Musheno v. Department of Public Welfare

SIMPSON, Judge 1,

Joann Musheno, t/a Little Red Caboose Day Care Center (Petitioner), petitions this Court for review of a final order of the Department of Public Welfare (Department) that dismissed, as moot, Petitioner’s administrative appeal of the Department’s issuance of a provisional certificate of compliance. We reverse and remand the matter for the Department to hear Petitioner’s appeal on its merits.

Petitioner operates a child day care center in Fleetville, PA.2 Such centers are subject to yearly licensure and inspection by the Department. 55 Pa.Code § 20.31. A child day care license…