Based on observation, interview and record review, the facility failed to ensure smoking policies were implemented in accordance with applicable Federal, state and local laws and regulations regarding smoking, smoking areas, and smoking safety. Failure to ensure smoking areas were in compliance with the Americans with Disabilities Act which prohibits blocking handicapped parking spaces, and Revised Codes of the State of [NAME] which prohibits smoking within 25 feet of facility entrances or windows that open, impacted parking accessibility and created the potential for smoke intrusion into the facility. Findings included . Review of the facility policy titled, Resident Smoking Safety . …
F926 citations in Washington
Environmental Deficiencies
Have policies on smoking.
Data as of , released by CMS on October 8, 2026. Source: CMS Provider Data Catalog.
Against expectation — 2024
Washington cites F926 less often than its own record predicts
0.54 times the national share — cited less often here than elsewhere.
Of every deficiency written in Washington 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 Washington surveyors wrote
F926 findings written in Washington, 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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