SIERRA VILLAGE ASSISTED LIVING

73 MOLENSTRAAT, Visalia CA 93277

Facility 547201807 · RESIDENTIAL CARE ELDERLY (740)

15 bedsLatest official report Jul 6, 2026Licensed

Additional info
Licensee
SIERRA VILLAGE, INC.
Administrator
RENATA PUCKETT
Contact
RENATA PUCKETT
License first date
Jun 9, 2004
License effective date
Jun 9, 2004
District office
FRESNO RO · (559) 243-8080
Regional office
24
Clients served
985 - RCFE / HOSPICE

Summary

The available records show 4 Type A deficiencies for this facility.

Most recent inspection
Jul 6, 2026
Most recent deficiency
Jul 6, 2026

No later report is available, so the records do not show what happened afterward.

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 2 Tulare County facilities licensed for 7 to 15 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 6 reports for this facility: 5 inspections, 1 complaint investigation, and 0 licensing or administrative records.

Those records contain 4 Type A and 0 Type B deficiencies.

1 deficiencies have explicit official correction or clearance evidence in the loaded records.

Official inspections
5

Fewer than the typical 7

1 in the last 12 months

Recorded deficiencies
4

Fewer than the typical 6

1 in the last 12 months

Type A deficiencies
4

About the same as most this size

1 in the last 12 months

Type B deficiencies
0

Fewer than the typical 3

0 in the last 12 months

Substantiated complaints
0

Fewer than the typical 1

0 in the last 12 months

Repeated topics
0

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
Medication handling and storageType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(c)(3)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(c) If the resident's physician has stated in writing that the resident is unable to determine his/her own need for nonprescription PRN medication, but can communicate his/her symptoms clearly, facility staff designated by the licensee shall be permitted to assist the resident with self-administration, provided all of the following requirements are met: (3) A record of each dose is maintained in the resident's record. The record shall include the date and time the PRN medication was taken, the dosage taken, and the resident's response. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in one out of one resident's PRN medication was not logged. Bubble pack had 1 pill remaining of 30 pack and 26 logged doses were accounted for which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 07/07/2026 Plan of Correction Administrator to submit a statement of intent by due date to provide staff medication training for PRN medications regulations and submit completion certificates to CCLD when completed.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Medical and dental careType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87465(a)(6)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(6) When requested by the prescribing physician or the Department, a record of dosages of medications which are centrally stored shall be maintained by the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 2 medications were not logged in resident's MARS which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 05/08/2025 Plan of Correction Licensee agrees to have all staff complete medication training and submit completion certificates to CCLD by POC due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Inspection
Food serviceType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87555(b)(29)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

(b) The following food service requirements shall apply: (29) All equipment, fixed or mobile, and dishes, shall be kept clean and maintained in good repair and free of breaks, open seams, cracks or chips. 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 1 out of 1 Ice Machine was observed with black residue in and around the ice dispenser area which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 06/22/2024 Plan of Correction Licensee shall empty out ice machine, clean and sanitize and maintain routine cleaning. Pictures of the inside of the ice machine need to be submitted by due date.

Plan of correction recorded
Correction not verified in available records
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Complaint

Allegations0 substantiated · 0 unsubstantiated · 1 unfounded

No deficiencies recorded in this report
Inspection
Background checksType A
Official classification
Type A
Official code
87355(e)(1)
Regulation authority
CCR

What the official deficiency says

87355 Criminal Record Clearance (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 LPA and Administrator observed staff that is not fingerprinted cleared working at facility. Administrator stated staff is required an exemption and paperwork was submitted but exemption is not completed. Therefore, fingerprint is not cleared which poses an immediate risk to the health and safety of the residents.

Official plan of correction

POC Due Date: 05/27/2022 Plan of Correction Staff person is to be removed from the facility immediately and not permitted back until fingerprinted cleared and associated. POC cleared during visit.

Official record says corrected or clearedRecorded in report dated May 27, 2022
Plan of correction recorded
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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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