Use the NC Department of Health and Human Services' Division of Health Service Regulation (DHSR) Regulated Facilities search at info.ncdhhs.gov/dhsr/facilities/search.asp, which lets you search by county (Wake) or facility name and confirms the current license status, address, and bed capacity for any licensed adult care home. Every community operating as assisted living in Cary must be licensed under N.C.G.S. Chapter 131D and 10A NCAC 13F, regardless of how it markets itself.
What this means in practice
Cary's fast-growing 55+ community market makes it easy for families to assume a polished sales office means a facility is properly licensed, but marketing materials aren't proof. The DHSR Regulated Facilities search is the state's official registry and is separate from DHSR's inspection/rating tool, so families researching a Cary community along the US-1/I-40 corridor should check both: the facilities search to confirm the license exists at all, and the ACLS inspection search to see its compliance history. WakeMed Cary Hospital and Duke Health outpatient facilities nearby mean many assisted living operators reference these systems in marketing, but that affiliation has nothing to do with DHSR licensure status, which only the state registry can confirm.
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