Laura MacLafferty, Unit Manager
Hospital & Outpatient Services Unit
Bureau of Health Facility Regulation
2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #31
Tallahassee, Florida 32308
Telephone: (850) 412-4549
Fax: (850) 922-4351
Hospital & Outpatient Services
The Hospital and Outpatient Services Unit (HOSU) within the Division of Health Quality Assurance is responsible for licensing, registering, and regulating hospitals, outpatient and health care service facilities. The HOSU strives to ensure that these facilities and services comply with standards of safety and quality established by state and federal regulation.
The unit regulates 16 diverse facilities, providers, suppliers, and programs as follows:
- Abortion Clinics
- Ambulatory Surgical Centers
- Birth Centers
- Community Mental Health Centers / Partial Hospitalization Programs (CMHC/PHP)
- Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facilities (CORF)
- Crisis Stabilization Units and Short Term Residential Treatment Facilities
- Diagnostic Imaging Services
- Hospitals
- Portable X-ray
- Rehabilitation Agencies
- Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents
- Residential Treatment Facilities
- Risk Manager
- Rural Health Clinics (RHC)
- Utilization Review
Renewal Reminder Notices are no longer being sent by certified letter. You will now receive a renewal reminder postcard at least 90 days prior to the expiration of your license. To ensure that you receive timely notice, please visit www.FloridaHealthFinder.gov to verify that your mailing address is accurate. Please feel free to contact your licensing unit representative if you have any questions.
Updated November 15, 2012
