Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations [36 Pa.B. 3911]
[Saturday, July 22, 2006]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 March 2006, through June 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 and Welfare Building, Harrisburg, PA 17120. Inquiries regarding long-term care facilities should be addressed to the Division of Nursing Care Facilities, William Bordner, Director, Room 526 Health and Welfare Building, 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).
Hospitals Facility Name Regulation Relating to Request Published Decision Southwest Regional Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET services 05/20/06 granted UPMC Presbyterian Shadyside 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning 06/24/06 granted Albert Einstein Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning 06/03/06 granted Somerset Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning 06/03/06 granted UPMC Passavant Cranberry 28 Pa. Code § 101.4 outpatient services 04/15/06 denied Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 101.31(1) hospital requirements 05/20/06 granted St. Joseph Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 101.191 multiple--clincial facilities 05/20/06 denied Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 103.1 principle--governing 05/20/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.1 principle--organized 05/20/06 granted Southwest Regional Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 02/25/06 granted Clarion Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 03/18/06 granted St. Agnes Long-Term Intensive Care Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 05/06/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.3 requirements for membership 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.3 requirements for membership 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.4 medical staff status 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.4 medical staff status 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.5 membership appointment 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.5 membership appointment 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.11 principle--medical staff 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.11 principle--medical staff 05/20/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.12 content of bylaws, rules 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.12 content of bylaws, rules 06/17/06 granted Kane Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.12a specified professional 04/01/06 not needed Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.12a specified professional 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.12a specified professional 06/17/06 granted Aliquippa Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.26(b)(2) tissue committee 04/15/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.51 medical staff 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.51 medical staff 05/20/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.52 criteria for medical care 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.52 criteria for medical care 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.53 utilization review 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.53 utilization review 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 107.54 medical audit 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 107.54 medical audit 05/20/06 granted Select Specialty Hospital--Danville 28 Pa. Code § 107.62(b) oral orders 06/17/06 granted York Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.64 administration of drugs 06/17/06 denied Kane Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 127.32 written orders--radiology 04/01/06 not needed Wyoming Valley Health Care System 28 Pa. Code § 138.1 cardiac catheterization 04/15/06 denied Magee Womens Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 139.12c perinatal guidelines 06/17/06 not needed Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 146.1 infection control 05/20/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 146.1 principle--infection 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 146.2 isolation procedures 06/17/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 146.2 isolation procedures 05/20/06 granted Allegheny General 28 Pa. Code § 151.21 fire drills 06/03/06 denied Coordinated Health Orthopedic Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.7.A1, 7.7.B1, 7.7.B2 01/14/06 not needed York Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.7.B2 PACU space 03/18/06 denied Westmoreland Regional Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.2.A4; 7.2.B1; 7.2.B3; 04/01/06 granted/not needed SCCI Hospital--Easton 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.2.B19 showers and tubs 04/22/06 granted Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.10.E1--space for MRI 05/06/06 granted Williamsport Hospital and Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.22C and 7.22D general 05/06/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Pittsburgh--North Shore28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.2.A4 handwashing 05/20/06 granted Bloomsburg Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.7.B1 min clearance 05/20/06 granted Warminster Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.2.A1 maximum room 05/20/06 denied St. Mary Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 9.1.C facility access 05/20/06 granted St. Clair Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.6 psychiatric nursing 06/03/06 granted Kindred Hospital
Philadelphia--Havertown28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.2.A4 handwashing 06/17/06 granted Magee Womens Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.3.A6b 06/17/06 not needed St. Lukes Hospital--Allentown Campus 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.10.H9 soiled workroom 06/17/06 granted/
deniedSt. Lukes Hospital--Bethlehem 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 7.2.A4 handwashing 06/17/06 withdrawn Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
Tri-County Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 11/05/05 granted Bryn Mawr Medical Specialists Endoscopy Associates 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 03/18/06 granted Main Line Spine Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 03/18/06 granted Brandywine Valley Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 04/15/06 denied Penn Medicine At Radnor Endoscopy Facility 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 04/15/06 granted PRISM Center for Spine and Pain Care 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 04/15/06 denied AFP Surgery Center, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 04/22/06 granted Gastrointestinal Specialist Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 04/22/06 granted Bucks County GI Endoscopy Surgical Center, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 05/06/06 denied West Shore Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 05/06/06 granted Tri-County Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 05/20/06 granted St. Joseph Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 05/20/06 denied Pottstown Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 06/03/06 granted Lancaster Gastroenterology Procedure Center, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 551.3 classification--PS3 06/17/06 granted Village SurgiCenter of Erie 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for ambulatory surgery 02/11/06 granted Lebanon Outpatient Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for ambulatory surgery 04/15/06 denied Hershey Outpatient Surgery/Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d) criteria for surgery 05/20/06 granted Apple Hill Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(d)(2) criteria for ambulatory 06/17/06 denied Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh--South Surgery Center28 Pa. Code § 551.22 criteria for pediatric surgery 03/18/06 granted Ambulatory Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 553.1, 553.3, 553.4 governing body 04/22/06 granted Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh--South Surgery Center28 Pa. Code § 553; 553.1; 553.3; 553.4 governing body 03/18/06 granted The Surgery Center at
