Visiting Hours at Genesis
Spending times with your loved ones while they're in the hospital is an important part of their recovery. We welcome and encourage you to stop in and visit your 
loved ones and friends.
Rest and private time for patients to visit with their doctors are also important parts of their recovery. Our routine visiting hours are set to support all these important needs.
We realize visits outside the routine visiting hours is sometimes best for our patients, and this can be arranged by talking with our nursing staff.
Visiting Hours
General Nursing Units (both hospitals)
10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. daily
Critical Care Unit (Good Samaritan)
Visitors age 12 or older only
- 10 to 11 a.m.
- 2 to 3 p.m.
- 5 to 6:30 p.m.
- 8 to 8:30 p.m.
Open Heart Recovery (Good Samaritan)
One visit shortly after surgery. After the first 24 hours:
- 10 to 11 a.m.
- 2 to 3 p.m.
- 5 to 6:30 p.m.
- 8 to 8:30 p.m.
Psychiatric/Behavioral Health Unit (Bethesda)
- Monday through Friday: 7 to 8:30 p.m.
- Weekends and Holidays: 2 to 4:30 p.m. and 7 to 8:30 p.m.
Rehabilitation Unit (Bethesda)
- Monday through Saturday: 4 to 8 p.m.
- Sunday: 2 to 8 p.m.
OB/Maternity Unit (Bethesda)
- Labor and Delivery (2 West): Follow unit restrictions.
- Postpartum (2 East): 10 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Children other than siblings must be 12 years or older.)
Pediatric Unit (Bethesda)
10:30 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. (Children other than siblings must be 12 years or older.)
After Hours (All Units)
To ensure your loved ones are safe and secure while they are cared for at Genesis, all visitors must follow the steps below to receive a temporary visitor's pass if you enter either hospital between 9 p.m. and 5 a.m., Monday through Friday, or 9 p.m. and 6 a.m., Saturday and Sunday:
- Enter through the emergency department
- Register with the customer service representative
- Present a picture identification
