Acute and Home Care Licensure and Certification Section

General Information

The Acute and Home Care Licensure and Certification Section conducts surveys and complaint investigations in order to assure state licensed and federally certified providers remain compliant with state and federal laws governing the quality of health care provided.

The program areas we oversee include:

• Clinical Laboratories
• Acute Care Hospitals
• Nursing Facility beds within hospitals
• Swing Beds
• Organ Transplant Centers
• Rural Primary Care Hospitals (called Critical Access hospitals)
• Psychiatric Hospitals
• Ambulatory Surgery Centers
• Cardiac Rehabilitation Programs
• Abortion Clinics
• Home Care Agencies
• Home Health Agencies
• Hospice Agencies
• Nursing Pools
• End Stage Renal Disease Facilities
• Rural Health Clinics
• Outpatient Rehabilitation Providers
• Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities
• Portable X-Ray Suppliers