Based on observation, interview, review of a Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) document, and review of the facility's policy, the facility failed to develop and implement effective policies to ensure the smoking safety for all residents that used electronic cigarettes (e-cigarettes or vapes) for 1 of 5 residents that used e-cigarettes, Resident (R) 62 and R44, who was exposed to R62's second hand vaping aerosol. Observation on 06/02/2025 at 2:50 PM revealed R62, with R44 present, using a vape while wearing a nasal canula that was delivering four liters of oxygen (O2), and the facility's vaping policy did not address oxygen use or the exposure risk of others to second hand smoke. …
F926 citations in Kentucky
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
Kentucky cites F926 more often than its own record predicts
1.87 times the share F926 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Kentucky 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 Kentucky surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Kentucky, 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 Kentucky citations | vs expected |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 0.62% | 8.36× |
| 2025 | 0.14% | 1.87× |
Shares of citations, not counts: earlier years hold fewer inspections.
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