NOTICES
Hospitals; Requests for Exceptions
[45 Pa.B. 6640]
[Saturday, November 14, 2015]The following hospitals have filed requests for exceptions under 28 Pa. Code § 51.33 (relating to requests for exceptions) with the Department of Health (Department), which has authority to license hospitals under the Health Care Facilities Act (35 P. S. §§ 448.101—448.904b). The following requests for exceptions relate to regulations governing hospital licensure in 28 Pa. Code Chapters 51 and 101—158 (relating to general information; and general and special hospitals), with the exception of 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 (relating to minimum standards). Exception requests related to 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 are listed separately in this notice.
Facility Name Regulation Geisinger Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 123.5 (relating to administration of anesthesia) Gettysburg Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.61 (relating to written orders) Sharon Regional Health System 28 Pa. Code § 127.1 (relating to principle) The following hospitals are requesting exceptions under 28 Pa. Code § 153.1. Requests for exceptions under this section relate to minimum standards that hospitals must comply with under the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals and Outpatient Facilities (Guidelines). The following list includes the citation to the section under the Guidelines that the hospital is seeking an exception, as well as the publication year of the applicable Guidelines.
Facility Name Guidelines Section Relating to Publication Year Albert Einstein Medical Center 2.1-2.2.5.3 Renovations 2014 2.1-8.2.1.1(2) Vibration isolators 2014 2.2-3.3.4.4(7) Phase II recovery rooms or areas/patient toilet rooms 2014 Aria Health 2.2-2.6.2.2(1) Space requirements 2014 2.2-2.6.2.6(1) Toilet or human waste disposal rooms 2014 Geisinger—Lewistown Hospital 2.2-3.4.4.2(2) MRI scanner rooms space requirements 2014 2.1-2.6.2.6(1) Corridor widths 2014 Waynesboro Hospital 2.2-2.2.2.1(1) Capacity 2014 2.2-2.2.2.2(1) Area 2014 2.2-2.2.2.2(3) Where renovation... 2014 2.2-2.2.2.5 Hand-washing stations 2014 2.2-2.2.2.8 Patient storage 2014 2.2-2.2.3 Patient/Family centered care 2014 2.2-2.2.6.4 Multipurpose rooms 2014 2.2-2.6.2.2(1) Space requirements 2014 2.2-2.6.2.2(2) Clearances 2014 2.2-2.6.2.2(4) Space requirements 2014 2.2-2.6.2.6 Toilet rooms 2014 2.2-2.6.7.2 Staff toilets 2014 2.2-2.6.8.1 Family and visitor lounges 2014 2.1-8.5.1.2 Size (Telecommunication Service Entrance Rooms (TSERs)) 2014 Table 6.4 Minimum Filter Efficiencies re: Inpatient Care 2014 Table 7.1 Design Parameters re: Patient rooms 2014 All requests previously listed are on file with the Department. Persons may receive a copy of a request for exception by requesting a copy from the Department of Health, Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care, Room 532, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, (717) 783-8980, fax (717) 772-2163, ra-paexcept@pa.gov. Persons who wish to comment on an exception request may do so by sending a letter by mail, e-mail or facsimile to the Division at the address listed previously. Comments received by the Department within 10 days after the date of publication of this notice will be reviewed by the Department before it decides whether to approve or disapprove the request for exception.
Persons with a disability who wish to obtain a copy of a request and/or provide comments to the Department and require an auxiliary aid, service or other accommodation to do so should contact the Director, Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care at (717) 783-8980, for speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT (717) 783-6154, or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service (800) 654-5984 (TT).
KAREN M. MURPHY, PhD, RN,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 15-2017. Filed for public inspection November 13, 2015, 9:00 a.m.]
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