919 Requests for exception; long-term care nursing facilities

Requests for Exception; Long-Term Care Nursing Facilities

[34 Pa.B. 2755]

   The following long-term care nursing facilities are seeking an exception to 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 (relating to definitions):

St. John Specialty Care Center
P. O. Box 928
500 Wittenberg Way
Mars, PA 16046

Barnes-Kasson County Hospital, Skilled Nursing Facility
400 Turnpike Street
Susquehanna, PA 18847

Wesbury United Methodist Community
31 North Park Avenue Extension
Meadville, PA 16335

   The following long-term care nursing facilities are seeking an exception to 28 Pa. Code § 205.6 (relating to function of building):

ManorCare Health Services--Kingston East
200 Second Avenue
Kingston, PA 18704

ManorCare Health Services--Dallastown
100 West Queen Street
Dallastown, PA 17316

   The following long-term care nursing facility is seeking an exception to 28 Pa. Code §§ 205.23, 205.25(b), 205.26(e), 205.33(c), 205.36(c), (e), (g) and (h), 205.37(d), 205.38(e) and (f) and 205.39(b):

Meda Nipple Convalescent Home
R. R. 1 Box 109
Thompsontown, PA 17094

   These requests are on file with the Department of Health (Department). Persons may receive a copy of a request for exception by requesting a copy from the Division of Nursing Care Facilities, Room 526, Health and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120, [phone], fax: [phone], [e-mail].

   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 and address previously listed.

   Comments received by the Department within 15 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 require an alternative format of this document or who wish to comment in an alternative format (for example, large print, audiotape or Braille) should contact the Division of Nursing Care Facilities at the previous address or phone number, for speech and/or hearing impaired persons V/TT: [phone] or the Pennsylvania AT&T Relay Service at [phone] (TT).

CALVIN B. JOHNSON, M.D., M.P.H.,   
Secretary

[Pa.B. Doc. No. 04-919. Filed for public inspection May 21, 2004, 9:00 a.m.]