Virginia 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 Virginia:
Board of Medicine
For all complaints related to Counseling, Dentistry, Funeral Directors and Embalmers, Long-Term Care, Medicine, Nursing, Optometry, Pharmacy, PT, Psychology, Social Work, Speech Pathology, Vet Medicine
https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/enforcement/complaints.htm
Virginia Department of Health Professions
Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Henrico, VA 23233-1463
Telephone: 1-800-533-1560 or (804) 367-4691
Fax: (804) 527-4424
Email: enfcomplaints@dhp.virginia.gov
Board of Dentistry
https://www.dhp.virginia.gov/Dentistry/default.htm
To file complaint – same as Board of Medicine
Virginia Department of Health Professions
Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Henrico, VA 23233-1463
Phone: (804) 367-4538
Fax: (804) 527-4428
Complaints: (800) 533-1560
Board of Nursing
https://www.dhp.state.va.us/nursing/
Perimeter Center
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 300
Henrico Virginia 23233-1463
Phone: (804) 367-4515
Fax: (804) 527-4455
Complaints: (800) 533-1560
Office of Licensure and Certification
For hospital and nursing care within hospitals
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/olc/complaint/
Complaint Intake
Office of Licensure and Certification
Virginia Department of Health
9960 Mayland Drive, Suite 401
Richmond, VA 23233-1463
Fax No.: 1-804-527-4503
Division of Surveillance and Investigation
For Infectious Diseases at Hospitals
https://www.vdh.virginia.gov/epidemiology/surveillance/
Mailing Address:
Division of Surveillance and Investigation
Virginia Department of Health
P.O. Box 2448
Richmond, VA 23218
Physical Address:
C. Diane Woolard, PhD, MPH – Director
Division of Surveillance and Investigation
109 Governor St. – 5th Floor East
Richmond, VA 23219
Phone: (804) 864 – 8141 | Fax: (804) 864-8139
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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