Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations [36 Pa.B. 1704] 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 Health Facilities, Subparts B--G.
Section 51.33(d) 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, 2005, through February, 2006. Future publications of decisions on exception requests will appear on a quarterly basis.
Requests for additional information on the exception requests and the Department's decision should be made to the relevant division of the Department. Inquiries regarding hospitals and ambulatory surgical facilities shall be addressed to the Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care, Sandra Knoble, Director, Room 532 Health & Welfare Bldg., Harrisburg, PA 17120. Inquiries regarding long-term care facilities shall be addressed to the Division of Nursing Care Facilities, William Bordner, Director, Room 528 Health & Welfare Bldg., Harrisburg, PA 17120. Those persons requiring special assistance for speech and/or hearing impairment should call V/TT (717) 783-6514 or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Services at (800) 654-5984 (TT).
Exception Requests--Hospitals Facility Name Regulation Relating to Decision Chambersburg Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.6 ID badges--ED granted Bradford Regional Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 mobile PET services granted Elk Regional Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 mobile PET services granted Excela RCL PET/CT Imaging, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 mobile PET services granted Titusville Area Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 mobile PET services not necessary Kane Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 mobile PET services granted John Heinz Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine 28 Pa. Code § 101.31 hospital requirements denied Allied Services Institute of Rehabilitation Medicine 28 Pa. Code § 101.31 hospital requirements withdrawn Edgewood Surgical Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Delaware Cty Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Gettysburg Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Frankford Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Pennsylvania Hospital of the Univ of PA Health System 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Phoenixville Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Elk Regional Health Center 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Nason Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Penn Presbyterian Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Sharon Regional Health System 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Aliquippa Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership granted Healthsouth Rehabilitation Hosp of Mechanicsburg 28 Pa. Code § 107.4(4) consulting medical staff granted J. C. Blair Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.26(b)(2) tissue committee granted Ephrata Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.62 verbal orders--RCIS granted Hamot Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 107.62 verbal orders granted Sharon Regional Health System 28 Pa. Code § 127.32 written orders denied Indiana Regional Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 138.18 EPS studies denied Fulton County Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards multiple for ICU, PACU and central services granted UPMC Passavant Cranberry 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 c construction standards
7.7.B2 postanesthetic care unitsgranted Lehigh Valley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards
7.2.A4 handwashing stationsdenied UPMC St. Margaret 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards not necessary Westmoreland Regional Hosp 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards 7.2.A4, 7.2.B3, 7.2.B6, 7.2.B7, 7.2.B8, 7.2.B9, 7.2.B10, 7.2.B15, 7.2.B16, 7.2.B17, 7.2.B19, 7.2.C1 withdrawn Kensington Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards numerous requests granted/denied Surgical Institute of Reading 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards
7.6A; 7.9.C1; 7.9.C7granted The Washington Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards 7.2.A4; 10.15.A5; 10.15.B8 granted Mercy Hospital of Pittsburgh 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards
7.7.A; 7.7.A2granted Lehigh Valley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards
7.2.A4 handwashinggranted Jameson Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards 10.15.A2 patient room size granted Select Specialty Hospital--McKeesport, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards 7.2.B19 showers and tubs granted Lifecare Hospitals of Pittsburgh--North Campus 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards
7.2.A4 hand washing stations; 7.2.B20 pt toilet room; 7.2.A2 semi-private pt roomsgranted York Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards 7.2.C1; 7.6.B7 7.6.B8; 7.6.B12; granted in part Cannonsburg General Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 construction standards 7.2.C1; 7.2.B1, B2, B5, B6, B7, B9, B11, B12, B13a, B14, B15, B16, B17, B19 and B22; 7.2.A4; 7.2.B4; granted Exception Requests--Ambulatory Surgical Facilities Facility Name Regulation Relating to Decision Mt. Airy Ambulatory Endoscopy Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions denied Tri-County Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions denied Gastroenterology Consultants, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions granted Valley Pain Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions granted Ambulatory Endoscopic Surgical Center
of Bucks County28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions granted Eastern Pennsylvania Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions granted Liberty Eye Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 definitions granted Shadyside Surgi-Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21 operating time granted Leader Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for surgery-- laparoscopic cholecystectomy granted Southwestern Amb. Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for surgery-- laparoscopic cholecystectomy granted Spartan Health SurgiCenter 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for surgery-- laparoscopic cholecystectomy granted Susquehanna Valley Surgery Ctr 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for surgery-- laparoscopic cholecystectomy granted Butler Ambulatory Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy granted Evangelical Ambulatory Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for surgery laparoscopic cholecystectomy cholecystectomy-- granted Physicians Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.22(3)(ii) board certification granted Surgery Center of Lancaster, L. P. 28 Pa. Code § 551.22(3)(ii) board certification granted Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh North Outpatient Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 553, 553.1, 553.3, 553.4, 553.31(b) governing body granted Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh 28 Pa. Code § 555; 555.3; medical staff granted Southwestern Pennsylvania Eye Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Southwestern Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted The Endoscopy Center of Bucks County 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Allegheny Regional Endoscopy 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Leo R. McCafferty, M. D. Plastic Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Carbon-Schuylkill Endoscopy 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a)a nesthesia services granted College Heights Endoscopy Ctr 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Liberty Eye Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Lancaster Gastroenterology Procedure Center, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Ophthalmology Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Reading Endoscopy Center, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted West Shore Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Berks Center for Digestive Health 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Ambulatory Endoscopic Surgical Center
of Bucks County28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Eastern Pennsylvania Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Mahoning Valley Ambulatory Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Schuylkill Endoscopy Center LLC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services granted Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh North Outpatient Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 557 quality Assurance granted Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh North Outpatient Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 563 medical records granted Eyes of York Surgical Center, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 construction standards
9.2.B3 handwashing stationgranted Brandywine Valley Endoscopy 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 construction standards
4.5 examination roomdenied Elmwood Endoscopy Center, PC 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 construction standards
9.9.A3 station outlets;
Table 9.2not necessary Exception Requests--Nursing Care Facilities Facility Name Regulation Relating to Decision Chapel Pointe at Carlisle 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Berwick Retirement Village 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Masonic Village at Lafayette Hill 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted St. Monica Manor 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Masonic Eastern Star Home--East
(facility now known as Masonic Village at Warminster)28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Pleasant View Retirement 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Marion Manor Corporation 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted The Ball Pavilion 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Ridgeview Elder Care Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Masonic Village at Sewickley 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions granted Westmoreland Skilled Care 28 Pa. Code § 201.17 location granted St. Joseph Manor 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management temp. appr. Somerset Hospital Center for 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management temp. appr. HRH Transitional Care Unit 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management temp. appr. Barbara J. Egan Nursing and 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Fulton County Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Buffalo Valley Lutheran Village 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Friendship Ridge 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Bradford Ecumenical Home, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Guardian Elder Care 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Vincentian Home 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Mountain Laurel Nursing and 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Menno Haven, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted ManorCare Health Williamsport North 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of builidng granted Meadows at Shannondell 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building granted Belle Reve Health Care Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.19(b) windows & windowsills granted Presbyterian Home of Greater 28 Pa. Code § 205.24 dining room granted Pinnacle Health SNF at Seidle 28 Pa. Code § 205.25 kitchen granted Presbyterian Home of Greater 28 Pa. Code § 205.27 lounge & recreation rooms granted Westmoreland Skilled Care 28 Pa. Code § 205.28 nurses' station denied Westmoreland Skilled Care 28 Pa. Code § 205.33(a) utility room granted West Shore Health and Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(e) bathing facilities granted Belle Reve Health Care Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.36 (d)(f) bathing facilities granted Westmoreland Skilled Care 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(h) bathing facilities granted Wesbury United Community 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(h) bathing facilities granted Meadows at Shannondell 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(g) bathing facilities granted Fox Subacute Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.38(a) toilet facilities granted Beverly Healthcare--Oakmont 28 Pa. Code § 205.38(a) toilet facilities granted Stonebridge Health and Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 205.38(b) toilet facilities granted West Shore Health and Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 205.67(e) electric requirements granted St. Joseph's Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.67(k) electric requirements granted Garden Spot Village 28 Pa. Code § 205.67(k) electric requirements granted Concordia Lutheran Ministries 28 Pa. Code § 211.3(a) oral & telephone orders denied Healthsouth Transitional Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 211.12(f)(1) nursing services temp. appr CALVIN B. JOHNSON, M. D., M.P.H.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-580. Filed for public inspection April 7, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
