NOTICES
Decisions on Requests for Exceptions to Health Care Facility Regulations
[32 Pa.B. 664] Under 28 Pa. Code § 51.33 (relating to requests for exceptions), effective June 6, 1998, the 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) 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 July 1, 2001, through December 22, 2001. 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, P. O. Box 90, Harrisburg, PA 17108. Inquiries regarding long-term care facilities shall be addressed to the Division of Nursing Care Facilities, Susan Getgen, Director, P. O. Box 90, Harrisburg, PA 17108. 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 Req. Published Decision Canonsburg General Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.3 notification 11/3/2001 granted Carlisle Regional Medical 28 Pa. Code § 51.3 notification 9/22/2001 granted Community Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.3 notification 9/22/2001 not necessary Milton S. Hershey Medical 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(a) notification 7/21/2001 not necessary Riverview Ambulatory 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(a) notification 8/18/2001 denied HealthSouth Rehab Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(c) notification 7/21/2001 granted Allegheny General Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(g)(4) notification 8/18/2001 granted UPMC Shadyside 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(g)(4) notification 11/3/2001 denied Suburban General Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(g)(4) notification 8/18/2001 granted The Western Pennsylvania 28 Pa. Code § 51.3(g)(4) notification 8/18/2001 granted Soldiers & Sailors Memorial 28 Pa. Code § 51.6 identification of personnel 9/22/2001 granted Allegheny General Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 7/21/2001 granted Alliance Imaging 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 7/21/2001 granted Altoona Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 7/21/2001 granted Canonsburg General Hosp. 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 11/3/2001 granted Geisinger Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 11/3/2001 granted Heritage Valley Health System 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 8/8/2001 granted J.C. Blair Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 9/22/2001 granted Meadville Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 7/21/2001 granted Memorial Hospital York 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 9/22/2001 granted Monongahela Valley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 5/5/2001 granted Reading Hospital and Medical 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 9/22/2001 granted St. Joseph Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 8/18/2001 granted UPMC Horizon 28 Pa. Code § 51.23 PET scanning services 4/28/2001 granted Geisinger Healthsouth Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medistaff membership 9/22/2001 granted HealthSouth Rehab Hosp. 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 11/3/2001 granted for podiatrists Holy Spirit Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.2 medical staff membership 10/13/2001 granted Geisinger HealthSouth Rehab 28 Pa. Code § 107.25
(b)(8)medical staff executive 8/18/2001 approved SemperCare Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.32 meetings and attendance 8/18/2001 granted/denied HealthSouth Rehab Hosp. of 28 Pa. Code § 107.62 oral orders 12/22/2001 granted HealthSouth Rehab Hosp. of 28 Pa. Code § 107.62 oral orders 10/13/2001 granted HealthSouth Rehab Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 107.62 oral orders 7/21/2001 granted Mercy Hospital, Scranton 28 Pa. Code § 135.15 surgical specimens 9/22/2001 granted Delaware Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 137.21
(b)(5)obstetrical services policies 9/22/2001 granted Sewickley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.2 definitions 10/13/2001 denied Monongahela Valley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.15 high risk cardiac cath 7/21/2001 denied Jameson Memorial Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.15 high risk cardiac cath 7/21/2001 denied Sewickley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.15 high risk cardiac cath 10/13/2001 denied Somerset Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.15 high risk cardiac cath 7/21/2001 denied Uniontown Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.15 high risk cardiac cath 7/21/2001 denied Sewickley Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 138.17(c) PTCA 10/13/2001 denied Graduate Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 143.7 medical orders 8/18/2001 denied Ephrata Community Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 151.21 fire drills 7/21/2001 denied Lifecare Hospitals of 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 minimum construction stds 10/13/2001 not necessary Altoona Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 minimum construction stds 9/22/2001 granted HealthSouth Rehab Hosp. of 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 minimum construction stds 11/3/2001 not necessary Temple Univ. School of 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 minimum construction stds 7/21/2001 granted University Orthopedics Center 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 minimum construction stds 10/13/2001 not necessary LifeCare Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 153.1 (7.6.C) minimum construction stds 12/22/2001 granted Exception Requests--Ambulatory Surgical Facilities Facility Name Regulation Relating to Req. Published Decision Lancaster Neuroscience 28 Pa. Code § 569.31 emergency power 1/3/2001 granted Main Line Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21 criteria for ASF 6/2/2001 denied North Shore Surgi-Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21 criteria for ASF 6/9/2001 denied HealthSouth Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(a) criteria for ASF 7/21/2001 denied Wills Eye Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 551.21
