- Acute and Home Care Licensure and Certification Section
- Adult Care Licensure Section
- Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need
- Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section
- N.C. Medical Care Commission
- N.C. State Health Coordinating Council
- Nursing Home Licensure and Certification Section
- Office of Emergency Medical Services
Acute and Home Care Licensure and Certification Section
- October 13, 2014: Information for Hospitals and Critical Access Hospitals (CAHs) Concerning Possible Ebola Virus Disease (PDF, 182 KB)
- September 17, 2014: Please forward the memo and direct questions on data collection to your internal billing/finance department.
- August 29, 2013: Health Care Cost Reduction and Transparency Act of 2013 (PDF, 65 KB)
- 1915i Personal Assistance Services
- APIC position paper: Safe injection, infusion, and medication vial practices in health care (PDF, 129 KB)
- In-Home Companion, Sitter, and Respite Care Services or Homemaker Services
Adult Care Licensure Section
Training Opportunities
Testing Schedules
- Medication Testing Information and Schedule
- Administrators Test for Adult Care Facilities and Alternative Test for Supervisors and Activity Coordinators
Public Notice
- 1915i Personal Assistance Services
- State Approved Infection Control Course for Adult Care Homes
- November 21, 2011: Reporting of Suspected Communicable Disease Outbreaks (PDF, 63 KB)
- September 29, 2011: Implementation of New Laws Effective October 1, 2011 & New Forms (PDF, 67 KB)
- September 23, 2011: New Adult Care Death Reporting Form & Information (PDF, 64 KB)
- N.C. Medical Care Commission Review of Existing Rules in Accordance with Executive Order 70
- APIC position paper: Safe injection, infusion, and medication vial practices in health care (PDF, 129 KB)
- Facility Star Ratings
- Star Rating Program
Healthcare Planning and Certificate of Need Section
Certificate of Need
April 2025 Public Hearings
- Two Applicants Compete for Acute Care Beds in Cabarrus County
- Three Applicants Compete to Develop Hospice Home Care Office in Cumberland County
- Seven Applicants Compete for Fixed PET Scanner
- Approval Sought to Relocate Two Operating Rooms in Cabarrus County
- Approval Sought for Fixed MRI Scanner in Alamance County
- Approval Sought for New Inpatient Rehabilitation Facility in New Hanover County
- Approval Sought to Develop Observation Beds in Wake County
- Approval Sought for New Adult Care Home in Wake County
- Approval Sought for Freestanding Emergency Department in Wake County
December 2024 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought to Relocate Nursing Facility Beds in Mecklenburg County Liberty Commons Nursing & Rehabilitation Center of Mint Hil
- Approval Sought for Relocation of Nursing Facility Beds in Mecklenburg County Liberty Commons of Mecklenburg Health and Rehabilitation Center
- Approval Sought for Acute Care Beds in Union County
- Approval Sought to Develop Adult Care Home in Wake County
- Approval Sought for a Diagnostic Center in Buncombe County
- Two Applicants Compete for MRI Scanner in Durham County
- Approval Sought to Replace Linear Accelerator in Guilford County
- Two Compete for Acute Care Beds in Mecklenburg County
November 2024 Public Hearings
- Certificate of Need Public Hearing in Raleigh Canceled
- Three Applicants Compete for Two Lithotripters Statewide
- Two Applicants Compete for PET Scanner in Mecklenburg County
October 2024 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought to Relocate Two Operating Rooms in Forsyth County
- Approval Sought for Change of Scope to Relocate Acute Care Beds in Mecklenburg County
- Approval Sought for Fixed MRI Scanner in Orange County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun to Relocate and Replace Hospital in Pasquotank County
- Approval Sought for Acute Care Beds in Scotland County
- Four Applicants Compete for Acute Care Beds and Operating Rooms in Wake County
August 2024 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought for Additional Operating Room in Cumberland County
- Approval Sought for Fixed MRI Scanner in Lenoir County
- Approval Sought for Change of Scope and Cost Overrun to Develop Additional Acute Care Beds in Orange County
- Three Applicants Compete for Acute Care Beds in Buncombe County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun to Develop Ambulatory Surgical Facility in Guilford County
- Approval Sought for Fixed MRI Scanner in Wake County
- Approval Sought for Two Additional CT Scanners in Wake County
June 2024 Public Hearings
