Public Health Rules in Pennsylvania (2026)
27 rules on the books across Pennsylvania, 16 cities and counties. Select a rule to read the full details.
Severity: Few Restrictions · Light Restrictions · Some Restrictions · Significant Restrictions · Heavy Restrictions
Restaurant Grade Cards
Letter grade (A/B/C) public-display requirements for food facilities, what triggers a downgrade, and how the LA County DPH grading system works.
Rodent Control
Property owner duties to abate rats and mice, restrictions on second-generation anticoagulant rodenticides (CA AB-1788), and integrated-pest-management standards.
Bensalem
Some RestrictionsBensalem Township's Housing Code requires every dwelling's foundation, exterior walls, roof, floors, interior walls…
Read full rule →Bethlehem
Some RestrictionsWhen Bethlehem's Bureau of Health finds a building infested with rats, roaches or other disease vectors severe enough…
Read full rule →Bristol
Some RestrictionsIn Bristol Borough, Pennsylvania, the Borough Inspector decides when rats, roaches or other disease vectors make a…
Read full rule →Bristol Township
Some RestrictionsIn Bristol Township, Pennsylvania, § 120-10C splits the duty to exterminate between occupant and owner. An occupant…
Read full rule →Erie
Some RestrictionsErie's Tenant Bill of Rights writes freedom from vermin infestation into the legal definition of a rental unit's…
Read full rule →Franklin Township
Some RestrictionsFranklin Township's Refuse Ordinance ties trash storage directly to pest control. Section 20-102 requires every…
Read full rule →Harrisburg
Some RestrictionsIn the City of Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, any dwelling, building, accessory structure, premises or vacant lot found to…
Read full rule →Haverford
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, Article II of Chapter 138 requires every business building to be…
Read full rule →Lower Merion
Some RestrictionsLower Merion Township requires every building, lot and premises to stay free of conditions that harbor rodents, insects…
Read full rule →Millcreek
Some RestrictionsIn Millcreek Township, Erie County, Pennsylvania, a structure or property that deteriorates until it shelters rats…
Read full rule →Penn Hills
Some RestrictionsPenn Hills requires all solid waste storage to prevent rodent and insect harborage, odors, and nuisances under the…
Read full rule →Philadelphia
Some RestrictionsPhiladelphia's Property Maintenance Code requires every structure to stay free of insect and rodent infestation, with…
Read full rule →Pittsburgh
Some RestrictionsBefore PLI issues a demolition permit, Pittsburgh requires the property owner or agent to treat the site for pests and…
Read full rule →Reading
Some RestrictionsCity of Reading property owners must exterminate insect and rodent infestations using Health Officer-approved methods…
Read full rule →Upper Darby
Some RestrictionsEvery business and residence building in Upper Darby must be ratproofed and kept rat-free, and owners have only five…
Read full rule →Bed-Bug Rules
Landlord disclosure of bed-bug history, treatment-cost responsibility, and tenant duties to cooperate with treatment in California (CIV §1954.603).
Syringe Disposal
How residents must dispose of home-generated sharps (insulin syringes, EpiPens), including kiosk locations and take-back-mailer programs.
Philadelphia
Significant RestrictionsMobile medical providers, including needle-exchange and overdose-response teams, operating in the Seventh Councilmanic…
Read full rule →Haverford
Some RestrictionsIn Haverford Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, needles and syringes are listed as medical waste in Township Code…
Read full rule →Lower Merion
Some RestrictionsLower Merion Township's tattoo and body piercing ordinance requires every needle used on a client to be sterilized…
Read full rule →Calorie Labeling
Federal FDA menu-labeling rules for chains with 20+ locations and any LA-specific add-ons, including added-sugar warnings and posting standards.
Food Handler Certification
CA Health & Safety Code §113948 food-handler-card requirement, retraining cycles, and how LA County DPH enforces certification at food facilities.
Abington
Some RestrictionsAbington Township bars anyone with an active communicable disease, including tuberculosis, syphilis or typhoid, from…
Read full rule →Bethlehem
Some RestrictionsBethlehem enforces food establishment permitting and food employee certification through the Pennsylvania Food Code…
Read full rule →Philadelphia
Some RestrictionsPennsylvania Food Code 7 Pa. Code §46.504 requires every retail food establishment to employ at least one…
Read full rule →Reading
Some RestrictionsReading requires every food establishment to have a certified food employee on staff under a Department of Agriculture…
Read full rule →Haverford
Light RestrictionsHaverford Township's § 91-9 makes the Pennsylvania Food Employee Certification Act, 3 Pa.C.S.A. §§ 6501 through 6510…
Read full rule →Upper Darby
Light RestrictionsUpper Darby doesn't run its own food handler test: Section 328-9 simply adopts Pennsylvania's Food Employee…
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