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Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › CERTIFICATION › Section 9.742 - CREs

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(a) To conduct UR
					 activities, including review of health care services delivered or proposed to
					 be delivered in this Commonwealth for or on behalf of a plan, an entity shall
					 be certified as a CRE by the Department.
(b) Certification shall be renewed every 3
					 years unless otherwise subjected to additional review, suspended or revoked by
					 the Department. The Department may subject a CRE to additional review, suspend
					 or revoke certification if it determines that the CRE is failing to comply with
					 Act 68 and this chapter.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													9.741 (relating to
						  applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › CERTIFICATION › Section 9.745 - Responsible applicant

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(a) To be
					 certified by the Department, an applicant for certification to perform UR shall
					 be a responsible person.
(1) To make this
					 determination, the Department may review and verify the credentials of any
					 officer, director or member of the management staff of the applicant.
(2) The Department may consider whether any
					 of the officers, directors or management personnel have ever:
(i) Been involved in a bankruptcy proceeding
					 as an officer, director or senior manager of a corporation.
(ii) Been convicted of a state or Federal
					 offense related to health care.
(iii) Been listed by a state or Federal
					 agency as debarred, excluded or otherwise ineligible for state or Federal
					 program participation.
(iv) Been
					 convicted of a criminal offense which would call in to question the
					 individual's ability to operate a CRE.
(v) Had a history of malpractice or civil
					 suits, penalties or judgments against them.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › CERTIFICATION › Section 9.746 - Fees for certification and recertification of CREs

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(a) An entity applying for certification
					 shall include a fee of $1,000 payable to the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania with
					 its application. Applicants seeking certification to perform external grievance
					 reviews shall include an additional $1,000.
(b) The fee for recertification is
					 $500.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													9.741 (relating to
						  applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › CERTIFICATION › Section 9.747 - Department review and approval of a certification request

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(a) The Department will review the
					 application for certification as a CRE. If the Department finds deficiencies,
					 it will notify the applicant, identifying the changes required to bring the
					 applicant into compliance.
(b) The
					 Department will have access to the applicant's books, records, staff,
					 facilities and any other information it finds necessary to determine an
					 applicant's compliance with Act 68 and this subchapter. In lieu of a site visit
					 and inspection, the Department may accept accreditation of the applicant by a
					 Nationally recognized accrediting body whose standards meet or exceed the
					 standards of Act 68 and this subchapter.
(c) If the applicant is not accredited by a
					 Nationally recognized accrediting body whose standards are acceptable to the
					 Department, the Department may provide the applicant with the option to undergo
					 an onsite inspection by a Nationally recognized accrediting body whose
					 standards meet or exceed the standards of Act 68 and this subchapter. The cost
					 of the inspection shall be borne by the applicant.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													9.741 (relating to applicability);
						  and 28 Pa. Code §
													9.748 (relating to maintenance and
						  renewal of CRE certification).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › CERTIFICATION › Section 9.748 - Maintenance and renewal of CRE certification

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(a)
Maintenance
. A CRE shall
					 continue to comply with the requirements of Act 68 and this subchapter to
					 maintain its certification. To determine whether a CRE is complying with Act 68
					 and this subchapter, and is qualified to maintain its certification during the
					 3-year certification period, the Department may do one or more of the
					 following:
(1) Perform periodic onsite
					 inspections.
(2) Require proof of
					 the CRE's continuing accreditation by a Nationally recognized accrediting body
					 whose standards meet or exceed the standards of Act 68 and this
					 subchapter.
(3) Require an onsite
					 inspection as set forth in §
												9.747 (relating to Department
					 review and approval of a certification request).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › OPERATIONAL STANDARDS › Section 9.751 - UR system description

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(a) An
					 entity performing UR shall have a written UR system description which shall
					 include the following:
(1) The scope of the
					 program.
(2) The process used in
					 making decisions.
(3) The resources
					 used in making decisions.
(4) The
					 requirements of this section and of §§
												9.752 and
					 9.753 (relating to UR system
					 standards; and time frames for UR).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › OPERATIONAL STANDARDS › Section 9.752 - UR system standards

