About the Pennsylvania home care agency license
End-to-end support for a Pennsylvania home care agency license (or Registry license) under the PA Department of Health, Division of Home Health (28 Pa. Code Chapter 611). Pennsylvania’s distinctive feature: one chapter covers two models, a Home Care Agency (you employ the caregivers) or a Home Care Registry (you refer independent contractors). We help you pick the right one.
What’s included in your Pennsylvania home care package
- Agency vs Registry decision, a genuine business-model choice (employer liability/control vs a referral model) under the same Chapter 611 standards and the same $100 state fee.
- License application through the PA DOH SAIS online portal. Since March 31, 2026, paper and email submissions are no longer accepted for Home Care Agency and Registry applications.
- Policies & procedures built to Chapter 611, including background and child-abuse clearances, TB screening and the competency training direct-care staff need before working unsupervised.
- Submission guidance and follow-up through the Division of Home Health.
How it works
- Kick-off call to choose Agency vs Registry and confirm scope.
- We prepare your Pennsylvania home care application and policies.
- You review; we refine until it is right.
- We guide your online submission and stay with you through to approval.
Indicative position: one of the lower-barrier non-medical routes in the country (a $100 fee and no Certificate of Need), now fully online. Most complete applications for a Pennsylvania home care agency license are decided in about two to three months. Correction cycles can stretch this to four to six months.
Fees and timelines change, so we confirm current figures with the PA Department of Health as part of your project.
See our Pennsylvania licensing guide and Pennsylvania license cost breakdown for the full process and state fees.
Ideal for
New non-medical businesses weighing a Pennsylvania home care agency license (the employment model) against the independent-contractor Registry model.
Why choose Cura
Published pricing, set before any work begins. Delivered entirely online. Trained under one of the world’s most exacting healthcare regulators.
Our promise
If we are not the right fit for your situation, we will tell you, and point you to who is.
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