Table 6.18b Facility licensing, certification, or accreditation, by State or jurisdiction: 2008 Percent
State or jurisdiction1	Number of facilities		Percent2
		Any listed agency/ organization	Licensing, certification, or accreditation organization
			State substance abuse agency	State mental health dept.	State public health dept./ board of health	Hospital licensing authority	Joint Commis- sion3	CARF3	NCQA3	COA3	Other State/ local agency/ organization
Total	13,688	95.5	81.5	34.3	41.0	7.3	20.7	20.5	2.8	4.9	12.3
Alabama	136	96.3	80.1	63.2	18.4	4.4	22.8	16.9	2.9	2.2	16.9
Alaska	71	94.4	83.1	33.8	33.8	8.5	15.5	36.6	1.4	- -	8.5
Arizona	212	89.2	44.3	42.0	73.6	5.7	20.3	26.4	2.8	3.8	16.0
Arkansas	59	93.2	84.7	33.9	47.5	5.1	23.7	30.5	- -	1.7	8.5
California	1,725	93.9	84.5	13.3	21.5	3.5	7.9	17.3	3.7	3.8	18.6
Colorado	436	98.9	96.3	32.6	27.3	3.4	7.3	3.0	1.4	2.1	14.4
Connecticut	203	95.6	63.5	53.2	89.7	12.3	37.9	34.5	4.4	11.3	7.9
Delaware	39	94.9	87.2	20.5	23.1	5.1	59.0	20.5	- -	- -	5.1
District of Columbia	44	97.7	77.3	27.3	68.2	9.1	18.2	29.5	2.3	2.3	6.8
Fed. of Micronesia	1	100.0	- -	100.0	100.0	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
Florida	644	96.0	83.5	23.4	37.9	4.5	22.0	33.9	2.5	4.3	11.8
Georgia	265	93.2	67.5	33.2	32.1	11.7	29.4	45.3	4.2	3.8	24.2
Guam	4	100.0	100.0	25.0	- -	- -	- -	25.0	- -	- -	25.0
Hawaii	123	71.5	55.3	9.8	32.5	3.3	7.3	52.0	4.9	4.1	4.9
Idaho	77	98.7	85.7	40.3	32.5	3.9	7.8	3.9	1.3	3.9	13.0
Illinois	608	98.7	91.3	26.2	21.2	6.3	25.2	21.9	2.5	9.7	10.7
Indiana	313	97.4	74.4	82.1	33.2	15.7	46.3	24.6	4.5	4.5	15.3
Iowa	113	99.1	86.7	15.9	73.5	13.3	17.7	20.4	2.7	4.4	2.7
Kansas	221	100.0	93.7	36.7	24.9	4.5	11.3	4.1	0.5	2.7	21.7
Kentucky	301	96.0	84.4	63.5	24.9	9.3	30.2	5.6	2.3	2.7	16.9
Louisiana	166	94.6	63.9	18.7	74.1	24.1	12.7	9.0	3.6	3.6	9.0
Maine	188	96.3	90.4	53.7	18.6	8.0	11.7	5.9	2.1	3.2	10.6
Maryland	371	97.6	87.9	36.7	56.3	5.4	26.1	16.2	3.0	4.3	8.9
Massachusetts	316	96.8	75.0	28.5	75.0	13.6	29.1	15.5	5.1	5.4	10.1
Michigan	512	98.4	91.2	30.3	37.1	6.3	19.9	52.3	2.7	15.4	9.2
Minnesota	286	97.9	82.2	15.0	69.6	5.6	19.2	7.7	1.4	0.7	14.0
Mississippi	102	96.1	54.9	80.4	34.3	9.8	21.6	11.8	1.0	3.9	3.9
Missouri	257	95.3	80.2	66.9	27.2	4.3	13.6	31.9	1.9	4.7	2.7
Montana	63	90.5	79.4	38.1	36.5	4.8	7.9	11.1	- -	- -	11.1
Nebraska	114	86.0	71.1	42.1	64.0	7.0	24.6	21.9	3.5	14.0	7.9
Nevada	77	90.9	76.6	15.6	41.6	6.5	16.9	13.0	2.6	10.4	16.9
New Hampshire	61	93.4	67.2	31.1	55.7	9.8	11.5	19.7	1.6	6.6	21.3
New Jersey	331	85.8	70.7	31.1	41.1	9.7	20.2	16.0	2.1	6.6	10.3
New Mexico	145	74.5	36.6	34.5	52.4	7.6	15.9	10.3	2.1	2.8	25.5
New York	964	98.7	94.1	12.2	36.0	11.7	32.0	8.4	2.4	3.0	6.2
North Carolina	410	87.3	62.9	51.5	30.5	7.3	12.4	18.0	1.7	6.8	15.4
North Dakota	64	98.4	92.2	39.1	25.0	7.8	14.1	3.1	- -	1.6	3.1
Ohio	402	98.5	91.3	51.0	11.9	6.7	29.1	38.1	2.7	5.5	8.7
Oklahoma	186	95.2	83.3	61.8	21.0	3.8	11.3	61.8	1.6	6.5	10.8
Oregon	237	100.0	94.9	45.6	19.4	1.3	8.0	11.4	4.2	4.6	13.5
Palau	1	100.0	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	100.0
Pennsylvania	551	97.5	75.5	22.3	85.8	6.2	25.4	15.2	2.4	6.7	15.2
Puerto Rico	151	99.3	97.4	91.4	92.7	8.6	58.3	13.2	4.6	4.6	8.6
Rhode Island	53	98.1	92.5	66.0	37.7	3.8	30.2	49.1	3.8	9.4	11.3
South Carolina	111	94.6	57.7	8.1	74.8	12.6	17.1	64.0	2.7	1.8	14.4
South Dakota	64	95.3	85.9	15.6	48.4	4.7	9.4	9.4	1.6	6.3	14.1
Tennessee	197	95.9	58.9	68.0	45.7	6.1	31.5	25.4	2.5	1.5	6.6
Texas	480	96.3	75.4	17.7	64.6	9.2	24.6	16.3	3.3	2.5	10.8
Utah	146	97.3	84.2	53.4	41.8	4.8	15.1	8.9	4.1	2.7	23.3
Vermont	45	95.6	86.7	44.4	57.8	15.6	20.0	48.9	8.9	4.4	17.8
Virgin Islands	2	50.0	- -	- -	50.0	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -	- -
Virginia	199	94.5	75.9	78.9	20.6	7.5	18.6	20.6	2.5	2.0	9.5
Washington	435	97.5	94.7	23.4	59.5	3.7	13.8	12.0	2.8	3.2	5.1
West Virginia	79	96.2	73.4	54.4	63.3	7.6	15.2	19.0	1.3	- -	8.9
Wisconsin	271	98.9	86.7	59.8	42.4	15.9	27.3	4.8	4.1	8.1	10.3
Wyoming	56	98.2	91.1	67.9	71.4	10.7	16.1	51.8	1.8	- -	8.9
1 Facilities operated by Federal agencies are included in the States in which the facilities are located.
2 Percentages sum to more than 100 percent because a facility could report more than one licensing, certification, or accreditation organization.
3 Joint Commission - formerly JCAHO (Joint Commission on Accreditation of Healthcare Organizations); CARF -  Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities; NCQA - National Committee for Quality Assurance; COA - Council on Accreditation.
- -  Quantity is zero.
SOURCE: Office of Applied Studies, Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration, National Survey of Substance Abuse Treatment Services (N-SSATS), 2008.