North Carolina Assisted Living Regulations and Records

When choosing an assisted living community, it is important to understand North Carolina state regulations for assisted living facilities and know how to look up assisted living license information. But public access to assisted living records varies greatly by state.

We developed a system to rate each state on how easy – or difficult – it is to find important assisted living records and reports, and compiled tips to help you in your search.

States with the most transparent records allow you to look up important information about each assisted living facility online, including inspections, complaints, survey results, violations, capacity, and whether the facility accepts Medicaid.

Access to North Carolina assisted living records: Exceptional

Public access to assisted living records and reports for the state of North Carolina is exceptional. Key findings that informed this rating include:

• North Carolina is in the top quartile for assisted living transparency.
• North Carolina has a robust database and a star rating system for providers based on inspection scores from year to year.

How to look up North Carolina assisted living licenses and records

• To find a list of licensed communities visit the North Carolina Adult Care Licensure webpage.
• To find communities that have had documented issues in the past, visit North Carolina’s Listing of Facilities with Penalties page.
• To find inspections and star ratings for specific providers, use the Facility Inspections, Ratings and Penalties Site.

How we arrived at our North Carolina rating

We developed a standard methodology for state data collection and evaluation, and based our rating primarily on the objective, state-specific accessibility criteria outlined in these questions:

1. Are licensed assisted living communities listed online in any form? Yes
2. If Yes to #1, is the information updated frequently? Yes
3. If Yes to #1, is the list of licensed communities searchable? Yes
4. Does the state post inspections, complaints, survey results, or violations online? Yes
5. If Yes to #4, is the information updated frequently? [within 90 days] Yes
6. If Yes to #2 and #4, is the enforcement information included in the same place as licensed communities? Yes
7. If Yes to #4 and No to #6, are violations / inspections searchable at all? Yes
8. Is information about special licensing for care shown? Yes
9. Capacity shown? Yes
10. Payment types shown, [e.g. Medicaid, private pay]? No
11. Administrator / Contact name shown? No
12. State may fine facility? Yes
13. Frequency of inspections? Every 24 months
14. Website includes pricing of facility? No