[Code of Federal Regulations]

[Title 42, Volume 4]

[Revised as of October 1, 2006]

From the U.S. Government Printing Office via GPO Access

[CITE: 42CFR488.305]



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                         TITLE 42--PUBLIC HEALTH

 

  CHAPTER IV--CENTERS FOR MEDICARE & MEDICAID SERVICES, DEPARTMENT OF 

                  HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES (CONTINUED)

 

PART 488_SURVEY, CERTIFICATION, AND ENFORCEMENT PROCEDURES--Table of 

 

     Subpart E_Survey and Certification of Long-Term Care Facilities

 

Sec.  488.305  Standard surveys.



    (a) For each SNF and NF, the State survey agency must conduct 

standard surveys that include all of the following:

    (1) A case-mix stratified sample of residents;

    (2) A survey of the quality of care furnished, as measured by 

indicators of medical, nursing, and rehabilitative care, dietary and 

nutrition services, activities and social participation, and sanitation, 

infection control, and the physical environment;

    (3) An audit of written plans of care and residents' assessments to 

determine the accuracy of such assessments and the adequacy of such 

plans of care; and

    (4) A review of compliance with residents' rights requirements set 

forth in sections 1819(c) and 1919(c) of the Act.

    (b) The State survey agency's failure to follow the procedures set 

forth in this section will not invalidate otherwise legitimate 

determinations that a facility's deficiencies exist.