Penn State Health updates visitation guidelines during pandemic Updated Jan 29, 2021; Facebook Share Penn State Health announced on Friday that it has revised its patient visitation guidelines in response to the “decline in patients with COVID-19 across the health system.” Updated guidelines take effect on Feb. 1 at the following locations: Penn State Health Milton S. Hershey Medical Center, Penn State Health St. Joseph Medical Center, Penn State Health Holy Spirit Medical Center, and Penn State Health Medical Group locations. Changes include: adult inpatients, adult outpatient surgery patients, and adult outpatient procedure patients may have one family or support person per stay