Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service for 1 of 4 days (8/13/26) and for 1 of 6 Residents (Resident #4)reviewed for sufficient staff. The facility failed to ensure there were 2 dietary staff for meal preparation and service for the breakfast and lunch meals. There was 1 cook who prepared and plated the breakfast and lunch meals on 8/13/26 resulting in the meals being served late. This deficient practice could place residents at risk of receiving their food late and result in the resident's food being cold. …
F802 citations in Texas
Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies
Provide sufficient support personnel to safely and effectively carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Texas cites F802 less often than its own record predicts
0.94 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Texas in 2025, this is the portion that was F802.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Texas surveyors wrote
F802 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.
Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility failed to employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies, skills set and accreditations to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service department for 1 of 4 dietary staff (DA-D) reviewed for dietary support personnel. The facility failed to ensure that dietary staff (DA-D) serving in kitchen were working with a current Food Handler Certificate. This failure could place residents at risk of not having their nutritional needs met and food borne illnesses due to lack of dietary staff training. Findings include: During an observation on [DATE] at 9:51 AM of the kitchen, DA-D was in the kitchen preparing the lunch meal. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Texas citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.09% | 0.46× |
| 2024 | 0.21% | 1.03× |
| 2025 | 0.15% | 0.94× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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