NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations
[50 Pa.B. 6724]
[Saturday, November 21, 2020]Under 28 Pa. Code § 51.33 (relating to requests for exceptions), effective June 6, 1998, the Department of Health (Department) has published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin all requests by entities licensed under the Health Care Facilities Act (35 P.S. §§ 448.101—448.904b), for exceptions to regulations contained in 28 Pa. Code Part IV, Subparts B—G.
Section 51.33(d) of 28 Pa. Code provides that the Department will publish notice of all approved exceptions on a periodic basis. The Department has determined that it will publish notice of all exceptions, both approved and denied. The following list contains the decisions made on exception requests published in the Pennsylvania Bulletin from October 1, 2020, through October 31, 2020. Future publications of decisions on exception requests will appear on a quarterly basis.
Requests for additional information on the exception request and the Department's decision should be made to the relevant division of the Department. Inquiries regarding hospitals, abortion facilities and ambulatory surgical facilities shall be addressed to Garrison E. Gladfelter, Jr., Director, Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care, Room 532, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-8980. Inquiries regarding long-term care facilities shall be addressed to Susan Williamson, Director, Division of Nursing Care Facilities, Room 528, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 787-1816.
Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision Midlantic Urology Surgery Center, LLC § 569.35(7) (relating to general safety precautions) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions North Pointe Surgery Center—Lebanon § 551.21(d)(1) (relating to criteria for ambulatory surgery) 10/05/2020 Granted Probationary w/Conditions
Hospitals
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision Allied Services Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine § 103.31 (relating to the chief executive officer) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 109.2(b) (relating to director of nursing services) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital § 115.31(b) (relating to patient medical records) 10/20/2020 Granted w/Conditions Grove City Medical Center § 153.1(a) (relating to minimum standards) 2.1-8.5.2.3(2) technology distribution room (TDR) 10/20/2020 Granted John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine § 103.31 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 109.2(b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions Millcreek Community Hospital § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.2.1(1) capacity 10/21/2020 Granted Nazareth Hospital § 51.23 (relating to positron emission tomography) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions Pottstown Hospital § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.2.6 patient toilet room 10/05/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.10.2 patient toilet room 10/22/2020 Granted Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.9.8.15(3)(a) patient toilet room 10/22/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-3.4.4.2 Phase I post-anesthetics care unit 10/22/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-8.4.4 medical gas and vacuum systems for 2.2-2.5.2 10/22/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.5.2.2(1)(a) space requirements 10/22/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.5.2.2(2)(a) and (b) space requirements 10/22/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.9.8.15(2)(b) examination/treatment room and/or multipurpose diagnostic testing room 10/22/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.2-3.3.9.2 support areas for the surgical department 10/22/2020 Granted UPMC Altoona § 107.61 (relating to written orders) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) (relating to oral orders) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Carlisle § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Hanover § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Lititz § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Memorial § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Northwest § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals § 153.1(a) 2.6-3.1.2.1(3) space requirements 10/05/2020 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.6-3.2 examination rooms 10/05/2020 Granted § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions Washington Health System Greene § 111.2 (relating to organization and staffing) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Nursing Care Facilities
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision Kearsley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center § 205.6(a) (relating to function of building) 10/21/2020 Granted Manorcare Health Services—Wallingford § 205.36(a) (relating to bathing facilities) 10/26/2020 Granted Pickering Manor § 205.36(h) 10/01/2020 Granted Rolling Fields, Inc. § 201.22(e) and (k) (relating to prevention, control and surveillance of tuberculosis (TB)) 10/06/2020 Granted UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Transitional Care Unit § 201.18(e) (relating to management) 10/05/2020 Granted Westmoreland Manor § 201.22(j) 10/26/2020 Granted Persons with a disability who require an alternative format of this notice (for example, large print, audiotape, Braille) should contact the Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care or the Division of Nursing Care Facilities at the previously referenced address or telephone number, or for speech and/or hearing-impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
RACHEL L. LEVINE, MD,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1618. Filed for public inspection November 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]
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