Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 10210.504. Restrictions on employees

(1) On notification that an employee is alleged to have committed abuse, the facility shall immediately suspend the employee or where appropriate and subject to approval by the agency and by the appropriate State licensing department with regulatory authority over the facility, implement a plan of supervision.

(2) A plan of supervision for a home health care agency shall include periodic random direct inspections of recipients by an employee who has been continuously employed by the facility for a period of at least one year.

(1) On the filing of criminal charges against an employee, the appropriate State licensing department that regulates or has fiscal authority over the facility shall order the facility to immediately prohibit the employee from having access to recipients at the facility.

(2) If the employee is a director, operator, administrator or supervisor, the employee shall be subject to restrictions deemed appropriate by the appropriate State licensing department that regulates or has fiscal authority over the facility to assure the safety of the recipients of the facility.