Apply for a License to Operate a Drug and Alcohol Treatment Facility

Persons, partnerships, corporations, and othe​​r legal entities that provide drug and alcohol services are required to be licensed as a drug and alcohol facility. 

Treatment settings requiring a license include, but are not limited to:

• Inpatient
• Outpatient
• Partial-hospitalization
• Residential (Halfway House)
• Narcotic Treatment Programs

For a full listing of activities, or levels or care, for which licensure is required, see the Request for Licensing Application Packet Form.

Once licensure is obtained, a certificate of licensure or certificate of compliance is issued to the owner for a specific location and for specific drug and alcohol activities.  A facility may be licensed for more than one activity.

1. Fill out the Request for Licensing Application Packet Form to:

• Apply for an initial drug and alcohol treatment facility license
• Add a new site to a licensed facility, or
• Add an activity to a licensed facility.

Select all the proposed drug and alcohol activities to be provided by the facility.

2. Email the completed form to  ra-licensureapps@pa.gov.

3. Upon receipt of the form, DDAP will contact you to share next steps including any applicable administrative forms, application form and application checklist to proceed with your application .