Section 400.56 - Certification(a) Partners certified by authority.-- A nonprofit corporation may submit an application for certification as a partner to the authority. After a review of the applications, the authority shall select and certify four regional nonprofit corporations as partners. The authority shall select one partner from each of the four regions of this Commonwealth meeting its criteria and the requirements of section 5. The authority shall modify or revoke a partner's certification consistent with the regulations, policies and guidelines of the authority. The authority may change the number of regions or change the minimum service boundary within a given region with a two-thirds majority vote of the board. A partner in existence and in receipt of funds from the department as of the effective date of this act is hereby deemed certified as a partner.(b) Partners certified by secretary.--The secretary may certify nonprofit corporations as partners and may establish their geographical boundaries. Such partners and geographical boundaries shall be in addition to those certified or established by the authority under subsection (a).2001, June 22, P.L. 569, No. 38, § 6, effective 7/1/2001.