Chief, Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care Facilities pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 31970
- Class code
- 31970
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care Facilities is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 31970.
- This is the range the plan authorises, not the salary of any individual employee.
Class specification
The Commonwealth job specification for this class is published by Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration. The passages below are quoted from it as published, not paraphrased, and cut to their opening sentences; the full specification is the authority on duties and qualifications. It was last revised 09/23/1994.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible professional administrative work at the Division level directing a state-wide program for the licensure and/or certification of general hospitals, psychiatric hospitals, ambulatory surgical facilities, and certain specialized services in general hospitals. The employee in this class plans, directs, and coordinates a statewide regulatory, certification, and licensure program in the aforementioned facilities. As the Chief of the Division of Acute and Ambulatory Care Facilities the employee is administratively responsible for directing field and central office units in order to assure that program activities are carried out and program goals are met within resources available.
Examples of the work
Directs field and central office units with appropriate delegation of authority in order to assure program activities are carried out and program goals are met with resources available. Travels to field office locations, survey sites and training locations to ensure compliance with regulations, guidelines and employee performance standards. Maintains effective and cooperative working relationships with the Department of Public Welfare and the Federal Regional Office in the conduct of problem resolutions for the Medicare Certification Program. Maintains contact with hospital associations, consumer organizations and officials to promote public understanding and support for program goals.
Minimum qualifications
Five years of professional experience in the field of public health, three years of which must have been administrative, supervisory or consultative in nature. or Any equivalent combination of experience and training which includes three years of professional experience of an administrative, supervisory or consultative nature in the field of public health.
Quoted from the Commonwealth job specification, read 2026-10-21.
Where this comes from
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration publishes this figure in Classification and Pay Plan (online, current annual salary ranges). Every number on this page is read from that document; nothing is estimated, modelled or averaged.
The Commonwealth also links this class code to its own job title and specification. That page is the official description of the classification; this page publishes its pay range.
The listed pay scale is available in the Commonwealth's current ST schedule.