Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure it received registry verification for 1 (CNA A) of 5 employees reviewed for registry verification prior to allowing an applicant to serve as a nurse aide. The facility failed to ensure CNA A had a current nurse aide certification while employed at the facility, while actively providing care for residents. This failure could result in residents being provided with care by staff who have not provided documentation of training and competency in providing care.The findings included: Record review of CNA A's personnel file reflected a date of hire of [DATE]. The last employability status check search via TULIP that was completed on [DATE] reflected CNA A's NAR status would expire on [DATE]. …
F729 citations in Texas
Nursing and Physician Services Deficiencies
Verify that a nurse aide has been trained; and if they haven't worked as a nurse aide for 2 years, receive retraining.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Texas cites F729 more often than its own record predicts
1.17 times the share F729 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Texas in 2025, this is the portion that was F729.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Texas surveyors wrote
F729 findings written in Texas, 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 Texas citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.05% | 0.99× |
| 2024 | 0.01% | 0.23× |
| 2025 | 0.05% | 1.17× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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