The Public Health Hearing Office (PHHO) presides over hearings and renders decisions concerning:
- Individual healthcare providers who do not have licensing boards
- Appeals of orders issued by local health directors
Local Health Appeal and Hearing Process (pdf) - Orders concerning the Women, Infants and Children’s (WIC) Program
- Need for new or expanded service hearings concerning emergency medical service providers
- Disciplinary actions against health care facility licensees (e.g., long term care facilities)
- Voluntary and involuntary transfers of water companies/Appeals of orders issued to water companies
- Cases concerning involuntary discharges from long-term care facilities
The PHHO is also responsible for:
- providing support to fourteen professional licensing Boards and Commissions,
- reporting adverse actions to national databases,
- maintaining indices of decisions, and
- responds to ethics questions and ensures compliance with the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act of 1996 (HIPAA)