limited to, physicians, psychologists, counselors, employees of hospitals, clinics,
day-care centers and schools and their patients or clients, shall not
constitute grounds for excluding evidence at any proceeding regarding child
abuse or the cause of child abuse. [emphasis added]
Accrord, B.K. v. Department
of Public Welfare, 36 A.3d 649 (Pa. Cmwlth. 2012).
