What is the proper name for the "state" that visits nursing homes?

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in california, they visit nursing homes to make sure everything is done correctly.. they follow you around when doing medication administration, charting, etc. and they have a meeting after. We all call them "state" but what is their appropriate name? is it department of health? thanks

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In Illinois, its the Department of Health. May be called something else in your state. Might be able to do a search with the words: nursing home oversight or nursing home monitoring or nursing home inspections.

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The agency has a different name in each state -- but it's the agency that licenses and regulates all types of healthcare facilities and services in the state, and is usually a division of the state department of health and human services (or whatever that's called in your state :)). I'm sure you could find out the specific name of CA's agency by visiting the state dept. of health website.

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