NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Hospitals; Requests for Exceptions
[53 Pa.B. 7096]
[Saturday, November 11, 2023]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).
Facility Name Regulation and relating to Butler Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 (relating to the chief executive officer) The Chester County Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 (relating to definitions) 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 (relating to nursing staff qualifications) Clarion Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 28 Pa. Code § 115.4 (relating to medical record personnel) Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 Conemaugh Meyersdale Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 Conemaugh Miners Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Erie, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Encompass Health Rehabilitation Hospital of York, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Excela Health Frick Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Excela Health Latrobe Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Excela Health Westmoreland Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Geisinger—Bloomsburg Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.64 (relating to administration of drugs) Geisinger—Lewistown Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.64 Geisinger Medical Center Muncy 28 Pa. Code § 107.64 The Good Shepherd Rehabilitation Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Lehigh Valley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Lehigh Valley Hospital—Dickson City 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Lehigh Valley Hospital—Hazleton 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Lehigh Valley Hospital—Pocono 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Lehigh Valley Hospital—Schuylkill 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Lower Bucks Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Meadville Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 The Milton S. Hershey Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 133.21 (relating to facilities) 28 Pa. Code § 133.31(a) (relating to policies and procedures) Penn Highlands Brookville 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Penn Highlands Connellsville 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Penn Highlands Dubois 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Penn Highlands Elk 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 103.31 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Penn Highlands Huntingdon 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Penn Highlands Mon Valley 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Penn Highlands Tyrone 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 107.62(a) and (b) (relating to oral orders) 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 Suburban Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 28 Pa. Code § 109.7 UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals 28 Pa. Code § 107.32 (relating to meetings and attendance) Wayne Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.26(b)(1) (relating to additional committees) The following hospitals have filed requests for exceptions under 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 (relating to minimum standards). Requests for exceptions under this section relate to minimum standards that hospitals must comply with under the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals—2018 Edition, Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities—2018 Edition or the Guidelines for Design and Construction of Hospitals—2022 Edition, Guidelines for Design and Construction of Outpatient Facilities—2022 Edition. The following list includes the citation to the section under the Guidelines that the hospital is seeking an exception.
Facility Name FGI Guidelines Section and relating to Yr1,2 Allegheny General Hospital 2.2-3.4.9.4(2)(b) staff changing area and toilet facilities 22 The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia 2.2-2.2.4.6(2)(c)(i)—(iv) medical behavioral and mental health room 22 Doylestown Hospital 2.1-3.5.2.2(1)(b)(i) space requirements 22-O Geisinger Wyoming Valley Medical Center 2.2-3.1.4.3(2)(b)(i) and (v) and (d) rooms serving behavioral and mental health patients 22 Jefferson Health—Northeast 2.2-3.5.1.2(1)(b)(ii) radiation protection 22 Lankenau Medical Center 2.6-3.1.2.2(3) space requirements 22-O 2.6-3.8.2.2 nurse station 22-O Penn Highlands Dubois 2.1-3.2.3.1(2)(a) general 22-O 2.1-3.2.3.2(1)(a) space requirements 22-O Uniontown Hospital 2.2-2.10.3.6 patient bathroom 22 1 2018 Year FGI Regulations for Outpatient Facilities are indicated by ''-O.''
2 2022 Year FGI Regulations for Outpatient Facilities are indicated by ''-O.''The previously listed requests 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 previously listed contact information. 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 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,
Acting Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 23-1556. Filed for public inspection November 10, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]
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