Based on record review, and interview, the provider failed to ensure residents were free from unnecessary drugs for one of two sampled residents (43) who received an antipsychotic medication (a drug that alters neurotransmitter activity in the brain to reduce symptoms of mental health conditions) had their antipsychotic order written with the required 14-day usage order stop date, two of two sampled residents (4 and 43) were evaluated by a healthcare provider within the required 14-day timeframe to renew their PRN (as needed) antipsychotic medication orders and that the indication for administration was documented for an as-needed (PRN) anxiety (anticipation of future danger or misfortune with feelings of distress and/or sadness and symptoms such as restless or irritability) medication… …
F605 citations in South Dakota
Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies
Prevent the use of unnecessary psychotropic medications or use medications that may restrain a resident's ability to function.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F605 less often than its own record predicts
0.48 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 F605.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F605 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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