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.
In-Patient Facilities
- Community Residential Care Facilities
- Hospice Facilities and Programs
- Facilities for Psychoactive Substance Abuse or Dependence
- Nursing Homes
- Residential Treatment Facilities for Children & Adolescents
- Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
- Hospital & Institution General Infirmaries
- Crisis Stabilization Unit Facilities
Out-Patient Facilities
- Abortion Clinics
- Adults Day Care Facilities
- Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
- Birthing Centers for Deliveries by Midwives
- Body Piercing Facilities
- Home Health Agencies
- Hospice Licensing
- Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
- Renal Dialysis Facilities
- Tattooing
- In-Home Care Providers