Based on interview, the provider failed to employ a full-time, qualified registered dietitian or dietary manager who met the requirements to serve as the director of food and nutritional services. Findings include:1. Interview on 1/20/26 at 1:23 p.m. with dietary aide/cook I and restorative supervisor N revealed:*The facility did not have a dietary manager.*Restorative supervisor N was working as the dietary cook, she had been a cook there prior to her current role.*The previous dietary manager worked there for a few years, and after she quit, a certified nursing assistant (CNA) took over for a few weeks, but did not want to do it anymore, and went back to working as a CNA. *The administrator ordered food for the kitchen; they just wrote down for him what was needed. 2. …
F801 citations in South Dakota
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
South Dakota cites F801 less often than its own record predicts
0.65 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 F801.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What South Dakota surveyors wrote
F801 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.72% | 2.06× |
| 2024 | 0.45% | 1.35× |
| 2025 | 0.17% | 0.65× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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