- Two Applicants Compete for Acute Care Beds in Durham County (revised)
- Two Applicants Compete for MRI Scanner in Johnston County
- Approval Sought for a Photon-Counting CT Scanner in Mecklenburg County
- Approval Sought for Linear Accelerator in Moore County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun to Develop New Hospital in New Hanover County
- Approval Sought for a Cost Overrun and Change of Scope to Develop New Hospital in Cabarrus County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun and Change of Scope to Develop New Nursing Home Facility in Chatham County
- Approval Sought for a Fixed MRI Scanner in Davie County
- Approval Sought for a 43-Bed Adult Care Home in Franklin County
- Two Applicants Compete to Develop a New Nursing Home Facility in Iredell County
April 2024 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought for Development of 12 Acute Care Beds at Smithfield Hospital Campus in Johnston County
- Approval Sought for a 96-Bed Adult Care Home in Mecklenburg County
- Approval Sought for 120-Bed Adult Care Home in Mecklenburg County
- Approval Sought for 120-Bed Adult Care Home in Wake County
- Approval Sought for Development of One Unit of Fixed Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Cabarrus County
- Two Applicants Compete for a Fixed MRI Scanner in Carteret County
- Three Applicants Compete for Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency in Cleveland County
- Two Applicants Compete for Fixed MRI Scanner in Cumberland County
- Approval Sought to Develop 12 Acute Care Beds at Clayton Hospital in Johnston County
December 2023 Public Hearings
- Public Hearing for Acquire Fixed MRI Scanner in Durham County Change in Location
- Applicant Seeks Approval for Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Brunswick County
- Three Applicants Compete to Develop a Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency in Pitt County
- Applicant Seeks Approval for Additional Acute Care Beds at Atrium Health Union
- Three Applicants Compete for Home Health Agency in Onslow County
- Applicants Seek Approval for Cost Overrun to Relocate Adult Care Home Beds in Wake County
- Applicant Seeks Approval for Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in Burke County
- Applicant Seeks Approval for a Cost Overrun to Develop New Hospital in Gaston County
- Applicant Seeks Approval to Relocate Adult Care Home Beds to Develop New Facility in Gaston County
- Applicant Seeks Approval for Replacement Nursing Facility in Greensboro
- Two Hospital Systems Compete for Acute Care Beds in Mecklenburg County
November 2023 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought for Fixed MRI Scanner in Mecklenburg County
- Two Compete for Nursing Facility Dialysis Stations in Mecklenburg County
- Three Applicants Compete for fixed PET Scanner in Triad Area
October 2023 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought for Dedicated Vascular Access Operating Room in Iredell County
- Approval Sought for Fixed MRI Scanner in Cleveland County
- Approval Sought to Develop ASC in Durham County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun in Forsyth County
- Approval Sought for GI Endoscopy Room in Lincoln County
- Two Compete for Cardiac Catheterization Equipment in New Hanover County
- Three Applicants Compete for Acute Care Beds in Wake County
September 2023 Public Hearings
August 2023 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought to Develop Additional Acute Care Beds in Gaston County
- Approval Sought to Develop Acute Care Beds at CaroMont Regional Medical Center-Belmont
- Approval Sought to Acquire a Fixed MRI Scanner in Mecklenburg County
- Five Compete for Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency in New Hanover County
- Two Applicants Compete for Operating Rooms in Pitt County
- Approval Sought to Acquire a Fixed MRI Scanner at WakeMed North Hospital
- Three Applicants Compete for fixed MRI Scanner in Wake County
July 2023 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought to Relocate Endoscopy Facility and Develop Three GI Endoscopy Rooms
- Approval Sought to Relocate Ambulatory Surgical Facility and Add Two New GI Endoscopy Rooms in Wake County
June 2023 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought for Freestanding Emergency Department in Buncombe County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun to Renovate Duke North Pavilion in Durham County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun, Change of Scope for New Nursing Facility in Wake County
