Health Facility Regulation | Hospital and Outpatient Services | Abortion Clinics | Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Birth Centers | Comprehensive Outpatient Rehab. Centers | Crisis Stabilization Units and Short Term Residential Treatment Facilities | Diagnostic Imaging | Hospitals | Partial Hospitalization Programs | Portable X-ray | Rehabilitation Agencies | Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents | Residential Treatment Facilities | Risk Manager | Rural Health Clinics | Utilization Review

 
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.

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

Email: Laura.MacLafferty@ahca.myflorida.com


The unit regulates 16 diverse facilities, providers, suppliers, and programs as follows:
Abortion Clinics Community Mental Health Centers / Partial Hospitalization Programs (CMHC/PHP)
Ambulatory Surgical Centers Portable X-ray
Birth Centers Rehabilitation Agencies
Comprehensive Outpatient
Rehabilitation Facilities (CORF)
Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents
Crisis Stabilization Units and Short Term Residential Treatment Facilities

Residential Treatment Facilities

Risk Manager

Diagnostic Imaging Services Rural Health Clinics (RHC)
Hospitals Utilization Review

Updated May 17, 2010


Health Facility Regulation | Hospital and Outpatient Services | Abortion Clinics | Ambulatory Surgery Centers | Birth Centers | Comprehensive Outpatient Rehab. Centers | Crisis Stabilization Units and Short Term Residential Treatment Facilities | Diagnostic Imaging | Hospitals | Partial Hospitalization Programs | Portable X-ray | Rehabilitation Agencies | Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents | Residential Treatment Facilities | Risk Manager | Rural Health Clinics | Utilization Review

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