Based on observations, record review, review of facility's policies and procedures, residents and staff interviews, the facility failed to implement and enforce the facility's Resident Smoking Supervised and Unsupervised policy to ensure safe smoking practices for 4 (Residents #37, #67, #118 and #119) of 4 sampled residents reviewed for safe smoking out of 17 total smokers in the facility.The facility failure to enforce the smoking policy that clearly addressed the safe storage of ignition devices by allowing residents to keep lighters/ignition devices unsecured in their rooms created an avoidable fire safety risk, placing four of 17 resident smokers at a likelihood for serious harm, injury or death. These concerns resulted in the determination of immediate jeopardy. …
F926 citations in Florida
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Florida cites F926 less often than its own record predicts
0.88 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Florida in 2025, this is the portion that was F926.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Florida surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Florida, 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 implement policies regarding smoking, smoking areas and smoking safety for 5 residents, Resident #7, Resident #12, Resident #15, Resident #37 and Resident #85, of 8 residents reviewed for accidents. Findings include: 1) On 8/17/26 at 11:58 AM, Resident #85 was observed seated in a side small courtyard area. Resident #85 was smoking a cigarette in a non-designated smoking area. During an interview on 8/17/2026 at 12:07 AM, the Administrator stated residents were not supposed to smoke in the small courtyard. He stated the residents knew the rules and if residents did not follow the smoking rules, they would be issued a 30-day notice. …
The short window
Recent years
| Year | Share of Florida citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.08% | 1.04× |
| 2024 | 0.14% | 2.46× |
| 2025 | 0.07% | 0.88× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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