Pennsylvania Code (Last Updated: April 5, 2016) |
Title 55. PUBLIC WELFARE |
PART VIII. Intellectual Disability and Autism Manual |
Subpart E. Residential Agencies/Facilities/Services |
Article I. Licensing/Approval |
Chapter 6400. Community Homes for Individuals with MentalRetardation |
Section 6400.251. Exceptions
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(a) Emergency placement is placement prior to which 2 weeks or less notice is given to the home.
(b) If an emergency placement occurs, § 6400.141 (relating to individual physical examination) shall be met within 31 calendar days after placement.
The provisions of this § 6400.251 amended through January 22, 1982, effective March 1, 1982, 12 Pa.B. 384; amended August 9, 1991, effective November 8, 1991, 21 Pa.B. 3595. Immediately preceding text appears at serial pages (131384) and (146947).
Notation
The use of a homeowners house in respite care program, which provides temporary short period residential care for mentally retarded persons, was not permitted in single family residential zone because providing the mentally retarded persons with short term residential care was not within the definition of family as a single, nonprofit housekeeping unit. In re of Summers, 551 A.2d 1134 (Pa. Cmwlth. 1988); appeal denied 565 A.2d 1169 (Pa. 1989).