Healthcare Quality
The Bureau of Healthcare Quality (HQ) regulates health care facilities and providers in South Carolina. It enforces standards, inspects, and licenses facilities such as nursing homes, hospices, home health agencies, body piercing facilities, ambulatory surgical centers, tattoo facilities, adult day cares and renal dialysis facilities. The Bureau also licenses hearing aid specialists and midwives.
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In-patient Facilities
Community Residential Care Facilities
Hospice Licensing
Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
Nursing Homes Licensing
Residential Treatment Facilities for Children & Adolescents
Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
Hospital & Institution General Infirmaries
Crisis Stabilization Unit Facilities