Inspection IDReason for InspectionInspection DateInspection Status 
SIN-00286340 Renewal 04/01/2026 Compliant - Finalized
RegulationLIS Non-Compliance AreaCorrection RequiredPlans of CorrectionCorrection DatePOC Status
6400.15(a)The self-assessment was not dated. The agency shall complete a self-assessment of the home 3-6 months prior to the expiration of the agency's certificate of compliance.The agency shall complete a self-assessment of each home the agency operates serving eight or fewer individuals, within 3 to 6 months prior to the expiration date of the agency¿s certificate of compliance, to measure and record compliance with this chapter. 6/16/2026 -The Executive Director completed and dated a new self-assessment of the Chestnut Home, measuring and recording compliance with 55 PA Code Chapter 6400. The dated, signed self-assessment was placed in the agency's licensing records for the home. 6/16/2026 -The self-assessment documents for the agency's other homes were reviewed to confirm each is dated and signed. 06/18/2026 Implemented
6400.112(e)A sleep drill must be held every 6 months. There was no documentation to reflect a sleep drill occurred.A fire drill shall be held during sleeping hours at least every 6 months. 6/16/2026 -The Fire Safety Plan for the Chestnut Home was revised to define sleeping hours as the period after 10:00 PM and before 7:00 AM, and two unannounced sleeping-hours (overnight) fire drills were scheduled within the current drill cycle. Within 60 days (by 8/17/2026) -An unannounced overnight fire drill will be conducted during the defined sleeping hours and documented on the standardized Fire Drill Record by the designated fire drill trainer. Consistent with the unannounced nature required under this chapter, the specific date and time are not disclosed in advance; the completed Fire Drill Record will be submitted to the licensing representative once the drill is held. 06/16/2026 Implemented
6400.112(h)Individuals shall evacuate to a designated meeting place outside the building during each fire drill. Documentation did not indicate that individuals evacuated to a designated meeting place during each fire drill. Individuals shall evacuate to a designated meeting place outside the building or within the fire safe area during each fire drill.6/16/2026 -A designated meeting place outside the Chestnut Home was identified and documented, and the agency's Fire Drill Record was revised to include a required 'designated meeting place / fire-safe area' field. (Violations 4 and 5 are corrected together, as both stem from the fire drill record and process.) Beginning with the next fire drill -The revised Fire Drill Record will document that individuals evacuated to the designated meeting place during each drill. Drills are conducted and documented, and remain unannounced, by the designated fire drill trainer 06/16/2026 Implemented
6400.216(a)Individual records shall be locked when not in use. At the time of the inspection there were totes/boxes located in the attic. These totes/boxes contained files of the residents living at the home. These files were stored in an unlocked area. An individual's records shall be kept locked when unattended. 6/16/2026 -All totes/boxes were removed from the unlocked attic and relocated off-site to a locked records storage location with access limited to authorized staff. These records pertained to a prior youth placement program and were removed from the home entirely; the attic is no longer used to store any individual records. 6/16/2026 -The home was checked to confirm that all active individual records are kept in locked storage and locked when unattended. 06/16/2026 Implemented
6400.52(c)(1)Staff #1 did not have training in the area of person center practices , community integration, individual choice and supporting individuals to develop and maintain relationships.The annual training hours specified in subsections (a) and (b) must encompass the following areas: The application of person-centered practices, community integration, individual choice and supporting individuals to develop and maintain relationships.6/18/2026 -Staff #1 completed training in the application of person-centered practices, community integration, individual choice, and supporting individuals to develop and maintain relationships, delivered through the agency's Talent Learning Management System (LMS). The completion certificate was filed in Staff #1's personnel record. 6/18/2026 -The annual training records of other staff who work directly with individuals were reviewed to confirm these four required content areas are documented. 06/18/2026 Implemented
