(a) Not later than 12 hours after accepting an infant from a relinquishing person or from staff at a fire station, emergency medical facility, or police station, in accordance with this subchapter, a hospital shall report the relinquishment to the Department for the purpose of transferring physical custody of the infant from the hospital to the Department.
(b) If a relinquished child is not a newborn infant as defined in section 2561(a)(10), the hospital shall proceed as if the child is an abused or neglected child.