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    Facilities and Licensing

    We license and regulate in-patient healthcare facilities, like nursing homes and hospitals, as well as out-patient healthcare facilities, like ambulatory surgical facilities and home health care agencies, to ensure they deliver safe health care to residents. We approve the building, engineering and construction plans for these facilities as well.

    In-Patient Healthcare Facilities

    In-patient healthcare facilities that we regulate include hospice agencies, hospitals, intermediate care facilities (for persons with developmental disabilities, and nursing homes.

    Learn more about in-patient facilities

    Out-Patient Healthcare Facilities

    Out-patient healthcare facilities that we regulate include ambulatory surgical facilities, birth centers, comprehensive outpatient rehabilitation facilities (CORFs), home care agencies, home health agencies, hospice agencies, kidney dialysis centers – end stage renal disease centers (ESRD), outpatient physical/speech/occupational therapy clinics, rural health clinics, and pediatric extended care centers.

    Learn more about out-patient facilities

    Other Facility Information and Resources