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(a) An entity
					 performing UR shall include a physician in any UR program.
(b) An entity performing UR shall develop
					 clinical criteria to be used in making review decisions as follows:
(1) The clinical criteria shall be developed
					 with input from health care providers in active clinical practice.
(2) The clinical criteria shall be reviewed
					 regularly by the entity performing UR and shall be modified to reflect current
					 medical standards.
(3) The entity
					 shall make its UR criteria available upon the written request of any health
					 care provider.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter K - CREs › OPERATIONAL STANDARDS › Section 9.753 - Time frames for UR

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(a) A concurrent UR
					 decision shall be communicated to the plan, the enrollee and the health care
					 provider within 1-business day of the receipt of all supporting information
					 reasonably necessary to complete the review. The plan shall give the enrollee
					 and the health care provider written or electronic confirmation of the decision
					 within 1-business day of communicating the decision.
(b) A prospective UR decision shall be
					 communicated to the plan, enrollee and health care provider within 2-business
					 days of the receipt of all supporting information reasonably necessary to
					 complete the review. The plan shall give the enrollee and the health care
					 provider written or electronic confirmation of the decision within 2-business
					 days of communicating the decision.
(c) A retrospective UR decision shall be
					 communicated to the plan, the enrollee and the health care provider within 30
					 days of the receipt of all supporting information reasonably necessary to
					 complete the review. The plan shall give the enrollee and the health care
					 provider written or electronic confirmation of its decision within 15-business
					 days of communicating the decision.
(d) A grievance review decision shall comply
					 with the requirements and time frames set out in §§
											9.705 and
					 9.707 (relating to internal
					 grievance process; and external grievance process).
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
													9.631 (relating to content of an
						  application for an HMO certificate of authority); and 28 Pa. Code §
													9.741 (relating to
						  applicability).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter L - CREDENTIALING › Section 9.761 - Provider credentialing

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(a) A
				  plan shall establish, maintain and adhere to a health care provider
				  credentialing system to evaluate and enroll qualified health care providers for
				  the purpose of creating an adequate health care provider network. The
				  credentialing system shall include policies and procedures for the following:
(1) Initial credentialing.
(2) Recredentialing at least every 3
				  years.
(3) Including in the initial
				  credentialing and recredentialing process, a plan assessment of the
				  participating health care providers' ability to provide urgent care and routine
				  care, and their ability to enroll additional patients in the practice in
				  accordance with standards adopted by the plan.
(4) Inclusion of enrollee satisfaction and
				  quality assurance data in the recredentialing review.
(5) Restrictions or limitations.
(6) Termination of a health care provider's
				  participation.
(7) In cases of
				  denial or nonrenewals, notification to health care providers that includes a
				  clear rationale for the decision.
(8) Evaluating credentials of health care
				  providers who may be directly accessed for obstetrical and gynecological
				  care.
(9) Evaluating credentials
				  for specialists who are being requested to serve as primary care providers,
				  including standing referral situations, to ensure that access to primary health
				  care services remain available throughout the arrangement.
(10) Enrollee access to only those
				  participating providers who have been properly credentialed.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter L - CREDENTIALING › Section 9.762 - Credentialing standards

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(a) At a
				  minimum, for PCPs and specialists, a plan shall verify the following
				  credentialing elements:
(1) Current
				  licensure.
(2) Education and
				  training.
(3) Board certification
				  status.
(4) Drug enforcement
				  administration certification status.
(5) Current and adequate malpractice
				  coverage.
(6) Malpractice claims
				  history.
(7) Work
				  history.
(8) Hospital privileges if
				  the provider provides services at hospitals.
(9) Any other information the Department may
				  require.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 9 - MANAGED CARE ORGANIZATIONS › Subchapter L - CREDENTIALING › Section 9.763 - Nonphysician providers at facility, agency or organizations

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A plan is not required to credential a nonphysician
					 provider who practices as an employee or independent contractor of a
					 plan-contracted facility, agency or organization if the plan verifies that the
					 facility, agency or organization conducts credentialing that meets the
					 standards of §
										9.762 (relating to credentialing
					 standards).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 10 - DESIGNATION OF MEDICALLY DEPRIVED AREAS › Section 10.1 - Purpose

