Fire safety and emergency preparedness
Cited in 2 reports, with 3 deficiencies in total.
EMERALD HILLS CARE HOME
1871 CORDILLERAS ROAD, Redwood City CA 94062
6 bedsLatest official report May 8, 2026Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (650) 465-9430
- Licensee
- LT INVESTMENT CORPORATION
- Administrator
- MARIA COLLINS
- Contact
- MARIA COLLINS
- License first date
- Nov 7, 2008
- License effective date
- Nov 7, 2008
- District office
- SAN BRUNO RO · (650) 266-8800
- Regional office
- 14
- Clients served
- 935 - ELDERLY
Summary
The available records show 5 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- May 8, 2026
- Most recent deficiency
- Nov 7, 2025
1 later report, on May 8, 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 150 San Mateo County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 4 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 0 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 0 Type A and 5 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 5
- Type A deficiencies
- 0
- Type B deficiencies
- 5
- Substantiated complaints
- 0
- Repeated topics
- 1
About the same as most this size
2 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 4
3 in the last 12 months
Fewer than the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
More than the typical 2
3 in the last 12 months
Most this size also have none
0 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.
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
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87411(f)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(f) All personnel, including the licensee and administrator, shall be in good health, and physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks. Good physical health shall be verified by a health screening, including a chest x-ray or an intradermal test, performed by a physician not more than six (6) months prior to or seven (7) days after employment or licensure. A report shall be made of each screening, signed by the examining physician. The report shall indicate whether the person is physically qualified to perform the duties to be assigned, and whether he/she has any health condition that would create a hazard to him/herself, other staff members or residents. A signed statement shall be obtained from each volunteer affirming that he/she is in good health.Personnel with evidence of physical illness or emotional instability that poses a significant threat to the well-being of residents shall be relieved of their duties. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the Licensee has two staff (S1 and S2) which do not have TB results in their files, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/21/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will ensure that staff get TB screening and send results to the Department by the Plan of Correction due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87412(d)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(d) The licensee shall maintain documentation that an administrator has met the certification requirements specified in Section 87406, Administrator Certification Requirements or the recertification requirements in Section 87407, Administrator Recertification Requirements. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review and interview, the licensee did not maintain documentation that they had met the recertification requirements for Administrators, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/21/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will select a vendor and begin taking courses to renew her Administrator Certificate. In the meantime, Licensee has designated someone with an active Administrator certificate to be the Administrator.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.695(e)(2)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(e) A facility shall have all of the following information readily available to facility staff during an emergency: (2) An appraisal of resident needs and services plan for each resident. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not have an appraisal of resident needs and services plan for R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 11/21/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee will submit an appraisal of resident needs and services plan for R1, R2, R3, R4, and R5 by the Plan of Correction due date.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Inspection
Fire safety and emergency preparednessType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 1569.69(e)(3)(B)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(e) Each person who provides employee training under this section shall meet the following education and experience requirements: (3) The licensed residential care facility for the elderly shall maintain the following documentation on each person who provides employee training under this section: (B) Information on the topics or subject matter covered in the training. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, S1, S2, and S3's employee records did not have have information on the topics or subject matter covered in trainings, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/06/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee/Administrator to submit all training documentation to CCLD by the Plan of Correction due date.
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 record review, the Licensee has not conducted quarterly emergency drills which need to take into account different emergency scenarios, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 12/06/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee/Administrator to conduct a quarterly emergency drill including all staff from all shifts and send the sign in sheet for this training and all future trainings to Licensing. Licensee/Administrator will also prepare materials that will be reviewed with staff and residents in care.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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.
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