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PA Bulletin, Doc. No. 20-1618

NOTICES

DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH

Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations

[50 Pa.B. 6724]
[Saturday, November 21, 2020]

 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 October 1, 2020, through October 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
Midlantic Urology Surgery Center, LLC § 569.35(7) (relating to general safety precautions) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
North Pointe Surgery Center—Lebanon § 551.21(d)(1) (relating to criteria for ambulatory surgery) 10/05/2020 Granted Probationary w/Conditions

Hospitals

Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date  Decision
Allied Services Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine § 103.31 (relating to the chief executive officer) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 109.2(b) (relating to director of nursing services) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Geisinger-Bloomsburg Hospital § 115.31(b) (relating to patient medical records) 10/20/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Grove City Medical Center § 153.1(a) (relating to minimum standards) 2.1-8.5.2.3(2) technology distribution room (TDR) 10/20/2020 Granted
John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine § 103.31 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 109.2(b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Millcreek Community Hospital § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.2.1(1) capacity 10/21/2020 Granted
Nazareth Hospital § 51.23 (relating to positron emission tomography) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Pottstown Hospital § 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.2.6 patient toilet room 10/05/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.2-2.2.10.2 patient toilet room 10/22/2020 Granted
Thomas Jefferson University Hospitals, Inc. § 153.1(a) 2.1-2.9.8.15(3)(a) patient toilet room 10/22/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.1-3.4.4.2 Phase I post-anesthetics care unit 10/22/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.1-8.4.4 medical gas and vacuum systems for 2.2-2.5.2 10/22/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.2-2.5.2.2(1)(a) space requirements 10/22/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.2-2.5.2.2(2)(a) and (b) space requirements 10/22/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.2-2.9.8.15(2)(b) examination/treatment room and/or multipurpose diagnostic testing room 10/22/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.2-3.3.9.2 support areas for the surgical department 10/22/2020 Granted
UPMC Altoona § 107.61 (relating to written orders) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) (relating to oral orders) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Carlisle § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Hanover § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Lititz § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Memorial § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Northwest § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Pinnacle Hospitals § 153.1(a) 2.6-3.1.2.1(3) space requirements 10/05/2020 Granted
§ 153.1(a) 2.6-3.2 examination rooms 10/05/2020 Granted
§ 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside § 107.61 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
§ 107.62(a) and (b) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions
Washington Health System Greene § 111.2 (relating to organization and staffing) 10/05/2020 Granted w/Conditions

Nursing Care Facilities

Facility Name 28 Pa. Code Regulation Dec. Date  Decision
Kearsley Rehabilitation and Nursing Center § 205.6(a) (relating to function of building) 10/21/2020 Granted
Manorcare Health Services—Wallingford § 205.36(a) (relating to bathing facilities) 10/26/2020 Granted
Pickering Manor § 205.36(h) 10/01/2020 Granted
Rolling Fields, Inc. § 201.22(e) and (k) (relating to prevention, control and surveillance of tuberculosis (TB)) 10/06/2020 Granted
UPMC Magee-Womens Hospital Transitional Care Unit § 201.18(e) (relating to management) 10/05/2020 Granted
Westmoreland Manor § 201.22(j) 10/26/2020 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).

RACHEL L. LEVINE, MD, 
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 20-1618. Filed for public inspection November 20, 2020, 9:00 a.m.]



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