Licensure, Ownership, Notices to the Department, and Branch Offices
Explains how the Agency keeps its Pennsylvania license current, posts it, files the yearly statistical report, discloses ownership, and gives the Department the written notices Chapters 51 and 601 require before or after changes in ownership, management, services and locations, and how it handles branch offices, exceptions and enforcement.
About this policy
- Policy number
- PA-HH-GOV-03
- Version
- 1.0
- Main rule
- 28 Pa. Code §601.11
- Library
- Pennsylvania home health · 56 policies
- Category
- Governance
- Sections
- 19
In short
- The Agency must hold a current Pennsylvania license, renewed every year and posted in the office.
- The Department of Health must be told in writing about changes in owners, managers and services, often 30 or 60 days ahead.
- We do not start a new kind of service until the Department confirms we may.
- If you hear about a planned change of owner, manager or service, the Administrator handles the notices; do not promise patients anything first.
What's inside
19 sections. The full text comes with the One-time Policy Pack.
- Terms of Reference
- 1. Purpose
- 2. Scope
- 3. Definitions
- 4. Policy Statement (28 Pa. Code §601.11)
- 5. License Term, Renewal, and Posting
- 6. Yearly Statistical Report
- 7. Ownership Disclosure
- 8. Written Notices to the Department
- 9. Branch Offices and Subunits
- 10. Exceptions
- 11. Inspections, Deficiencies, and Enforcement
- 12. Responsibilities
- 13. Records and Compliance Monitoring
- 14. Staff Training
- 15. References
- 16. Related Policies and Forms
- 17. Approval
- 18. Revision History
An inspector may ask
- When does your license expire, and where is it posted?
- Who owns 5% or more of the agency? When did the officers or directors last change, and when did you tell the Department?
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