6400.52(c)(6)At the time of inspection there was no documentation that reflects staff #2, #3, or #4 had training in the individual's Individual Support Plan.The annual training hours specified in subsections (a) and (b) must encompass the following areas: Implementation of the individual plan if the person works directly with an individual.6/18/2026 -Staff #2, #3, and #4 reviewed and were trained on the current Individual Support Plan (ISP) for the individual they support. Each signed a dated ISP training acknowledgment identifying the ISP and the date of training; the acknowledgments were filed in each staff person's personnel record and in the individual's record. 6/18/2026 -Records for other staff who work directly with individuals were reviewed to confirm a signed, dated ISP training acknowledgment is on file for the current ISP of each individual they support. 06/18/2026 Implemented
6400.181(f)The program specialist shall provide the assessment to the individual plan team members 30 calendar days prior to the Individual Support Plan meeting. This was missing for individual #1 and individual #2.The program specialist shall provide the assessment to the individual plan team members at least 30 calendar days prior to an individual plan meeting.6/16/2026 -The Program Specialist provided the current assessment to all ISP team members for individuals #1 and #2 using a dated cover memo/email, and filed a copy showing the recipients and the transmittal date in each individual's record. 6/16/2026 -Upcoming ISP meeting dates for the individuals at the home were reviewed, and a 'send assessment by' date set at least 30 calendar days before each meeting was recorded for each individual. 06/16/2026 Implemented
SIN-00270091 Renewal 07/22/2025 Compliant - Finalized
RegulationLIS Non-Compliance AreaCorrection RequiredPlans of CorrectionCorrection DatePOC Status
6400.62(c)Two spray bottles that were hand-lettered "bleach water/shower table" and "floor cleaner" were found stored with the cleaning supplies in the laundry/utility room.Poisonous materials shall be stored in their original, labeled containers. Disposed of unlabeled/hand-labeled bottles and communicated to the care team that they may use only original manufacturer containers with intact labels. Was completed on 8/1/25, new manufacturer labeled bottles arriving with August supply order. 08/15/2025 Implemented
6400.73(a)The basement stairway leading to a bilco-style door exit to the outside had nine steps and there was no handrail. Each ramp, and interior stairway and outside steps exceeding two steps shall have a well-secured handrail. Maintenance Department will install a secure handrail meeting ADA regulations and standards. 08/25/2025 Implemented
6400.113(a)Individual #1 was admitted on 4/02/2025 and did not receive fire safety training until 7/07/2025. Individual #2 was admitted on 5/06/2025 and did not receive fire safety training until 7/07/2025. An individual, including an individual 17 years of age or younger, shall be instructed in the individual's primary language or mode of communication, upon initial admission and reinstructed annually in general fire safety, evacuation procedures, responsibilities during fire drills, the designated meeting place outside the building or within the fire safe area in the event of an actual fire and smoking safety procedures if individuals smoke at the home. Fire safety training will be completed on the day of admission, along with admission paperwork/protocols. 08/11/2025 Implemented
6400.151(a)Staff #2 was hired on 4/04/2025 and there was no documentation that the staff had a physical examination within 12 months prior to employment. A staff person who comes into direct contact with the individuals or who prepares or serves food, for more than 5 days in a 6-month period, including temporary, substitute and volunteer staff, shall have a physical examination within 12 months prior to employment and every 2 years thereafter. Staff #2 will complete their Physical Re-Examination for 8/28/2025, will not work at location until complete. 08/28/2025 Implemented
6400.151(c)(2)Staff #2 was hired on 4/04/2025 and there was no documentation that the staff had tuberculin skin testing within 12 months prior to employment. Staff #3 was hired on 4/07/2025 and there was no documentation that the staff had tuberculin skin testing within 12 months prior to employment. The physical examination shall include: Tuberculin skin testing by Mantoux method with negative results every 2 years; or, if tuberculin skin test is positive, an initial chest x-ray with results noted. Tuberculin skin testing may be completed and certified in writing by a registered nurse or a licensed practical nurse instead of a licensed physician, licensed physician's assistant or certified nurse practitioner. Obtain and file updated Mantoux test with physical exam for Staff #2, and Staff #3. 08/22/2025 Implemented
