Based on record review, staff and resident interview, it has been determined that the facility failed to implement their smoking policy in accordance with federal, state, and local laws for 1 of 2 residents reviewed for smoking, Resident ID #10. Findings are as follows: Review of the policy titled, Smoking Policy states in part, .Residents who wish to smoke are to be evaluated by the interdisciplinary team for their ability to smoke in a safe manner .on admission .at least quarterly . Record review revealed Resident ID #10 was admitted to the facility in April of 2024 with diagnoses including, but not limited to, schizoaffective disorder, bipolar type, anxiety disorder, and autistic disorder. Record review of the list of smokers provided by the facility revealed the resident is a smoker. …
F926 citations in Rhode Island
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Rhode Island cites F926 more often than its own record predicts
2.65 times the share F926 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in Rhode Island in 2024, 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 Rhode Island surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Rhode Island, 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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