Based on observation, interview, record review, and policy review, the provider failed to implement their tobaco free campus policy for three of three sampled residents (66, 115, and 144) who smoked on the provider's property. Findings include: 1. Observation on 1/7/24 at 8:29 a.m. of resident 144 revealed: *She was seated in a wheelchair with a coat on. *She used the side exit door on the Chalkstone Drive neighborhood to go out to smoke. *The exit door had been propped open and a staff member stood there and monitored her while she smoked a cigarette. 2. Observation and interview on 1/7/25 at 9:56 a.m. with resident 66 in his room revealed: *He smoked and kept his smoking supplies in his room. *The staff would let him out when he wanted to go smoke. 3. …
F926 citations in South Dakota
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2025
South Dakota cites F926 more often than its own record predicts
2.25 times the share F926 takes of citations nationally.
Of every deficiency written in South Dakota 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 South Dakota surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in South Dakota, 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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