(a)(2)criteria for ASF 10/13/2001 denied Wills Eye Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 551.21(b) criteria for ASF 10/13/2001 denied Leonard P. Ferrara, MD 28 Pa. Code § 551.22 criteria for ASF 8/18/2001 granted St. Vincent Surgery Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 551.22 (3)(ii) criteria for ASF 12/22/2001 granted/denied Shadyside Medical Center 28 Pa. Code § 551.22(4) pediatric amb surgery 7/21/2001 granted Albert Einstein Medical Center 28 Pa. Code §§ 553.2, 553.3 ASF ownership 7/21/2001 granted St. Vincent Surgery Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 553.3 governing body 12/22/2001 granted/denied St. Vincent Surgery Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 553.4 other functions 12/22/2001 granted/denied Wills Eye Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 553.21(b) principles of admission 10/13/2001 denied Hamot Surgery Center 28 Pa. Code § 555.22 preoperative care 7/21/2001 granted /denied St. Vincent Surgery Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 555.23 operative care 12/22/2001 granted/denied St. Vincent Surgery Ctr. 28 Pa. Code Chap. 557 quality assurance 12/22/2001 granted/denied Lancaster NeuroScience 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 minimum construction stds 12/22/2001 granted Lancaster NeuroScience 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 (9.2H(a)) minimum construction stds 8/18/2001 granted Lancaster Neuroscience 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 minimum construction stds 11/3/2001 granted Main Line Plastic Surgery 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 minimum construction stds 11/17/2001 granted/denied Northeastern Rehab Assoc. 28 Pa. Code § 571.1 minimum construction stds 12/22/2001 granted Delaware Valley Ortho and 28 Pa. Code § 571.2 modifications to HHS 11/3/2001 withdrawn Exception Requests--Nursing Care Facilities Facility Name Regulation Relating to Req. Published Decision Phoenixville Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management 8/18/01 temp. approval The Franciscan Skilled Care 28 Pa. Code § 201.18(e) management 12/15/01 no longer req. Villa St. Joseph of Baden 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 11/3/01 granted Laurel Crest Rehabilitation 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 11/3/01 granted Meadow View Nursing 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 11/3/01 granted Morrison's Cove Home 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 11/3/01 denied Mountain View Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 10/6/01 granted Penn Lutheran Village 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 9/1/01 granted Saint Mary's at Asbury Ridge 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 11/3/01 granted Seton Manor Skilled Nursing 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 7/28/01 granted Sheperd's Choice of Gettysburg 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 10/27/01 granted Westmoreland Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 9/1/01 temp. approval Carleton Senior Care Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 7/28/01 granted Meadows Nursing Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 7/28/01 granted ManorCare Hlth Serv-Lansdale 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 6/30/01 granted Belle Reve 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 7/7/01 granted Dunmore HealthCare Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 8/18/01 temp. approval ManorCare Health Chambersburg 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 9/1/01 granted Jefferson Manor Hlth Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 9/1/01 granted Garden Spot Village 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 10/27/01 granted Lutheran Home at Kane 28 Pa. Code § 205.6(a) function of building 10/27/01 granted Dauphin Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.9(a) corridors 11/3/01 temp. approval Belle Reve 28 Pa. Code § 205.12(b) elevators 7/.7/01 granted Pennsylvania Soldiers & Sailor 28 Pa. Code § 205.19(b) windows and windowsills 6/23/01 granted Dauphin Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.25(b) kitchen 11/3/01 temp. approval Beverly Healthcare Titusville 28 Pa. Code § 205.28(a) nurses' station 10/6/01 not necessary Margaret E. Moul Home 28 Pa. Code § 205.28(b) nurses' station 10/28/00 no longer req. Bryn Mawr Terrace Conv. Ctr. 28 Pa. Code § 205.28(b) nurses' station 10/27/01 granted Rest Haven-York 28 Pa. Code § 205.28(c) nurses' station 7/14/01 granted Mt. Hope Dunkard Brethren 28 Pa. Code § 205.32(b) janitor's closet 10/6/01 granted Margaret E. Moul Home 28 Pa. Code § 205.33(a) utility room 10/28/00 no longer req. Dauphin Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.33(a) utility room 11/3/01 temp. approval St. Mary's of Asbury Ridge 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(e) bathing facilities 1/19/02 granted Dauphin Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(h) bathing facilities 11/3/01 temp. approval Moses Taylor Hospital 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(h) bathing facilities 10/27/01 granted Hillcrest Center 28 Pa. Code § 205.36(h) bathing facilities 7/14/01 granted Dauphin Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.38(b) toilet facilities 11/3/01 temp. approval Dauphin Manor 28 Pa. Code § 205.67(e) electric requirement 11/3/01 temp. approval Green Acres/Adams County 28 Pa. Code § 205.71 bed and furnishings 10/27/01 no longer req. Dallastown Nsng Center 28 Pa. Code § 211.12(b) nursing services 11/10/01 denied Old Orchard Health Care 28 Pa. Code § 211.12
(f)(1)nursing services 8/18/01 granted Meda Nipple Conv. Home 28 Pa. Code § 211.12
(f)(1)nursing services 9/8/01 denied Beverly Healthcare Titusville 28 Pa. Code § 211.16(b) social services 10/6/01 denied ROBERT S. ZIMMERMAN, Jr.,
Secretary
[Pa.B. Doc. No. 02-181. Filed for public inspection February 1, 2002, 9:00 a.m.]
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