6400.15(b)The agency did not use the Department's licensing inspection instrument when completing the self-assessment prior to the renewal inspection.(b) The agency shall use the Department's licensing inspection instrument for the community homes for individuals with an intellectual disability or autism regulations to measure and record compliance.Correct, department-approved self inspection tool was located on 7/22/2025, and completed on 7/29/2025. 07/29/2025 Implemented
6400.34(a)Individual #2 was admitted on 5/06/2025 and the home did not inform and explain individual rights and the process to report a rights violation to the individual until 5/07/2025.The home shall inform and explain individual rights and the process to report a rights violation to the individual, and persons designated by the individual, upon admission to the home and annually thereafter.Rights explanation and documentation will occur during the admission process before the individual enters the home. 07/25/2025 Implemented
6400.46(d)Staff #1 was hired on 7/15/2024 and there was no documentation to show that the staff was trained in first aid, Heimlich techniques and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.Program specialists, direct service workers and drivers of and aides in vehicles shall be trained within 6 months after the day of initial employment and annually thereafter, by an individual certified as a training by a hospital or other recognized health care organization, in first aid, Heimlich techniques and cardio-pulmonary resuscitation.Staff #1 will obtain CPR and First Aid training on 8/23/2025 and file training documentation upon receipt. 08/25/2025 Implemented
6400.163(d)Prescription medications and syringes, with the exception of epinephrine and epinephrine auto-injectors, shall be kept in an area or container that is locked. Per the Chapter 6400 Regulatory Compliance Guide, for medications that are controlled substances, an "area or container that is locked" must include a "double locking" mechanism such as storing the controlled substance(s) in a locked container within a locked area. At the time of the inspection, the controlled substances prescribed for Individual #1 and #2 were not stored with a double locking mechanism. The controlled substances were stored single locked in a file cabinet drawer.Prescription medications and syringes, with the exception of epinephrine and epinephrine auto-injectors, shall be kept in an area or container that is locked.A second locked box has been ordered and will be placed inside the existing locked medication cabinet. All controlled substances will be transferred into the inner locked box upon installation, ensuring double-lock compliance. 08/25/2025 Implemented
6400.163(f)At the time of the inspection, refrigerated medications such as glycerin suppositories prescribed for Individual #1 and #2, and Humulin brand insulin prescribed for Individual #2 were stored in the kitchen area in a small refrigerator that had an inoperable locking mechanism.Prescription medications stored in a refrigerator shall be kept in an area or container that is locked.Replacement of the refrigerator lock is scheduled for 8/26/2025. Until the repair is complete, all refrigerated medications will be stored in an alternate locked refrigerator. 08/26/2025 Implemented
SIN-00247783 Initial review 07/11/2024 Compliant - Finalized
RegulationLIS Non-Compliance AreaCorrection RequiredPlans of CorrectionCorrection DatePOC Status
6400.67(a)One slat on one set of venetian blinds in one of the home's bedrooms was cracked in half.Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces shall be in good repair. The blinds and windows were measured on 7/18/2024, and replacement blinds were ordered for the window in questions on 7/19/2024. They will be installed prior to admission, tentatively on 8/1/2024, but at the latest by 8/8/2024. 08/08/2024 Implemented
6400.77(b)At the time of inspection, the home's only first aid kit lacked a thermometer and a pair of scissors. A first aid kit shall contain antiseptic, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, a thermometer, tweezers, tape, scissors and syrup of Ipecac, if an individual 4 years of age or younger, or an individual likely to ingest poisons, is served. Scissors and a working thermometer were purchased and added to the first aid kit immediately after discovery that they were not part of the kit. This was done by Sumit Singh on 7/11/2024. 07/11/2024 Implemented
6400.32(r)The doors to the four bedrooms in the home lacked locking mechanisms on the doors or doorknobs. As such, an individual's right to lock their bedroom door could not be ensured for any individuals residing in these bedrooms.An individual has the right to lock the individual's bedroom door.At this time there are no residents in this home. As part of the admission evaluation process each individual admitted to the home will be assessed for the appropriate doorknob and lock to meet their individual needs as determined by the team drafting and creating the individual's service plan. 08/01/2024 Implemented