Pennsylvania Code
Title 28 - HEALTH AND SAFETY
Part VII - Emergency Medical Services
Subpart A - EMS System
Chapter 1027 - EMS AGENCIES
Subchapter A - GENERAL REQUIREMENTS
Section 1027.11 - Plan of correction

(a) Notification of violation. Upon determining that an EMS agency has violated the act or this subpart, the Department may issue a written notice to the EMS agency specifying the violation. The notice will require the EMS agency to take immediate action to discontinue the violation or to submit a plan of correction, or both, to bring the EMS agency into compliance. If the EMS agency cannot remedy the problem immediately and a plan of correction is therefore required, the Department may direct that the violation be remedied within a specified period of time.

(b) Response by EMS agency. After receiving the notice of violation, the EMS agency shall do one of the following:

(c) EMS agency disagreement or refusal to comply. If the EMS agency fails to comply with any of the directives in the notice of violation and responds as required under subsection (b)(2), or disagrees with any of the violations identified and responds as required under subsection (b)(3), the Department will evaluate the explanation provided by the EMS agency to determine whether the response was justified. If the Department determines that the response was justified in whole or part, it will inform the EMS agency and rescind any violation identified or directive given in the notice of violation that the Department determines should not have applied.

(d) Consequence of failure to comply. An EMS agency's response to a notice of violation under subsection (b)(2) does not act to stay any of the directives in the notice of violation. An EMS agency's failure to comply with a directive in the notice of violation constitutes a ground for discipline if the violation to which the directive relates is found to be true following a hearing.