Pennsylvania Statutes Title 53 P.S. Municipal and Quasi-Municipal Corporations § 814. Hearings on dismissals

If the person sought to be suspended or removed shall demand a public hearing, the demand shall be made to the appointing authority.  Such person may make written answers to any charges filed against him.  The appointing authority shall grant him a public hearing, which shall be held within a period of ten days from the filing of charges in writing, and written answers thereto filed within five days, and may be continued by the appointing authority for cause or at the request of the accused.  At any such hearing, the person against whom the charges are made may be present in person and by counsel.  The appointing authority may suspend any such person without pay pending the determination of the charges against him, but in the event the appointing authority fails to uphold the charges, then the person sought to be suspended or removed shall be reinstated with full pay for the period during which he was suspended, and no charges shall be officially recorded against his record.  No order of suspension made by the appointing authority shall be for a longer period than one year.

A written record of all testimony taken at such hearings shall be filed with and preserved by the appointing authority, which record shall be sealed and not be available for public inspection in the event the charges are dismissed.