Pennsylvania Act 1935-230 — HOSPITALS, REQUIREMENTS FOR STATE AID

Act text

AN ACT

Imposing certain requirements on hospitals; authorizing the withholding of appropriations to or departmental approval of hospitals failing to meet such requirements; and imposing duties on the Department of Public Welfare. (Title amended July 30, 1959, P.L.586, No.194)

Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this act, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 1. Be it enacted, &c., That all hospitals shall, at all times, have on call at such hospitals at least one licensed physician or resident interne who shall have graduated from an approved medical college, or approved osteopathic college if such hospital be an osteopathic hospital. Each hospital shall post, in a conspicuous place, a roster listing in sequence of time the names of the physicians and internes on call and the telephone numbers at which they may be reached.

(1 amended July 30, 1959, P.L.586, No.194)

Section 2. The Department of Public Welfare shall enforce the provisions of this act and shall withhold the payment of all money, or the unpaid balance thereof, appropriated or allotted to, and withhold the departments approval of any hospital failing to comply with the provisions of this act.

(2 amended July 30, 1959, P.L.586, No.194)

Compiler's Note: The Department of Public Welfare, referred to in this section, was redesignated as the Department of Human Services by Act 132 of 2014.

Section 3. All acts and parts of acts inconsistent herewith are hereby repealed.

Section 4. The provisions of this act shall become effective on the first day of June, one thousand nine hundred and thirty-five.