F497 in Alabama. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F497 citations were recorded in Alabama for 2025. That means none appear in the CMS file for that year — not that the requirement does not apply.
In the surveyor’s words
What Alabama surveyors wrote
F497 findings written in Alabama, one from each severity band recorded here, most serious first.
Severity is as the surveyor wrote it. Some findings had already been corrected before the survey.
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedSeptember 21, 2017
Based on observation, interviews and record review, the facility failed to provide evidence inservice education was provided to Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) related to alterations in pureed diets.
This affected Resident Identifier (RI) #12 and had the potential to affect all seven residents in the facility receiving altered pureed diets.
Findings Include:
RI #12 was readmitted to the facility on [DATE] with [DIAGNOSES REDACTED].
On 9/20/17 at 8:01 a.m., the surveyor observed RI #12's breakfast tray to contain scrambled eggs, oatmeal and a bowl of gravy with a whole biscuit on top of the gravy. …
B · No harm, potential for minimal, patternJune 8, 2017
Based on record review and interview, the facility failed to ensure the required 12 hours of continuing education units (CEUs) were completed by two of five sampled Certified Nursing Assistants (CNAs).
Findings included:
A review of the facility's training logs revealed:
1) Employee Identifier (EI) #2 (CNA), only received 11 hours of CEUs over a 12 month/one year period.
2) CNA, EI #4 only received 9 hours of CEUs over a 12 month/one year period.
On 06/08/17 at 3:15 p.m., EI #10, the Director of Nursing, stated that for these two employees she could not show they had received the required 12 hours of continuing education. EI #10 stated better tracking of these in-service hours were needed.
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