Based on South Dakota Department of Health (SD DOH) facility reported incident (FRI), observation, interview, record review, and policy review, the provider failed to protect the residents' right ro be free of misappropriation of property by one of one certified nurse aide (CNA)/qualified medication aide (QMA) (D) who agreed to cash one of one sampled resident's (2) scratch tickets in exchange for half of the winning money amount and who took one of one sampled discharged resident's (1) medication for her personal use. This citation is considered past non-compliance based on review of the corrective actions the provider implemented immediately following the incident. Findings include:1. …
F602 citations in South Dakota
Misappropriation and exploitation · Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Protect each resident from the wrongful use of the resident's belongings or money.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F602 less often than its own record predicts
0.75 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 F602.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F602 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.
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of South Dakota citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.22% | 0.54× |
| 2025 | 0.34% | 0.75× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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