Pennsylvania Statutes Title 35 P.S. Health and Safety § 448.810. Reliance on national accreditation organizations and Federal Government for health care facilities other than hospitals

(a) Reports of other agencies.--After a provider has been licensed or approved to operate a health care facility other than a hospital for at least two years under this or prior acts, none of which has been pursuant to a provisional license, the department may rely on the reports of the Federal Government or national accreditation organizations to the extent those standards are determined by the department to be similar to regulations of the department and if the provider agrees to:

(b) Coordination of inspections.--The department shall coordinate, to the extent possible, inspections by State agencies other than the department. Nothing herein shall be interpreted to preclude the department from any follow-up inspection of a health care facility in which deficiencies were found in the original inspections or more frequent inspections of health care facilities that received provisional licenses.

(c) Right of inspection preserved.--This section shall not be construed to be a limitation on the department's right of inspection otherwise permitted by section 813.  1