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The Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ)

Office of Health Care Quality
 

Note: Our office will be closed on Friday, July 3rd in observance of the fourth of July holiday.

 

The Office of Health Care Quality (OHCQ) is the agency within the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene charged with monitoring the quality of care in Maryland's 8,000 health care and community residential programs. The OHCQ is committed to protecting the health and safety of Maryland's citizens and is proud to be licensing and certifying Maryland's health care community since 1973.

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OHCQ Regulated Programs

Long Term Care

Long Term Care

  • Nursing Homes
   
Assisted Living

Assisted Living

  • Residential or facility-based programs that provide housing and supportive services, supervision, personalized assistance, and/or health-related services to meet the needs of residents who are unable to perform or need assistance in performing activities of daily living.
   
Adult Medical Day Care

Adult Medical Day Care

  • Community-based program designed to meet the needs of functionally and/or cognitively impaired adults through an individualized plan of care. These structured and comprehensive programs provide a variety of health, social, and other related support services in a protective setting.
   
Developmentally Disabled

Developmental Disabilities

  • Community Residential Services
  • Community Supported Living Arrangements
  • Family Support Services
  • Individual Support Services
  • Resource Coordination
  • Vocational & Day Habilitation Services including Support Employment
   
Ambulatory Care

Ambulatory Care

  • Ambulatory Surgery Centers
  • Birthing Centers
  • Comprehensive Outpatient Rehabilitation Facility
  • Dialysis Centers
  • Home Health Agencies
  • Hospice
  • Nurse Referral Agencies
  • Nursing Staff Agencies
  • Outpatient Physical Therapy
  • Portable X-Ray
  • Residential Services Agencies
Hospital

Hospital

  • Acute Care & Psychiatric Hospitals
  • Freestanding Medical Facilities
  • HMOs
  • Hospital Patient Safety Programs
  • Prison Hospitals
  • Residential Treatment Centers
   
Mental Health

Mental Health

  • Group Homes for Adults with Mental Illness
  • Mental Health Vocational Programs
  • Mobile Treatment Services
  • Outpatient Mental Health Center
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Programs
  • Psychiatric Rehabilitation Services for Minors
  • Psychiatric Day Treatment Services, Partial Hospitalization Program
  • Residential Rehabilitation Programs
  • Residential Crisis Services
  • Respite Care Services
  • Therapeutic Group Homes
  • Therapeutic Nursery Programs
   
Substance Abuse

Substance Abuse

  • Opioid Maintenance Therapy Programs
  • Outpatient Treatment Programs
  • Residential Programs
  • Early Intervention
  • Detoxification Treatment
  • Education Programs (DWI)
   
Laboratories

Laboratories

  • Blood Drawing Stations or Blood Test Results
  • Blood, Sperm, and Tissue Banks
  • Cholesterol Testing Sites
  • Employer Drug Testing
  • Health Awareness Testing Sites
  • Hospital Laboratories
  • Independent Laboratories
  • Point of Care Laboratories
  • Physician Office Laboratories

 

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