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(a) The 1977-78
				appropriations acts, act of December 22, 1977 (P. L. 532, No. 27A) § 2
				(Pennsylvania State University (Hershey)); act of December 22, 1977 (P. L. 537,
				No. 28A) § 2 (University of Pittsburgh); act of December 22, 1977 (P. L.
				546, No. 30A) § 2 (Temple University); act of December 22, 1977 (P. L.
				521, No. 16A) § 1 (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine); act of
				December 22, 1977 (P. L. 551, No. 31A) § 1 (Medical College of
				Pennsylvania); act of December 22, 1977 (P. L. 552, No. 32A) § 2
				(University of Pennsylvania); act of December 22, 1977 (P. L. 555, No. 34A)
				§ 1 (c) (Thomas Jefferson University); act of December 22, 1977 (P. L.
				558, No. 36A) § 1 (c) (Hahnemann Medical College); act of June 20, 1978
				(Act No. 19A) § 2 (Pennsylvania State University (Hershey)); act of June
				20, 1978 (Act No. 21A) § 2 (University of Pittsburgh); act of June 20,
				1978 (Act No. 20A) § 2 (Temple University); act of June 20, 1978 (Act No.
				27A) § 2 (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine); act of June 20,
				1978 (Act No. 30A) § 2 (Medical College of Pennsylvania); act of June 20,
				1978 (Act No. 23A) § 2 (University of Pennsylvania); act of June 20, 1978
				(Act No. 28A) § 2 (Thomas Jefferson University); and act of June 20, 1978
				(Act No. 29A) § 2 (Hahnemann Medical College) which provide for funds for
				the Commonwealth's medical and osteopathic schools require that as a condition
				of receiving its 1977-78 appropriation, on or after January 1, 1978, and as a
				condition its 1978-79 appropriation, on or after January 1, 1979, the schools
				shall, when accepting first-year students for the next term, set aside 10% of
				the total number of admissions for students who agree that upon the completion
				of their medical training, they shall engage in the practice of medicine for a
				period of four years in an area termed "medically deprived" by the Pennsylvania
				Department of Health.
(b) The
				purpose of this chapter is to fulfill the statutory requirement of the
				Department of Health to designate "medically deprived" areas in this
				Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 10 - DESIGNATION OF MEDICALLY DEPRIVED AREAS › Section 10.2 - Definition of "medically deprived" area

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(a) As used in this chapter, a "medically
				deprived" area is one in which there exists an inadequate availability of
				medical care to the general population, or parts thereof, or where such care is
				not readily accessible to the population being served, unless the context
				clearly indicates otherwise.
(b)
				This definition is based upon criteria published in 43 Fed. Reg. 1585 (1978)
				which were developed by the Federal government to implement
				42 U.S.C. §
										254e (1976).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part I - General Health › Chapter 10 - DESIGNATION OF MEDICALLY DEPRIVED AREAS › Section 10.4 - Reporting

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A copy of any compliance report required to be provided to
				  the Department of Education shall be simultaneously submitted to the Secretary
				  of Health to assist the Department of Health in fulfilling its statutory
				  requirement to designate "medically deprived" areas in this
				  Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 11 - SANITARY AND HEALTH OFFICERS › Section 11.1 - Examination

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(a) Applicants for
				the position of health officer for cities of the third class, boroughs,
				townships of the first class and sanitary officers in townships of the second
				class shall take and pass the State Civil Service examination for Environmental
				Protection Specialist. See 4 Pa. Code Chapters 19 and 20 (Reserved), except as
				otherwise provided in subsection (b).
(b) Physicians (M.D.'s) or osteopaths
				(D.O.'s), licensed to practice medicine in this Commonwealth, shall be exempt
				from examination.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 11 - SANITARY AND HEALTH OFFICERS › Section 11.2 - Special examination

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(a) The
				Department of Health may contract with the State Civil Service Commission to
				prepare, administer and score results of a special examination for the
				Department, as permitted under section 212 of the Civil Service Act
				(71
				P. S. §
										741.1).
(b) The examination shall be similar to the
				State Civil Service examination and may be used in lieu of qualification as a
				physician or a State Environmental Protection Specialist. See 4 Pa. Code
				Chapters 19 and 20 (Reserved).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 11 - SANITARY AND HEALTH OFFICERS › Section 11.3 - Admission to special examination

