Regulation and Licensing

VDH maintains certain regulatory authority over health care providers, emergency response agencies, hospitals, restaurants and commercial shellfish distributors, and various drinking water and wastewater providers. These regulatory duties ensure that the goods services provided by these agencies are conducted in a manner that safeguards your health and environment. To find out more about these regulatory programs, including listings of their regulations, click on the links below:

Drinking Water

• Office of Drinking Water
• Onsite Sewage and Wastewater Treatment
• Biosolids

Environmental Monitoring

• Toxic Substances Surveillance
• Radiological Health
• Virginia Bedding & Upholstered Furniture Inspection
• Downloadable Environmental Regulations
  (hotel, campground, swimming pools, etc.)

Emergency Medical Services Regulations

• Virginia EMS Regulations
• OEMS Enforcement Actions - Individual
• OEMS Enforcement Actions - Agency

Food Safety

• VDH Restaurant Inspection Reports
• Food Regulations
• Division of Shellfish Sanitation
• Shellfish Harvesting Closure and Shoreline Surveys
• Fish Consumption Advisories

Hospital and Health Care Provider Regulation Activities

• The Office of Licensure and Certification
• Certificate of Public Need Recommendations
• J-1 Visa Waivers
• National Interest Waivers

Human Subjects Research Regulations

• Institutional Review Board

Other Useful Healthcare Regulation Resources

• Department of Health Professions
  The Virginia Department of Health Professions (DHP) works to assure the safe and competent delivery of health care to the citizens of the Commonwealth of Virginia through the process of examining, licensing and disciplining health care practitioners governed by one of the 13 state health care boards. You may contact DHP at www.dhp.virginia.gov.

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