Chief, Licensing Inspection Division, DDAP pay range
Commonwealth of Pennsylvania · class code 38230
- Class code
- 38230
- Pay scale group
- ST 10
- Pay unit
- Year
- Bargaining unit
- A3
- State
- Pennsylvania
- The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania published pay range for Chief, Licensing Inspection Division, DDAP is $89,996 to $136,842 per year.
- Commonwealth of Pennsylvania Office of Administration keys this classification as class code 38230.
- 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 10/27/2020.
What the state says the job is
This is responsible administrative and professional work directing the Licensing Inspection Division in the Department of Drug and Alcohol Programs (DDAP). The employee in this job directs annual license renewal inspections, follow-up inspections, and relocation inspections of Substance Use Disorder (SUD) treatment facilities and recovery houses to ensure that state and federal health and safety standards are met. Work involves directing the coordination, scheduling, and execution of licensing, corrective action, and complaint investigation activities; overseeing the provision of training and technical assistance to SUD treatment facility staff to ensure compliance with programmatic and regulatory requirements; directing annual inspections of all state methadone programs; and developing, implementing, and maintaining division policies and procedures.
Examples of the work
• Directs the pre-survey reviews, on-site license renewal and relocation inspections, and issuance of licenses for SUD treatment facilities and recovery houses. • Directs the resolution of licensure and noncompliance issues that could precipitate an action to revoke a license or terminate a facility's third party payor reimbursement. • Coordinates licensing activities with departmental and external organizations. • Initiates investigations into complaints from facilities, the legislature, governmental agencies, and consumers. • Directs employees in providing consultation, technical assistance, and continuing education to facility staff to assist them in reaching regulatory compliance.
Minimum qualifications
• Five years of professional experience in a human services or social services agency providing direct social services, case management services, substance use disorder services, program planning, program monitoring, or program evaluation, including one year of professional supervisory experience in substance use disorder services, and a bachelor’s degree; or • An equivalent combination of experience and training that includes one year of professional supervisory experience in substance use disorder services.
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.