Brinton Lake, LLC28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 03/18/06 denied AFP Surgery Center, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 04/15/06 granted Berkshire Eye Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 04/15/06 granted Dermatologic SurgiCenter--Drexel Hill 28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 04/15/06 granted Manoa Diagnostic Center 28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 04/22/06 denied Wyomissing Surgical Services 28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 05/06/06 granted Plaza Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 05/06/06 granted The Surgery Center at
Brinton Lake28 Pa. Code § 553.31(a) administrative responsibilities 06/17/06 granted Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh--South Surgery Center28 Pa. Code § 555; 555.3 and 555.4 medical staff 03/18/06 granted Ambulatory Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 555.3, 555.4 medical staff 04/22/06 granted Elmwood Endoscopy Center, PC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 01/21/06 granted Endoscopic Associates, Hershey Endoscopy 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 03/18/06 granted Brandywine Valley Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 04/15/06 granted Penn Medicine at Radnor Endoscopy Facility 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 04/15/06 granted Endoscopy Center of Delaware County 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 04/22/06 granted AFP Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 04/22/06 granted Gastrointestinal Specialist Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 04/22/06 granted West Chester Endoscopy, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Wellspan Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Plaza Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Bucks County GI Endoscopic Surgical Center, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Regional Gastroenterology Associates of Lancaster, Ltd. 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Chambersburg Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Valley View Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/06/06 granted Pottstown Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/20/06 granted Endoscopy Center of Central Pennsylvania, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/20/06 granted Carlisle Endoscopy Center, Ltd. 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/20/06 granted York Endoscopy Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/20/06 granted Plastic Surgical Associates of Johnstown, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 05/20/06 granted Digestive Disease Institute 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 06/03/06 granted Guthrie clinic, Ltd. 28 Pa. Code § 555.31(a) anesthesia services 06/17/06 granted Children's Hospital of
Pittsburgh--South Surgery Center28 Pa. Code § 557 quality assurance 03/18/06 granted Ambulatory Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 557 quality assurance 04/22/06 granted The Surgery Center at Brinton Lake, LLC 28 Pa. Code § 559.2 director of nursing 03/18/06 denied Ambulatory Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 559.2 director of nursing 04/22/06 denied Ambulatory Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 563 medical records 04/22/06 granted Lewisburg Plastic Surgery and Laser Center 28 Pa. Code § 567.43 ventilation system 04/01/06 denied Street Road Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 9.5.F3c recovery stations 04/15/06 granted Valley Ambulatory Surgical Center 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 9.5.F2(d) Class C OR 04/22/06 granted Exceptions Requests--Nursing Care Facilities Altoona Center for 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 04/08/06 granted Greensburg Care Center 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 04/08/06 granted Laurelwood Care Center 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 04/08/06 granted Harmon House Care 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 04/08/06 granted Garden Spot Village 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 05/06/06 granted Garden Spot Village 28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 05/27/06 granted Cross Keys Village--The
Brethren Home Community28 Pa. Code § 201.3 definitions 06/17/06 granted UPMC Magee--Womens 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management 04/15/06 temp granted UPMC, Transitional 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management 04/15/06 temp granted HealthSouth--Mechanicsburg 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management 05/06/06 granted Emmanuel Center for 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 03/18/06 granted William Penn Care 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 03/18/06 granted Manor Care Health--York North 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 03/18/06 granted Orchard Manor, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 04/01/06 granted Donahoe Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 04/08/06 granted Charles M. Morris 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 04/08/06 granted Harmon House Care 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 04/08/06 granted Altoona Center for 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 04/15/06 granted Lock Haven Extended 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 05/27/06 granted Manor Care Jersey 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 05/27/06 granted Messiah Village 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 06/17/06 granted Nugent Convalescent 28 Pa. Code § 205.19(b) windows and 03/18/06 granted Beverly-Camp Hill 28 Pa. Code § 205.19(b) windows and 04/08/06 granted Conestoga View 28 Pa. Code § 205.20(a) resident bedrooms 04/15/06 granted Mary Evans Extended 28 Pa. Code § 205.24(a) dining room 04/01/06 granted Rolling Fields, Inc. 28 Pa. Code § 205.28(b) nurses' station 03/18/06 granted Pinecrest Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(e) bathing facilities 04/15/06 granted Pinecrest Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.37(d) equipment for 04/15/06 granted Mary Evans Extended 28 Pa. Code § 205.39(b) toilet room equipment 04/01/06 granted Moravian Village 28 Pa. Code § 205.67(k) electric requirements 05/27/06 granted Grandview Health 28 Pa. Code § 205.67(k) electric requirements 05/27/06 granted Conestoga View 28 Pa. Code § 205.71 bed and furnishings 04/15/06 granted CALVIN B. JOHNSON, M. D., M.P.H.,
Secretary[Pa.B. Doc. No. 06-1287. Filed for public inspection July 21, 2006, 9:00 a.m.]
