Dietary Manager Lacked Required Certification
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that the dietary manager (DM) completed the required certification as a certified dietary manager within three years of employment, as mandated by state regulations. The DM was hired on 11/22/2011 and, as of the time of the survey, had not obtained the certification. Documentation confirming completion of the certification was not available, and the DM confirmed during interview that although they had started the classes, they never completed them and did not possess any alternative qualifications accepted by regulation. The administrator acknowledged that the DM was expected to become certified within three years and believed the classes had been completed, but this was not substantiated by records or the DM's statements. At the time of the survey, the facility had 68 residents, with 66 receiving meals from the cafeteria managed by the uncertified DM.