Hospital sign
Directs road users to a hospital; may be used only for facilities open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. General service signs are white on blue.
What to do
Follow the sign to reach emergency medical care.
In a medical emergency, follow the H signs and their arrows, but call 911 if the person needs help on the way.
Where it's used
Section 2I.02 limits the Hospital (D9-2) sign, a white H on a blue square, to facilities open 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. General Service signs must be white on blue, should be placed far enough before the turn-off, and at intersections must include a direction, often with an arrow plaque. In urban areas, hospitals are among the few services for which such signs are usually needed.
Don't confuse it with
- Emergency Medical Services: The EMS sign is used for places offering emergency care that are not open full-time, while the H sign means a 24/7 hospital.
- Emergency Call 911: EMERGENCY CALL 911 tells you how to get help by phone, not where a hospital is.
- Type
- Service and recreation signs
- Shape
- Square
- Colors
- blue, white
- MUTCD code
- D9-2
- MUTCD section
- 2I.02
On state permit tests
Our questions for 1 state ask about this sign, including Pennsylvania.
Test yourself
Blue signs with white letters or symbols show: (Pennsylvania practice test)
- Construction
- Regulations
- Tourist attractions only
- Services such as gas, food, lodging and hospitals
Show answer
Services such as gas, food, lodging and hospitals. Service signs are blue with white letters or symbols and show services at the next exit.
More service and recreation signs
Emergency Medical Services
Gas
Food
Lodging
Electric Vehicle Charging
Rest Area
Emergency Call 911
Travel Info Call 511From the Manual on Uniform Traffic Control Devices (MUTCD), 11th edition, section 2I.02. Sign image: public domain, source.