Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
COURTYARD AT LITTLE CHICO CREEK, THE
1770 HUMBOLDT ROAD, Chico CA 95928
49 bedsLatest official report Jan 22, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (530) 342-0707
- Licensee
- COURTYARD AT LITTLE CHICO CREEK/HIGNELL & HIGNELL
- Administrator
- MALAGON, BAILEY
- Contact
- MALAGON, BAILEY
- License first date
- Jan 15, 1999
- License effective date
- Jan 15, 1999
- District office
- SACRAMENTO NORTH ASC · (916) 263-4700
- Regional office
- 59
- Clients served
- 985 - RCFE / HOSPICE
Summary
The available records show 1 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Jan 22, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Nov 20, 2025
1 later report, on Jan 22, 2026, recorded no deficiencies, though the records do not say whether they were follow-ups.
What Type A and Type B mean
- Type A
- Violations of licensing requirements that, if not corrected, have a direct and immediate risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
- Type B
- Violations of licensing requirements that, without correction, could become a risk to the health, safety, or personal rights of persons in care.
Both classifications are published by California CDSS and are shown as published. SeniorLivingFacts does not rename them or add a severity level of its own.
At a glance
Counts cover the five-year public record. Typical figures are the median for the 9 Butte County facilities licensed for 16 to 49 beds, except where too few exist to state one — those come from facilities with 7 or more beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 13 reports for this facility: 8 inspections, 4 complaint investigations, and 1 licensing or administrative record.
Those records contain 1 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 8
- Recorded deficiencies
- 6
- Type A deficiencies
- 1
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 3
- Repeated topics
- 0
More than the typical 6
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 4
1 in the last 12 months
About the same as most this size
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 2
1 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 1
1 in the last 12 months
Last 36 months
Repeated topics
Topics cited in more than one report during the last 36 months. A repeat may show a pattern worth asking about. Each date opens its report below.
No topic repeats in the last 36 months
No deficiency topic appears in more than one report during that window. This does not establish that nothing repeated earlier in the five-year record, and it is not a statement about current conditions.
Official report history
All preserved reports from the most recent to the oldest, sortable by report type.
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87412(a)(13)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) The licensee shall ensure that personnel records are maintained on the licensee, administrator and each employee. Each personnel record shall contain the following information: (13) For employees that are required to be fingerprinted pursuant to Section 87355, Criminal Record Clearance: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of five staff file reviews did not have a Criminal Records Clearance which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/29/2023 Plan of Correction The administrator will ensure that all staff have a Criminal Records Clearance when employed with the facility.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.695(c)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(c) A facility shall conduct a drill at least quarterly for each shift. The type of emergency covered in a drill shall vary from quarter to quarter, taking into account different emergency scenarios. An actual evacuation of residents is not required during a drill. While a facility may provide an opportunity for residents to participate in a drill, it shall not require any resident participation. Documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in zero out of four emergency disaster drills were conducted within a 12 month time period which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/05/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator will create a plan to ensure that all emergency disaster drills are conducted quarterly, taking into account different emergency scenarios and documentation of the drills shall include the date, the type of emergency covered by the drill, and the names of staff participating in the drill.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Dementia careType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87705(c)(6)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(c) Licensees who accept and retain residents with dementia shall be responsible for ensuring the following: (6) Appraisals are conducted on an ongoing basis pursuant to Section 87463, Reappraisals. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of five resident files reviewed a resident with dementia did not have an annual medical assessment which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/01/2023 Plan of Correction Administrator will complete and update the medical assessment for this resident. Administrator will ensure that all residents with dementia will have an updated medical assessment annually.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
Source and limits
California Department of Social Services, Community Care Licensing Division. Public facility history is described by the source as a five-year window. Older records and previous-licensee history may require a regional-office request. Type 741 RCFE-CCRCs, nursing homes, and other care settings are excluded from this page.
Read the data methodology