NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations
[51 Pa.B. 639]
[Saturday, January 30, 2021]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 December 1, 2020, through December 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 Bucks County Surgical Suites § 551.21(d)(1) (relating to criteria for ambulatory surgery) 12/05/2020 Granted Probationary w/Conditions Evangelical Ambulatory Surgical Center, LLC § 551.22(4) (relating to criteria for performance of ambulatory surgery on pediatric patients) 12/05/2020 Granted Geisinger Medical Center Outpatient Surgery Woodbine § 551.21(d)(1) 12/05/2020 Granted Probationary w/Conditions Penn Highlands Dubois Surgery Center § 567.53(1) (relating to sterilization control) 12/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions Penn Medicine Radnor Surgery Center § 569.35(7) (relating to general safety precautions) 12/09/2020 Granted w/Conditions UPMC West Mifflin Outpatient Surgery Center § 569.35(7) 12/24/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Hospitals
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision Clarion Hospital § 153.1(a) (relating to minimum standards) 2.2-3.1.3.4(1)(a)—(c) public waiting area 12/10/2020 Granted w/Conditions § 153.1(a) 2.2-3.1.8.14 environmental services room(s) 12/10/2020 Granted Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center § 153.1(a) 2.2-3.10.2.2(1)(b) and (2)(a)—(c) space requirements 12/05/2020 Granted West Penn Hospital § 138.15 (relating to high-risk cardiac catheterizations) 12/14/2020 Granted Probationary w/Conditions
Nursing Care Facilities
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision Briarleaf Nursing and Convalescent Center § 201.22(j) (relating to prevention, control and surveillance of tuberculosis (TB)) 11/23/2020 Granted Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center Transitional Care § 201.22(e) 12/16/2020 Granted Fair Acres Geriatric Center § 205.6 (relating to function of building) 12/14/2020 Granted Fairview Manor § 201.22(e) and (j) 10/19/2020 Granted The Gardens at York Terrace § 201.22(j) 09/23/2020 Granted Kinzua Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center § 211.9(g) (relating to pharmacy services) 12/08/2020 Granted Manorcare Health Service—
North Hills§ 201.22(j) 12/1/6/2020 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).
ALISON BEAM,
Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 21-167. Filed for public inspection January 29, 2021, 9:00 a.m.]
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