Pennsylvania Statutes Title 71 P.S. State Government § 1469. Supervision by Department over institutions, etc.

(a) All State institutions as hereinbefore defined.

(b) All charitable institutions within this Commonwealth which receive aid from the Commonwealth: Provided, however, That the department shall exercise no powers over such charitable institutions, other than those heretofore vested in the Board of Public Charities or the Committee on Lunacy, notwithstanding any language hereinafter used.

(c) All houses or places within the Commonwealth in which any person of unsound mind is detained, whenever the occupant or owner of the house or person having charge of the lunatic receives any compensation for the custody, control, or attendance, other than as an attendant or nurse, and also of all institutions, houses, or places, in which more than one such person is detained, with or without compensation paid for custody or attendance.

(d) All county prisons, and all hospitals, almshouses, or poorhouses, maintained by any county, city, borough, township, or poor district of this commonwealth.

(e) All institutions, associations, and societies within this Commonwealth, into whose care the custody of delinquent, dependent, or neglected children may be committed, and all houses and places maintained by such institutions, associations, or societies, in which such children may be kept or detained.

(f) Homes and premises of those in which is conducted the business of receiving, boarding, or keeping infant children under three years of age.