NOTICES
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH
Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations
[53 Pa.B. 7249]
[Saturday, November 18, 2023]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 September 1, 2023, through September 30, 2023. 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. Inquiries regarding Home Health agencies should be directed to Linda Chamberlain, Director, Division of Home Health, Forum Place, Suite 701, 555 Walnut Street, Harrisburg, PA 17101, (717) 783-1379.
Nursing Care Facilities
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision Abington Manor § 201.3 (relating to definitions) 10/2/2023 Granted Avalon Place § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Avalon Springs Place § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted The Ball Pavilion § 205.67(j) and (k) (relating to electric requirements for existing construction) 10/16/2023 Granted Cheltenham Nursing and Rehabilitation Center § 205.7 (relating to basement or cellar) 10/30/2023 Granted Cole Place § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Complete Care at Harston Hall, LLC § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Country Meadows Nursing Center of Bethlehem § 201.3 10/2/2023 Granted Dock Terrace § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Elm Terrace Gardens § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Ephrata Manor § 205.7 10/30/2023 Granted Fair Acres Geriatric Center § 201.3 10/23/2023 Granted Green Home, Inc. § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Haven Place § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Kinzua Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Laurel Lakes Rehabilitation and Wellness Center § 201.3 10/2/2023 Granted Lebanon Valley Brethren Home § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Moravian Hall Square Health and Wellness Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Mountain City Nursing and Rehabilitation Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Muncy Place § 201.3 10/2/2023 Granted Oil City Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Phoebe Allentown Health Care Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Phoebe Berks Health Care Center, Inc. § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Phoebe Richland Health Care Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Phoebe Wyncote § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Pleasant Ridge Manor West § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Robert Packer Hospital Skilled Care and Rehabilitation Center § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Schuykill Center § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted South Mountain Restoration Center § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Sugar Creek Station Skilled Nursing and Rehabilitation Complex § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Twinbrook Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center § 205.7 10/16/2023 Granted UPMC Magee—Womens Hospital Transition Care Unit § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted UPMC Northwest Transitional Care Unit § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Walnut Creek Healthcare and Rehabilitation Center § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Watsontown Rehabilitation and Nursing Center § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Wesley Enhanced Living—Doylestown § 201.3 10/23/2023 Granted Wesley Enhanced Living Main Line Rehabilitation and Skilled Nursing § 201.3 10/23/2023 Granted Wesley Enhanced Living Pennypack Park § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Wesley Enhanced Living at Stapeley § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Willowbrooke Court at Granite Farms Estates § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Brittany Point Estates § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Lima Estates § 201.3 10/2/2023 Granted Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Normandy Farms Estates § 201.3 10/2/2023 Granted Willowbrooke Court Skilled Care Center at Southampton Estates § 201.3 10/30/2023 Granted The Willows of Presbyterian Senior Care § 201.3 10/16/2023 Granted
Home Health Agencies
Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date Decision 365 Health Services, LLC § 601.6 (relating to definitions), specifically the definitions of licensed practical nurse and registered nurse 10/30/2023 Granted Anova Home Healthcare Services, Inc. § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 601.31 (relating to acceptance of patients, plan of treatment and medical supervision) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Bartonsville) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 601.31 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Bethlehem) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 601.31 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Blairsville) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) (relating to hiring or rostering of direct care workers) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Bloomsburg) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Blue Bell) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Campus Boulevard, Newtown Square) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Clarks Summit) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Downingtown) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Exton) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Harrisburg) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Highway 315,
Wilkes-Barre)§ 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Lehighton) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Lock Haven) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Marcon Boulevard, Allentown) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Meadville) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Mechanicsburg) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Norristown) § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (North Wilkes-Barre Road, Willkes-Barre) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Old William Penn Highway, Monroeville) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Oxford Drive, Monroeville) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Peninsula Drive, Erie) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Philadelphia) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Pond Road, Allentown) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Reading) § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Selingsgrove) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (State College) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Towanda) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (West 12th Street, Erie) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (West Chester Pike, Newtown Square) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (William Penn Way, Suite 110, Lancaster) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (William Penn Way, Suite 201, Lancaster) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Williamsport) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Willow Grove) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Wyomissing) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (York Road, Suite 140, Jamison) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (York Road, Suite 150, Jamison) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Bayada Home Health Care, Inc. (Zelienople) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Deer Meadows Home Health and Support Services, LLC § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Guthrie Home Health § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Jefferson at Home by Bayada (Horsham) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Jefferson at Home by Bayada (Philadelphia) § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted Penn Home Palliative Care § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Penn Medicine Home Health § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted Saint Luke's Home Health Wellspan VNA Home Care § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 Granted WVUHS, LLC § 601.6 10/30/2023 Granted § 611.51(a)(1) 10/30/2023 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 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. 23-1607. Filed for public inspection November 17, 2023, 9:00 a.m.]
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