Based on Employee Personnel Records, review of the Maine State Board of Nursing Regulatory Licensing and Certified Nursing Assistants (CNA) Registry and interviews, the facility failed to ensure that all nursing staff maintained an active license and/or Certification and was in good standing with the Maine State Board of Nursing for 3 of 9 nursing staff reviewed. Findings: 1. During a review of the Director of Nursing (DON) Registered Nurse (RN) employee file, the DON RN's license was noted to have expired from [DATE] through [DATE]. Review of the DON RN's timecard indicated that she had worked in the facility for all 5 days with an expired license. On [DATE] at 1:17 p.m., during an interview, the DON RN confirmed she had worked on an expired license. 2. …
F839 citations in Maine
Administration Deficiencies
Employ staff that are licensed, certified, or registered in accordance with state laws.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Maine cites F839 more often than its own record predicts
2.32 times the share F839 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Maine in 2024, this is the portion that was F839.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Maine surveyors wrote
F839 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.
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