St. Elizabeth's Child Care Center v. Department of Public Welfare

OPINION BY

Judge FRIEDMAN.

St. Elizabeth’s Child Care Center (St. Elizabeth) petitions for review of the July 29, 2005, order of the Department of Public Welfare’s (DPW) Bureau of Hearings and Appeals (Bureau), which adopted the recommendation of an Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) to deny St. Elizabeth’s appeal from DPW’s order directing St. Elizabeth to cease and desist operation of an uncerti-fied child day care center. We reverse.

St. Elizabeth is a non-profit child day care center affiliated with the Roman Catholic Church. On January 24, 1997, a DPW field representative visited St. Elizabeth…