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28 Pa. Code § 601.14 - Reasons for revocation or nonrenewal of license

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What this rule requires your agency to do

  • 1When a home health care agency notifies the Department that it has completed a plan of correction and corrected its deficiencies, it is subject to a Department survey to ascertain completion; upon full or substantial compliance the Department will issue a regular license (subd. d).(28 Pa. Code § 601.14 - Reasons for revocation or nonrenewal of license)
  • 2A home health care agency must avoid the grounds for adverse licensure action set out in subsection (a), including: a serious violation of this subpart, the act, or other statutes/regulations that seriously threatens patient health, safety and welfare; failure to submit a reasonable timetable for correcting deficiencies; a pattern of cyclical deficiencies extending over two or more years; fraud or deceit in obtaining a license; lending, borrowing, or misusing a license; incompetence, negligence, or misconduct in operating the agency or providing services; mistreating or abusing individuals cared for by the agency; and serious violation of Medical Assistance or Medicare reimbursement statutes (subd. a).(28 Pa. Code § 601.14 - Reasons for revocation or nonrenewal of license)
  • 3To contest a proposed revocation, refusal, provisional license, or suspension of admissions, the agency must file a request for a hearing before the State Health Facility Hearing Board within the time specified in the Department's order to show cause (subds. c, e).(28 Pa. Code § 601.14 - Reasons for revocation or nonrenewal of license)

Applies to: home health

Lists the grounds on which the Department may refuse to renew, suspend, revoke, or limit a home health care agency license or suspend admissions — including serious violations threatening patient safety, cyclical deficiencies over two or more years, fraud, misuse of a license, incompetence/negligence/misconduct, patient mistreatment or abuse, and serious Medical Assistance/Medicare violations — and sets out the notice, plan-of-correction survey, and hearing/appeal process.

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