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Admission to the special examination shall be granted to the
				  following:
(1) A registered nurse
				licensed in this Commonwealth.
(2)
				A holder of an associate degree from a recognized college or
				university.
(3) One who has
				completed 2 years of training in a recognized college or university with a
				total of 60 credit hours, including credits in the biological or physical
				sciences.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 11 - SANITARY AND HEALTH OFFICERS › Section 11.4 - Additional requirements

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(a) Any
				person having successfully completed the special examination shall be required
				to offer evidence of successful completion of the following:
(1) The basic environmental sanitation course
				conducted by the Department.
(2)
				The field training course, designated as such by the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13.1 - Definitions

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The following words and terms, when used in this chapter,
					 have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Local Health Administration Law
					 (16
					 P. S. §§
											12001-12028).
Department
-The Department of Health of the
					 Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13.2 - Applicability

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The provisions of this chapter applies to all persons who
					 are employed by county health departments which are created and established in
					 accordance with the provisions of the act.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13.3 - Authority of Department

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The Department will prescribe standards for the
					 recruitment, selection, tenure, removal and working conditions of all personnel
					 employed by county departments of health, except that the Department shall have
					 no authority to do any of the following:
(1) Direct or require the selection of any
				  individual.
(2) Order the manner or
				  amount of compensation of any employe.
(3) Direct or require the removal of any
				  individual employed in accordance with the standards set forth in this
				  chapter.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13.4 - Authority of county health director

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In accordance with section 12(b) of the act (16 P. S. §
											12012(b)), the county health
					 director shall exercise the power conferred upon the county department of
					 health to employ personnel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 13.5 - Discrimination

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The county health director shall not discriminate against
					 or in favor of any applicant or employe because of race, sex, National origin
					 or religious or political opinions or affiliations.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › HEALTH OFFICERS FOR THIRD CLASS COUNTIES OPERATING HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › Section 13.11 - Applicants

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Applicants for the position of health officer for counties
					 of the third class which operate county departments of health under the
					 provisions of the County Code (16 P. S. §§
											101-2902), shall be physicians licensed to
					 practice medicine or osteopathy, or eligible for such licensure, in this
					 Commonwealth, and shall have four years of professional training or medical
					 experience in the field of public health or a recognized area of public health
					 specialization.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › EMPLOYE SELECTION CRITERIA › Section 13.21 - Excluded criteria

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No information or recommendation regarding any employe or
					 prospective employe which involves a disclosure of his race or of his political
					 or religious opinions or affiliations, or any political sponsorship, shall be
					 requested or considered in the making of appointments, promotions, or other
					 personnel actions, except where necessary to determine whether a person
					 advocates the overthrow or destruction by force of the government of the United
					 States or of this Commonwealth.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › EMPLOYE SELECTION CRITERIA › Section 13.22 - Veteran's preference

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The county health director shall give preference to
					 applicants who are veterans in accordance with
					 51 Pa.C.S. §§
											7101-7109 (relating to Veteran's Preference
					 Act).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › EMPLOYE SELECTION CRITERIA › Section 13.23 - Other preference

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In accordance with section 12(b) of the act (16 P. S. §
											12012(b)), in selecting
					 employes of a county department of health, the county health director shall
					 give preference to professional and technical personnel employed by municipal
					 departments or boards of health at the time such departments or boards were
					 dissolved in accordance with section 15 of the act (16 P. S. §
											12015), and to professional and technical
					 personnel employed by the Department whose positions in the county or counties
					 served by the county department of health may have been terminated as a result
					 of the establishment of the county department of health, if such personnel meet
					 the qualifications prescribed by the Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › POSITION-CLASSIFICATION PLANS › Section 13.31 - General requirements

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(a)
				  Position-classification plans for county departments of health shall be
				  established after they have been approved by the Advisory Health Board of the
				  Commonwealth.
(b) All subsequent
				  changes to such plans shall be approved by the Advisory Health Board.
(c) These plans shall describe the duties and
				  responsibilities, set forth the necessary minimum qualifications and designate
				  an appropriate title for each class of positions existing in the county
				  department of health.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												13.32 (relating to selection of
						county health director); and 28 Pa. Code §
												13.35 (relating to failure to
						comply).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › POSITION-CLASSIFICATION PLANS › Section 13.32 - Selection of county health director

