F659 in Vermont. Pick another state for the same tag.
No F659 citations were recorded in Vermont 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 Vermont surveyors wrote
F659 findings written in Vermont, 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, isolatedJanuary 14, 2026
Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure that 1 of 5 nursing staff had an active [NAME] license to practice. Findings include:A review of credentials for a Licensed Practical Nurse (LPN) investigation for misappropriation of medications (see citation F602 for additional information) revealed that the LPN lacked an active [NAME] license to practice. The nurse's multistate compact license (a license with the authority to practice in multiple member states), which permitted practice in [NAME], had expired on [DATE]. A request for an updated license was made to the Administrator on [DATE] at 12:00 PM, and nursys.com (the national nurse licensure and disciplinary database) was used to search for it. …
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