Healthcare Quality

The Bureau of Healthcare Quality (HQ) regulates healthcare 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.

Inpatient Facilities

• Community Residential Care Facilities
• Crisis Stabilization Unit Facilities
• Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
• Hospice Licensing
• Hospital & Institution General Infirmaries
• Intermediate Care Facilities for Persons with Intellectual Disabilities
• Nursing Homes
• Residential Treatment Facilities for Children & Adolescents

Outpatient Facilities

• Abortion Clinics
• Adult Day Care Facilities
• Ambulatory Surgical Facilities
• Birthing Centers for Deliveries by Midwives
• Body Piercing Facilities
• Facilities for Chemically Dependent or Addicted Persons
• Home Health Agencies
• Hospice Licensing
• In-Home Care Providers
• Renal Dialysis Facilities
• Tattooing

Healthcare Professionals

• Emergency Medical Technicians and Paramedics
• Hearing Aid Specialists
• Hearing Aid Temporary Permit
• Licensed Midwife Apprentice
• Midwives

Facility-Specific Info - Healthcare Licensing Fees

• Fee Schedules (pdf)