Hours and Guidelines
Visiting hours are 8am-8pm, seven days a week. Please below for details on units whose visitation hours may fall outside these guidelines.
Children are welcome to visit and must be supervised at all times by an adult who is not the patient.
A care team may adjust or limit visitors in treatment areas, including patient rooms, to support care, safety, and recovery. Visitors may be asked to wait in designated areas based on the patient’s condition.
Unit Specific Policies
- Emergency Department - Two visitors per patient are permitted at the bedside 24 hours a day, seven days a week.
- Surgery and CVIR - Two visitors at a time are permitted postoperatively in the post-anesthesia care unit (PACU).
- The Birth Center - A designated support person may stay with the patient at all times on the Labor and Delivery and Mother/Baby units
- In Antepartum, siblings may visit under supervision of an adult other than the patient.
- In addition to two visitors, one certified doula is permitted. Doulas must check in at the Labor & Delivery front desk and complete a Doula Consent Form.
- NICU: Parents may visit 24 hours a day, seven days a weekend must wear a matching baby band at all times.
- Pediatric Unit - Parents and guardians can be with their child 24 hours a day, 7 days a week.
- Behavioral Health Units - A unit therapist will coordinate with loved ones to arrange visitation days within these hours: Monday-Friday: 5:30-6:30 p.m.; Saturday and Sunday: 2-3 p.m. One healthy adult visitor over age 18 is permitted each day.
Visitation Check-In and Procedures
- All visitors must register at the front desk to receive a visitor badge.
- Visitors must stay within patient rooms or approved waiting areas during their visit.
- Visitation may be restricted or suspended by a hospital team member to ensure safety.
Overnight Entry
For the security of our patients, visitors and team members, the Emergency Department doorway will be the only doorway open between 8 p.m. and 5:30am. Overnight visitors must check in with the security guard in the Emergency Department entrance for a visitor badge.
Parking is available in the visitor lots at the main entrance of the hospital. All patient/visitor lots on this campus require payment of a nominal fee. The parking system accepts cash and all major credit cards. You can pay at a kiosk located in the lobby or as you exit the lot. If you lose your ticket, please contact the on-duty parking attendant by using the intercom system at the gates or pay stations, or call our Security office at 240-826-6671.
There is a 20-minute grace period in all lots to allow for patient drop-off and pickup. Additionally, Montgomery County operates metered parking along Medical Center Drive.
We welcome you to take pictures or video of yourself or family members at our hospital. However, we cannot allow pictures or videos of other patients, staff or any medical procedures.
