Health Care Regulation and Quality Improvement

Health Facility Licensing and Certification (HFLC)

HFLC licenses non-long term care health facilities in acute care and community-based settings in Oregon. Learn more about licensing and certification.

• Facilities Planning and Safety (FPS) - Conducts reviews of acute and long-term health care facility construction projects

• Survey and Certification - conducts state and federal licensure and certification surveys as well as complaint investigations in acute care and community-based programs

• Hospital Staffing - Implements Oregon's hospital staffing laws and supports the Nurse Staffing Advisory Board (NSAB)

Emergency Medical Services (EMS) and Trauma Systems

EMS and Trauma Systems develops and regulates systems for quality emergency medical care in Oregon.

• EMS Provider Licensure

• Education and Training - Ensures responders are fully trained

• Ambulance Service and Licensing - Ensures emergency medical vehicles are properly equipped

• Trauma Systems - Develops, implements and monitors the state's trauma system, including designation of trauma hospitals and collection of trauma registry data

• EMS for Children - Works to ensure state-of-the-art emergency medical care is available for all ill or injured children

Certificate of Need

Certificate of Need (CN) evaluates whether a proposed hospital, skilled nursing or intermediate care service or facility service is actually needed. These standards encourage healthcare investment in areas currently lacking sufficient facilities.

• Certificate of Need Updates - Letters of Intent, applications under review and decisions

• CN forms

• Rules and statutes

• Tables in rules: Division 565, 580 and 610; bed supply objectives