Pennsylvania Code › Title 52 - PUBLIC UTILITIES › Part I - Public Utility Commission › Subpart C - Fixed Service Utilities › Chapter 55 - NONCARRIER RATES AND PRACTICES › Subchapter B - TERMINATION OF UTILITY SERVICE TO HEALTHCARE FACILITIES › Section 55.102 - Definitions

Current through Register Vol. 54, No. 28, July 13, 2024
The following words and terms, when used in this
						subchapter, have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates
						otherwise:
Bureau
-The Bureau of Consumer
						Services.
Designated individual
-An employe or
						representative of a health care facility who will act on behalf of the facility
						to receive and take action on termination notices regarding utility service.
						The administrator or contact person identified on the listing provided by the
						Department of Aging, Health or Public Welfare is deemed the designated
						individual for purposes of this subchapter unless the health care facility
						specifically identifies a designated individual.
Dispute
-A health care facility grievance
						regarding subjects such as credit determinations, deposit requirements, the
						accuracy of meter readings, bill amounts and the proper party to be charged,
						which remains unresolved after the initial contact or utility follow-up
						response where the health care facility consents to the utility reviewing
						pertinent records or other information and calling back. If, at the conclusion
						of the health care facility's initial contact or the utility follow-up
						response, the health care facility indicates satisfaction with the resulting
						resolution or explanation, the contact will not be considered a dispute. A
						grievance regarding rate or service issues which does not involve potential
						termination of utility service will not be considered a dispute for purposes of
						this subchapter.
Emergency
-An unforeseen combination of
						circumstances requiring temporary discontinuance of service in order to effect
						repairs or maintenance, or to eliminate an imminent threat to life, health,
						safety or property.
Health care facility
-
(i) Inpatient and residential institutions,
					 including the following, which serve persons who are dependent upon others
					 because of permanent or temporary disabilities:
(A) A birth center, hospital or long-term
					 care nursing facility as defined in section
					 802.1 of the Health Care
					 Facilities Act (35 P. S. §
													448.802a).
(B) Overnight residential schools, facilities
					 and institutions which provide overnight care for dependent children, adults
					 and mentally retarded persons (such as boarding homes for children, personal
					 care homes, mental health establishments, intermediate care facilities for the
					 mentally retarded and intermediate care facilities for other related
					 conditions, but not child day care centers, adult training facilities,
					 vocational facilities or private homes) which are supervised or licensed under
					 Articles IX and X of the Public Welfare Code (62 P. S. §
													§
													901-922 and
					 1001-1059) by the Department
					 of Public Welfare, the Department of Aging or the Department of
					 Health.
(C) Domiciliary care homes
					 as defined in section 2202-A of The Administrative Code of 1929 (71 P.S. §
													581-2) for which the Department of Aging
					 issues the certificate of operation.