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Laura MacLafferty, Unit Manager
Hospital & Outpatient Services Unit

Bureau of Health Facility Regulation
2727 Mahan Drive, Mail Stop #31
Tallahassee, Florida 32308

Telephone: (850) 487-2717
Suncom: 277-2717
Fax: (850) 922-4351

email: maclaffl@ahca.myflorida.com

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 Partial Hospitalization Program
Ambulatory Surgical Centers Portable X-ray
Birth Centers Rehabilitation Agencies
Comprehensive Outpatient
Rehab. Facilities
Residential Treatment Centers for Children and Adolescents
Crisis Stabilization Units and Short Term Residential Treatment Facilities

Residential Treatment Facilities

Risk Management

Diagnostic Imaging Services Rural Health Clinics
Hospitals Utilization Review

Updated March 18, 2008