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A county health director shall not be appointed by the
					 county board of health until the Department first certifies that the proposed
					 applicant possesses the required minimum qualifications set forth in the
					 position-classification plan as described in §
										13.31 (relating to general
					 requirements).
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												13.35 (relating to failure to
						comply).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › POSITION-CLASSIFICATION PLANS › Section 13.33 - Selection of employes

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All employes selected by the county department of health
					 shall be employed in accordance with these provisions and the
					 position-classification plan for the county department of
					 health.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												13.35 (relating to failure to
						comply).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › POSITION-CLASSIFICATION PLANS › Section 13.34 - Notification to Department of selection

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Each county health director shall, within ten days after
					 selection and appointment of an individual to a position in the county
					 department of health, report in writing to the Department the name of such
					 employe, his qualifications and the title of the position to which he was
					 appointed.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												13.35 (relating to failure to
						comply).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › POSITION-CLASSIFICATION PLANS › Section 13.35 - Failure to comply

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Failure to comply with §§
										13.31-13.34 (relating to
					 position-classification plans), shall result in the Department acting in
					 accordance with the provision of section 26 of the act (16 P. S. §
											12026).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.42 - Other employes

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The tenure of office of every employe of a county
					 department of health shall be during good behavior and the satisfactory
					 performance of his duties except whenever it is necessary that an employe be
					 separated without prejudice because of curtailment of work or lack of funds for
					 the operations of the county department of health.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.43 - Conflicting employment

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No employe of a county department of health shall hold any
					 conflicting employment while in the employ of a county department of health.
					 Violation of this provision shall be cause for removal.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.44 - Probationary period

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(a) Any employe
				  appointed to a position in a county department of health shall serve a
				  probationary period of 6 month duration.
(b) The probationary period shall be utilized
				  for the most effective adjustment of new employes and for the elimination of
				  any probationary employe whose performance does not meet the required standard
				  of work.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.45 - Removal during probation

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At any time during the probationary period, an employe may
					 be removed from the employment of a county department of health. The removal of
					 any employe shall be subject to the provisions of §
										13.53(a)
					 (relating to removal of employe).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.46 - Completion of probation

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Every employe shall be notified in writing when he
					 successfully completes his probationary period. Thereafter, such employe shall
					 be designated as a permanent employe and may be removed only in accordance with
					 the provisions of §
										13.53 (relating to removal of
					 employe).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.47 - Waiver of probation

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Any employe of the Department who has achieved permanent
					 status under the merit system of the Department and who is selected as an
					 employe of a county department of health in accordance with section 12(b) of
					 the act (16 P. S. §
											12012(b)) may be appointed
					 as a permanent employe of the county department of health without the necessity
					 of completing a probationary period, if the position in the county department
					 to which that employe is appointed is similar with respect to duties,
					 responsibilities and minimum qualifications to the position under the
					 Department in which that employe achieved permanent status and if the employe
					 possesses the minimum qualifications established for the
					 position.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.48 - Promotions, demotions and transfers

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(a) An employe of a county department of
				  health may be promoted, demoted or transferred to another position if the
				  employe possesses the minimum qualifications for the position to which he is
				  promoted, demoted or transferred.
(b) The county director of health shall
				  notify the Department in writing of the name of the employe so promoted,
				  demoted or transferred, his qualifications and the title of the position to
				  which he is promoted, demoted or transferred.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.49 - Separations

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(a) A permanent
				  employe of a county department of health shall not be separated because of
				  curtailment of work, or lack of funds for the operation of the county
				  department while there are probationary employes serving in the same class of
				  positions in that county department.
(b) The separation of permanent employes
				  because of curtailment of work or lack of funds shall be based upon systematic
				  consideration of efficiency and length of service as determined by the county
				  health director.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.50 - Resignation of employe

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The county health director shall notify the Department in
					 writing upon the resignation of any employe of a county department of
					 health.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.51 - Retirement fund

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(a) All employes of
				  county health departments established in accordance with the act may elect to
				  become members of the State Employes' Retirement Fund.
(b) The county department of health in which
				  such persons are employed shall assume the contribution of the employer to the
				  State Employes' Retirement Fund, in the event such an employe elects to become
				  a member.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.52 - Suspension of employe

