F926 in Illinois. Pick another state for the same tag.
Against expectation — 2025
Illinois cites F926 less often than its own record predicts
Versus expected share0.40×
0.40 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Share of Illinois citations0.03%
Of every deficiency written in Illinois in 2025, this is the portion that was F926.
Illinois0.03%
National0.07%
Share of all citations that were F926.
Each state is measured against its own expected share, not against other states.
In the surveyor’s words
What Illinois surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Illinois, 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.
K · Immediate jeopardy, patternJuly 7, 2021
Based on observation, interview and record review the facility failed to follow the smoking policy by not prohibiting residents from keeping smoking material, properly disposing of smoking material and smoking unsupervised in non-designated areas. This failure affected 8 of 8 (R1, R6, R10, R11, R12, R13, R15, and R17, R15) residents reviewed for unsafe smoking in a sample size of twenty-one.
This was identified as Immediate Jeopardy situation that began on 6/14/21 and was removed on 7/1/21. V1 (administrator) was informed of the immediate jeopardy on 6/25/21. …
Based on interview and record review the facility failed to follow the Fire Plan Policy and utilize the fire blanket or fire extinguisher after an unsupervised resident shirt caught fire during a smoke break. This affected 1 of 3 residents (R4) reviewed for emergency fire policy and procedures. This failure resulted in R4 being hugged by V4 (Social service assistant) to extinguish R4 shirt. R4 was sent to the local hospital, burn unit, and treated for [MEDICAL RECORD OR PHYSICIAN ORDER] .
Findings include:
On 4-6-22 at 10:39 AM, V1 (Administrator) said R4 admitted to flicking his cigarette which caused cigarette embar to fall and ignite R4's shirt. The staff did not notice R4's embar fall and ignite his shirt. V1 described R4's shirt as an ultra thin western shirt. …
D · No harm, potential for more than minimal, isolatedJuly 29, 2026
Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to develop and implement a smoking policy in accordance with state laws (Smoke Free Illinois Act). This failure applies to 3 of 3 residents (R7, R16, R25) observed smoking in the sample of 19.Findings include: Facility resident smoking list (undated) documents 12 residents smoke in the facility. Smoke Free Illinois Act (410 ILCS 82/), enacted 1/1/2008 and revised 1/1/2024, documents in part, .Smoking in public places, places of employment, and governmental vehicles prohibited. No person shall smoke in a public place or in any place of employment or within 15 feet of any entrance to a public place or place of employment .On 7/28/2026 at 9:10 AM, observed a strong odor of cigarettes from the dining room. …
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