- Approval Sought for a 125-Bed Nursing Facility in Wake County
- Approval Sought for New Acute Care Beds in Cabarrus County
- Approval Sought for New Ambulatory Surgical Facility in Moore County
- Approval Sought to Acquire a Fixed MRI Scanner in Stanly County
- Approval Sought for Nursing Facility in Holly Springs
- Approval Sought for a Nursing Facility in Wendell
- Four Compete for Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency in Forsyth County
- Four Compete for Fixed MRI Scanner in New Hanover County
- Three Health Systems Compete for Linear Accelerator in Franklin and Wake
- Six Compete for Three Statewide Mobile MRI Scanners
April 2023 Public Hearings
- Two Applicants Compete for PET Scanner in Buncombe and Henderson Counties
- Five Compete for Medicare-Certified Home Health Agency in Brunswick County
- Approval Sought for a New GI Endoscopy Ambulatory Surgical Facility in Cabarrus County
- Approval Sought for New Hospital in Guilford County
- Approval Sought for a Cost Overrun to Develop a New Acute Care Hospital in Mecklenburg County
- Approval Sought for Addition of 24 NICU Beds in Orange County
- Approval Sought for Development of a New Ambulatory Surgical Facility in Wake County
- Approval Sought for Change of Scope and Cost Overrun for Nursing Home Beds in Carteret County
- Approval Sought to Develop a New 90-bed Adult Care Home with a Special Care Unit in Forsyth County
- Approval Sought for 25 Acute Care Beds in New Hanover County
- Approval Sought to Relocate Linear Accelerator and CT Simulator to Develop a New Cancer Center in Randolph County
- Approval Sought for a Replacement 100-Bed Nursing Facility in Cleveland County
- Approval Sought for 18 Acute Care Beds in Cumberland County
- Approval Sought for a Fixed MRI Scanner in Duplin County
March 2023 Public Hearings
- CANCELED - Public Hearing for 54-Bed Psychiatric Facility in Granville County
- Applicant Seeks Approval for 120-Bed Psychiatric Hospital in Mecklenburg County
January 2023 Public Hearings
December 2022 Public Hearings
- Approval Sought for New Adult Care Home Facility in Greensboro
- Two Compete for MRI Scanner in Mecklenburg County
- Two Hospital Systems Compete for Acute Care Beds in Mecklenburg County
- Approval Sought for Cost Overrun to Develop Satellite Emergency Department
- Approval Sought to Develop Ambulatory Surgery Center in Southern Pines
- Approval Sought to Develop Nursing Facility in Pinehurst
- Two Applicants Compete for MRI Scanner in Pitt County
November 2022 Public Hearings
October 2022 Public Hearings
- Charlotte-Mecklenburg Hospital Authority Seeks Approval for a New Hospital in Harrisburg
- Liberty Healthcare Properties of Chatham County LLC Proposes Change of Scope
- Applicant Seeks Approval for New Linear Accelerator in Mecklenburg County
- Six Compete for Acute Care Beds and Operating Rooms in Wake County
- WakeMed Proposes New Psychiatric Hospital in Wake County
September 2022 Public Hearings
- Pruitt Health-Town Center Seeks to Add Nursing Beds in Cabarrus County
- Approval Sought for a 144-Bed Behavioral Health Hospital in Greenville
August 2022 Public Hearings
March 2020 Public Hearings
- Public Hearing Canceled Regarding Application to Increase Home Hemodialysis Training and Support Services in Carteret County (PDF, 151 KB)
- Public Hearing Canceled Regarding Application to Develop Home Peritoneal Dialysis Training Facility in Chowan County (PDF, 64 KB)
- Public Hearing Canceled Regarding Application to Develop New Dialysis Center in Wake County (PDF, 64 KB)
- Public Hearing Canceled Regarding Application to Develop Home Peritoneal Dialysis Training Facility in Hertford County (PDF, 39 KB)
- Public Hearing Canceled Regarding Application to Develop Home Peritoneal Training Facility in Wilson County (PDF, 40 KB)
Healthcare Planning
Mental Health Licensure and Certification Section
- 11/14/2012: Memo from the Secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services: Elimination of Prone or Face Down Position from Crisis Intervention Techniques (PDF, 227 KB)
- 1915i Personal Assistance Services
- APIC position paper: Safe injection, infusion, and medication vial practices in health care (PDF, 129 KB)
N.C. Medical Care Commission
N.C. State Health Coordinating Council (SHCC)
Nursing Home Licensure and Certification
- January 12, 2017: For Federal providers, the Emergency 1135 Waiver web page has been updated. Center for Medicare and Medicaid Services Central Office is waiting for the All-Hazards FAQs and the updated 1135 Waiver Fee-For-Service documents to be posted at the end of the month.