Medication handling and storageType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87465(h)(5)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(h) The following requirements shall apply to medications which are centrally stored: (5) Each resident's medication shall be stored in its originally received container. No medications shall be transferred between containers. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in maintaining the medications in original bottles, rather than storing in weekly pill boxes, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/30/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator removed the pills from the weekly pill boxes and will ensure that medications are only removed from the original bottles, prior to administration. Administrator will ensure medications are kept in original bottles at all times.
Admission, assessment, and evictionType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87463(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) The pre-admission appraisal, as specified in Section 87457, Pre-Admission Appraisal, shall be updated, in writing as frequently as necessary or once every 12 months, whichever occurs first, to note significant changes in condition, as defined in Section 87101, Definitions, and to keep the appraisal accurate. For the purposes of this section, the updated pre-admission appraisal shall be referred to as the reappraisal. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, in which 3 resident files did not have current physician reports, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 10/10/2025 Plan of Correction Administrator will obtain current copies of physician records and will submit by the POC date.