Based on interviews and personnel file reviews, the facility failed to ensure the Dietary Supervisors met the qualifications required to be a Food Service Director or Supervisor. This has the potential to affect all the residents. Finding: On 6/15/26 at 10:05 a.m., during an interview with the acting Dietary Supervisor, she stated that she has been in this role for approximately two weeks. She stated she does not currently have a Serve Safe Certificate from the State of Maine. She is not enrolled in a dietetic technician program and is not certified as a dietary manager. She was hired on 6/1/26 as the Dietary Supervisor. On 6/16/26 at approximately 3:00 p.m. during an interview with the Administrator, the surveyor confirmed that the facility does not have a qualified Dietary Supervisor. …
F801 citations in Maine
Qualified dietary staff · Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, including a qualified dietician.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Maine cites F801 more often than its own record predicts
1.01 times the share F801 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Maine in 2025, this is the portion that was F801.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Maine surveyors wrote
F801 findings written in Maine, 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 Maine citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.63% | 1.79× |
| 2024 | 0.13% | 0.40× |
| 2025 | 0.26% | 1.01× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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