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The county health director may, after written notice,
					 suspend any employe without pay for misconduct or minor infraction of the
					 causes for removal provided in §
										13.53 (relating to removal of
					 employe) for a period not to exceed an aggregate of more than 30 days in any 1
					 calendar year. A copy of the notice to the employe shall be forwarded to the
					 Department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › TENURE OF EMPLOYMENT › Section 13.53 - Removal of employe

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(a)
Cause.
A county department of health, 15 days after notice in
				  writing to an employe stating the specific reason for removal, may remove any
				  employe for dishonesty, incompetence, inefficiency, insubordination,
				  immorality, violation of the rules and regulations of the county department of
				  health, physical or mental disability, addiction to the use of narcotics or the
				  habitual use of intoxicating liquors to excess, advocating the overthrow or
				  destruction by force of the government of the United States or of the
				  Commonwealth, or for any other proper cause. In no case, however, shall an
				  employe be removed for refusing to participate in any political activity or for
				  refusing to make any contribution for political purposes.
(b)
Investigation.
The
				  Department will not exercise any authority with respect to directing or
				  requiring the removal of any individual employed by a county department of
				  health in accordance with this chapter, but it shall be provided with a copy of
				  the notice in writing to any employe who is being removed from his position and
				  shall have the right to cause such investigations as it may deem proper to be
				  made to determine whether the removal of the employe was for good
				  cause.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												13.45 (relating to removal during
						probation); 28 Pa. Code §
												13.46 (relating to completion of
						probation); and 28 Pa. Code §
												13.52 (relating to suspension of
						employe).
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › APPEALS TO COUNTY BOARD › Section 13.61 - Right to appeal

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Any permanent employe of a county department of health,
					 except the county health director, who is demoted, transferred or removed, or
					 separated because of curtailment of work or lack of funds shall, within 30 days
					 after the date of such action, have the right of appeal in writing to the
					 county board of health for a public hearing which shall be conducted in a
					 manner prescribed by the board of health.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › APPEALS TO COUNTY BOARD › Section 13.62 - Hearing

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The hearing shall be held within 30 days after receipt of
					 the appeal of the employe and such employe shall be notified of the date and
					 place of the hearing in writing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › APPEALS TO COUNTY BOARD › Section 13.64 - Notification of decision

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The county board of health shall notify the employe and the
					 county health director, in writing of its decision within 30 days after the
					 date of the hearing.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › APPEALS TO COUNTY BOARD › Section 13.65 - Further appeals

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Any employe aggrieved by any determination of the board of
					 health shall have the right of appeal to the Court of Common Pleas of the
					 county in which the county department of health exists or exercises
					 jurisdiction.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.71 - Conventions

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No employe of a county department of health shall be a
					 member of or delegate or alternate to any political convention, nor shall he
					 participate at any such convention, except in the performance of his official
					 duty or as a visitor.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.72 - Clubs and organizations

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No employe of a county department of health shall seek or
					 accept election, nomination or appointment as an officer of a political club or
					 organization, or serve as a member of a committee of any such club or
					 organization.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.73 - Parties and campaigns

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No employe of a county department of health shall serve as
					 a member of any committee of any political party, take an active part in
					 political management or in political campaigns, or circulate or seek signatures
					 to any nominations or other petition required by any primary or election
					 law.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.74 - Polling place

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(a) No employe of a
				  county department of health shall in any manner participate in or interfere
				  with the conduct of any election or the preparation therefor at the polling
				  place or with the election officers while counting the votes or returning the
				  election material to the place provided by law for that purpose, except solely
				  for the purpose of making and depositing his own ballot as speedily as it
				  reasonably can be done.
(b) No
				  employe of a county department of health shall be in, or within 50 feet of a
				  polling place, except for the purpose of carrying out official duties and of
				  ordinary travel or residence during the period of time beginning with one hour
				  preceding the opening of the polls for holding such election and ending with
				  the time when the election officers shall have finished counting the votes and
				  shall have left the polling places to deposit the election material in the
				  place provided by law for that purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.75 - Influence

