RQIA registers and regulates:

• Adult placement agencies
• Children’s homes
• Day care settings
• Domiciliary care agencies
• Independent clinics
• Independent hospitals (including private dental practices, hospices for adults and children, cosmetic laser services, refractive eye services, In Vitro Fertilisation (IVF))
• Independent medical agencies
• Nursing agencies
• Nursing homes
• Residential care homes
• Residential family centres
• Voluntary adoption agencies

You can make an application to register with RQIA via the Web Portal.  A range of guidance documents to support you in making an application will be available here shortly.