2908 - Missing children.

     § 2908.  Missing children.        (a)  Duties of law enforcement agencies.--Law enforcement     agencies shall have the following duties with respect to missing     children:            (1)  To investigate a report of a missing child        immediately upon receipt of the report regardless of the age        of the missing child or the circumstances surrounding the        disappearance of the child. In no case shall law enforcement        agencies impose a mandatory waiting period prior to        commencing the investigation of a missing child.            (2)  When conducting a missing child investigation, to        record all information relevant to the missing child and the        circumstances surrounding the disappearance of the missing        child on the appropriate law enforcement investigative        report.            (3)  To make an entry into the Missing Persons File        through the Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network        (CLEAN) in accord with Pennsylvania State Police policy and        procedures immediately upon receipt of sufficient        identification information on the missing child.            (3.1)  To make an entry into the Unidentified Persons        File through Commonwealth Law Enforcement Assistance Network        (CLEAN) in accord with Pennsylvania State Police policy and        procedures immediately upon:                (i)  taking custody of an unidentified living child,            such as an infant, or a physically or mentally disabled            child; or                (ii)  discovering an unidentified deceased child.            (4)  To insure timely cancellation of any entry made        pursuant to this section where the missing child has returned        or is located.        (a.1)  Unidentified deceased children.--Law enforcement     agencies and coroners shall, with respect to unidentified     deceased children, have the duty to make an entry into the     Unidentified Deceased Person File through the Commonwealth Law     Enforcement Assistance Network (CLEAN) in accordance with     Pennsylvania State Police policy and procedures immediately upon     observing or receiving any descriptive information on an     unidentified deceased child.        (b)  Definition.--As used in this section the term "child"     means a person under 18 years of age.     (May 9, 1985, P.L.31, No.14, eff. imd.; Feb. 2, 1990, P.L.6,     No.4, eff. 60 days; June 25, 1992, P.L.315, No.59, eff. 60 days)        1992 Amendment.  Act 59 added subsec. (a)(3.1).        1990 Amendment.  Act 4 added subsec. (a.1).        1985 Amendment.  Act 14 added section 2908.