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(a) No employe of a
				  county department of health shall use his office or position to influence
				  political movements or to influence the political action of any officer or
				  employe in the service of the Commonwealth.
(b) No employe of a county department of
				  health shall use his official authority or influence for affecting the results
				  of an election.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.76 - Assessment of employes

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(a) No person
				  shall in any manner orally or by written or printed communication demand,
				  solicit, collect or receive any money or valuable thing, whether voluntary or
				  involuntary, from any employe of a county department of health for any
				  political purpose.
(b) No person
				  shall knowingly send or present, directly or indirectly, in person or by
				  letter, any political assessment, subscription or contribution to, or request
				  its payment by, any employe of a county department of health.
(c) No person shall take part in preparing
				  any political assessment, subscription or contribution with the intent that the
				  same shall be sent or presented to or collected from any employe of a county
				  department of health.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 13 - PERSONNEL ADMINISTRATION IN COUNTY HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PROHIBITED POLITICAL ACTIVITY › Section 13.77 - Assessment by employes

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(a) No employe
				  of a county department of health shall in any manner orally or by written or
				  printed communication demand, solicit, collect or receive any money or valuable
				  thing for any political purpose.
(b) No employe of a county department of
				  health shall remove, suspend, furlough, demote or promote in any manner change
				  the official status or compensation of any other employe of a county department
				  of health or promise or threaten to do so for withholding or neglecting to make
				  any contribution of money or service or other valuable thing for any political
				  purpose.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.1 - Definitions

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The following words and phrases, when used in this chapter,
					 shall have the following meanings unless the context clearly indicates
					 otherwise:
Act
-The Local Health Administration Law
					 (16
					 P. S. §§
											12001-12028).
Board
-The Advisory Health Board of the
					 Commonwealth.
Department
-The Department of Health of the
					 Commonwealth.
Local health department
-A county health
					 department created pursuant to the act or the health department or board of
					 health of any municipality entitled to receive Commonwealth grants under the
					 act.
Secretary
-The Secretary of the Department
					 of Health.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.3 - Applications for grants: filing

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Applications from local health departments for Commonwealth
					 grants shall be received in triplicate by the Secretary within 30 days after
					 passage of the budget of the local health department.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › GENERAL PROVISIONS › Section 15.4 - Applications for grants: content

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(a) Each
				  application shall contain, or be accompanied by, all of the following
				  information:
(1) A detailed budget of proposed
				  expenditures for public health programs.
(2) The subdivisions of the local health
				  department.
(3) The title, annual
				  salary rate, and amount for each position.
(4) The amounts allocated for equipment
				  costs, automobile costs, rent, travel expenses and other expenses.
(5) An estimate of expected
				  revenues.
(6) Copies of pertinent
				  resolutions.
(7) Copies of
				  pertinent contracts for services to be rendered.
(8) A program plan indicating measurable
				  objectives for each program being funded and the evaluation criteria to be used
				  to measure results.
(9) A completed
				  budget summary on a form prescribed by the Department. This form shall also be
				  used as an expenditure summary to accompany the end of year certified statement
				  of expenditures.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS › Section 15.11 - Minimum public health programs

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Local health departments shall provide public health
					 programs in the following areas: administrative and supportive services;
					 personal health services; and environmental health services.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS › Section 15.12 - Administrative and supportive services

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Administrative and supportive services shall include, but
					 need not be limited to, the following: administration and program direction;
					 budget; accounting; personnel administration including merit system
					 supervision; public health education, public health statistics, public health
					 laboratory services. Administrative staff shall include a director and
					 necessary professional, technical and clerical personnel.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS › Section 15.13 - Personal health services

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Personal health services shall include, but need not be
					 limited to the following: chronic disease; communicable disease control,
					 including tuberculosis control and venereal disease control; maternal and child
					 health services; and public health nursing services.
Pennsylvania Code › Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY › Part II - LOCAL HEALTH › Chapter 15 - STATE AID TO LOCAL HEALTH DEPARTMENTS › PUBLIC HEALTH PROGRAMS › Section 15.14 - Environmental health services

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Environmental health services shall include, but need not
					 be limited to, the following: food protection, water supply, water pollution
					 control, bathing places, vector control, solid wastes, institutional
					 environment, recreational environment and housing
					 environment.
This section cited in 28 Pa. Code §
												17.2 (relating to purpose and
						effect).