This collection is a sub-subgroup (Bureau) of the Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records. The Licensing and Certification Bureau (now Certification Bureau) currently (as of 2025) operates within the Office of Inspector General of the Department of Public Health and Human Services. The Bureau formerly operated within the Department of Health and Environmental Sciences, which split into two Departments in 1995. Please see the primary finding aid for more Montana Department of Public Health and Human Services records.

Records consist of survey case files (primarily 1971-1986) on hospitals receiving Medicare payments, nursing homes, long-term care facilities, and home health care agencies. The files include licensing survey reports (1971-1979), pink copies listing deficiencies found on regular surveys (primarily 1982-1986), and records of the facility's correction of those deficiencies. In addition there is some correspondence between the facilities and the staff of the Licensing and Certification Bureau and of the Health Services and Medical Facilities Division. A few folders include material, such as incorporation papers, bylaws, etc. dating back to 1947.