Section 502. Reports to department and coroner or medical
examiner.
(a) Department.--
(1) Within 48 hours of receipt of a written report under section 501(a) involving sexual abuse, serious injury, serious bodily injury or suspicious death, the agency shall transmit a written report to the department. Supplemental reports shall be transmitted as they are obtained by the agency.
(2) A report under this subsection shall be made in a manner and on forms prescribed by the department. The report shall include, at a minimum, that information required to be submitted under section 501.
(b) Coroner or medical examiner.--For a report under section 501(a) concerning the death of a recipient, if there is reasonable cause to suspect that the recipient died as a result of abuse or neglect, the agency shall give the oral report and forward a copy of the written report to the appropriate coroner or medical examiner within 24 hours.