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The Bureau of Health Provider Standards is Alabama’s regulatory agency responsible for licensing and/or certifying health care facilities. The Bureau consists of the Division of Health Care Facilities and the Provider Services Unit.
Health Care Facilities
The Division of Health Care Facilities certifies facilities for participation in the Medicare and/or Medicaid programs; works to ensure the level of care being delivered complies with state and federal standards and is continually upgraded; and makes sure patients/residents are protected from abuse and neglect.
The division conducts surveys of health care facilities. When facilities are found to be noncompliant with federal and state regulations a corrective action plan is required of the facility. Follow-up visits verify that corrective actions have been implemented to rectify cited deficiencies. View Health Care Facility Deficiencies.
Provider Services
The Division of Provider Services processes initial licensure and certification applications, maintains and distributes health care facilities and certified provider directories, and publishes, maintains and distributes facility licensure rules. The division also processes bed change requests, change of ownership applications, and provides consultation to health care providers and the general public relating to health care licensure requirements and certification standards and procedures.
If you would like to receive a Medicare certification enrollment application, please contact us at (334) 206-5175.
License Renewal Period Closed
The renewal period for licenses has passed. The online License Renewal Application will be available during next year's renewal period beginning October 1, 2012. For additional information, please call (334) 206-5175.
All 2011 health care facility licenses expired December 31, 2011. Any health care facility that did not renew its 2012 license by December 31, 2011, or did not renew its 2012 license and pay the accrued late fees by January 31, 2012, is no longer licensed.
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