Maryland Government Agencies to Write to With Complaints
Here’s where to write if you have a serious complaint about quality of care or malpractice against a doctor, nurse, hospital or other health care provider in Maryland:
Board of Physicians
https://www.mbp.state.md.us/pages/cform.html
Department of Health and Mental Hygiene
Maryland Board of Physicians
4201 Patterson Ave, Baltimore, MD 21215
Phone: (410) 764-4777
Fax: (410) 358-1298
TDD For Disabled MD Relay Service: 1-800-735-2258
Board of Nursing
https://www.mbon.org/main.php?v=norm&p=0&c=invest/index.html
Maryland Board of Nursing
4140 Patterson Avenue
Baltimore, Maryland, 21215-2254
Board of Dental Examiners
https://dhmh.md.gov/dental/complaints.htm
Complaint form: https://dhmh.md.gov/dental/pdf/complaint_form-5182007.pdf
Maryland State Board of Dental Examiners
Spring Grove Hospital Center
Benjamin Rush Building
55 Wade Avenue
Catonsville, Maryland 21228
Phone: 410-402-8538
Office of Health Care Quality
Complaints against Hospitals
https://mhcc.maryland.gov/consumerinfo/hospitalguide/patients/consumer_help/complaint.htm
Submit your complaint to the appropriate licensing unit at:
Office of Health Care Quality
Spring Grove Hospital Center
Bland Bryant Building
55 Wade Avenue
Catonsville, Maryland 21228
Phone: 410-402-8000 | Toll-free phone: 877-402-8218
Maryland Infectious Diseases & Environmental Health Administration – Division of Outbreak Investigations
Complaints about Infectious Diseases in a Maryland health care facility:
https://cha.maryland.gov/html/local2.cfm
The Joint Commission
Other Hospital Complaints
The Joint Commission (formerly the “Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations”) is a private entity which accredits hospitals. It is a joint project of various medical and hospital private associations. The Joint Commission will investigate a quality of care complaint but won’t tell you the results. Here is its information:
https://www.jointcommission.org/report_a_complaint
E-Mail: complaint@jointcommission.org
Phone: (800) 994-6610
Fax: Office of Quality Monitoring (630) 792-5636
Mail:
Office of Quality Monitoring
The Joint Commission
One Renaissance Boulevard
Oakbrook Terrace, IL 60181
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