Based on job description review, employee file review, and interviews the facility failed to ensure the Dietary Manager completed accredited course work in dietetic training and certification.The findings include: Review of the Food Service Manager (Dietary Manager) job description, undated, revealed .The primary purpose of your position is to assist the Dietitian in planning, organizing, developing and directing the overall operation of the Food Service Department .Qualifications .a high school diploma .Graduate of an accredited course in dietetic training approved by the American Dietetic Association . Review of the employee file for the Dietary Manager (DM), revealed no certificate of completion of course work which would satisfy the job description requirement. …
F801 citations in Tennessee
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
Tennessee cites F801 more often than its own record predicts
1.79 times the share F801 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Tennessee 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 Tennessee surveyors wrote
F801 findings written in Tennessee, 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 Tennessee citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 0.12% | 0.37× |
| 2025 | 0.46% | 1.79× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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