Inspection
No deficiencies recorded in this report
LA SALLE CARE HOME INC.
1603 LA SALLE DRIVE, Santa Maria CA 93454
6 bedsLatest official report Oct 14, 2025Licensed
Additional info
- Telephone
- (805) 287-9570
- Licensee
- LA SALLE CARE HOME, INC.
- Administrator
- MERLA P. VENTURA
- Contact
- MERLA P. VENTURA
- License first date
- Oct 29, 2009
- License effective date
- Oct 29, 2009
- District office
- WOODLAND HILLS N.ASC · (818) 596-4334
- Regional office
- 29
- Clients served
- 983 - RCFE / DEMENTIA
Summary
The available records show 4 Type A and 7 Type B deficiencies for this facility.
- Most recent inspection
- Oct 14, 2025
- Most recent deficiency
- Jun 17, 2025
1 later report, on Oct 14, 2025, 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 70 Santa Barbara County facilities licensed for 6 or fewer beds.
In the available public five-year record, CCLD published 7 reports for this facility: 4 inspections, 3 complaint investigations, and 0 licensing or administrative records.
Those records contain 4 Type A and 7 Type B deficiencies.
0 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.
- Official inspections
- 4
- Recorded deficiencies
- 11
- Type A deficiencies
- 4
- Type B deficiencies
- 7
- Substantiated complaints
- 2
- Repeated topics
- 0
Fewer than the typical 5
1 in the last 12 months
Well above the typical 1
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size have none
0 in the last 12 months
Most this size 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.
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
Staffing, personnel, and trainingType B
- Official classification
- Type B
- Official code
- 87412(f)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(f) All personnel records shall be available to the licensing agency to inspect, audit, and copy upon demand during normal business hours. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on an interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited, as licensee was unalbe to provide any peronnel records which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/20/2024 Plan of Correction Provide CCL with all required documents from personnel file: 1st Aid/CPR, Personnel Records/Application, Health screening with TB results, and education requirements.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Background checksType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87355(e)(1)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1569.17(b) shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on interview, the licensee did not comply with this section when family member performed work and did not have criminal record clearance which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/14/2024 Plan of Correction LPA observed Licensee excuse worker from her duties and Licensee agreed to not have anyone perform work without being fingerprinted.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Hazardous items and storageType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 87309(a)
- Regulation authority
- CCR
What the official deficiency says
(a) Disinfectants, cleaning solutions, poisons, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to clients shall be stored where inaccessible to clients. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation the licensee did not comply with the section cited above as bleach was left unattended in bathroom, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/14/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agreed to submit a statement of understanding that all cleaning solutions and disinfectants must be inaccesible. Administrator also agreed to repair lock on cabinet under kitchen sink.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
Licensing and administrationType A
- Official classification
- Type A
- Official code
- 1569.618(c)(3)
- Regulation authority
- HSC
What the official deficiency says
(c)The facility shall employ, and the administrator shall schedule, a sufficient number of staff members to do all of the following: (3) Ensure that at least one staff member who has cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) training and first aid training is on duty and on the premises at all times. This paragraph shall not be construed to require staff to provide CPR. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Disregard--- unalbe to delete- Merla Ventura 1st aid expires 9/21/25 Roger Ventura 1st aid expires 9/25/25
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: Plan of Correction
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 interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited as there is no active administrtor certificate on file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/20/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agrees to complete certification process by POC.
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 comply with the section cited above as an Appraisal Needs and Services form was not included in resdient file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/20/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator will create an Appraisal Needs and Services Plan for all residents in care by POC.
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 a record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in resdient records did not inlcude current appraisal which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Official plan of correction
POC Due Date: 09/20/2024 Plan of Correction Administrator agrees to submit updated appraisals by POC.
Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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.
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