Based on record review, interview, and policy review, the provider failed to ensure the resident or resident's representative were informed of the risks versus benefits of medications, to make an informed decision and consent for resident 2's use of anti-anxiety (a drug used to help reduce the symptoms of chronic anxiety and panic) and anti-depressant (a drug used to help relieve symptoms of depression, anxiety disorders, and other health conditions by balancing brain chemicals that affect mood and emotion) medications, resident 17's anti-depressant medication, and resident 24's anti-psychotic (a drug that alters neurotransmitter activity in the brain to reduce symptoms of mental health conditions) medication before they were administered. Findings include: 1. …
F552 citations in South Dakota
Resident Rights Deficiencies
Ensure that residents are fully informed and understand their health status, care and treatments.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F552 less often than its own record predicts
0.31 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in South Dakota in 2025, this is the portion that was F552.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F552 findings written in South Dakota, 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.
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