NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations
[54 Pa.B. 5192]
[Saturday, August 10, 2024]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 July 1, 2024, through July 31, 2024. Future publications of decisions on exception requests will appear on a monthly 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. Inquiries regarding home care agencies, home care registries and home health care agencies shall be addressed to Linda Chamberlain, Director, Division of Home Health, Forum Place, Suite 701, 555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 783-1379.
Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
Facility Name Regulation and relating to Dec. Date Decision Azura Surgery Center South Philadelphia § 567.53(1) (relating to sterilization control) 07/23/2024 Granted w/Conditions
Hospitals
Facility Name Regulation and relating to Dec. Date Decision Crozer-Chester Medical Center § 153.1(a) (relating to minimum standards) 2.1-3.5.2.2(1)(c)(i) and (ii) space requirements 7/9/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-7.2.3.1(7) flooring and wall bases 7/9/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-8.4.4 medical gas and vacuum systems 7/9/2024 Granted Independence Health System Latrobe Hospital § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.2.5.1(1) and (2) location 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.2.5.3 renovation 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.2.7.2(3)(a)—(c) patient bathing facilities 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.9 support areas for staff 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.5-2.2.10.4(1) patient storage facilities 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.5-2.2.2.7 patient bathing facilities 7/6/2024 Granted Independence Health System Westmoreland Hospital § 153.1(a) 2.2-3.5.2.5(1)(b) system component room 7/18/2024 Granted Indiana Regional Medical Center § 153.1(a) 2.1-3.5.6.2 patient toilet room 7/6/2024 Granted Penn Highlands Connellsville § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.9.1 staff lounge facilities 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.5-2.2.8.5 multipurpose room 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.5-2.2.8.17 conference room 7/6/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.5-2.2.8.18 space for group therapy 7/6/2024 Granted Penn Highlands Huntingdon § 153.1(a) 2.12-3.2.2.1(3) individual therapy room 7/6/2024 Granted Penn Highlands Mon Valley § 153.1(a) 2.12-3.2.2.1(3) individual therapy room 7/6/2024 Granted Saint Christopher's Hospital for Children § 136.20(b)(1) and (2) (relating to pediatric heart surgery—supplementary criteria) 7/18/2024 Granted Temporary Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. § 153.1(a) 2.1-7.2.2.1 corridor width 7/23/2024 Granted § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.2.2(2)(a) space requirements 7/23/2024 Granted UPMC Jameson § 153.1(a) 2.2-3.4.3.2 space requirements 7/18/2024 Granted w/Conditions 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, the Division of Nursing Care Facilities or the Division of Home Health at the previously referenced address or telephone number, or for speech and/or hearing-impaired persons, call the Pennsylvania Hamilton Relay Service at (800) 654-5984 (TDD users) or (800) 654-5988 (voice users).
DR. DEBRA L. BOGEN,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 24-1122. Filed for public inspection August 9, 2024, 9:00 a.m.]
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