Failure to Employ Qualified Food and Nutrition Service Staff
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to employ either a full-time registered dietician (RD) or a qualified dietary manager (DM) to oversee the food and nutrition service since 3/26/24, potentially affecting all 65 residents. The RD reported working full-time across five buildings but only spent eight hours per week at this facility. The Culinary Director (CD), who had been employed for almost a year, had not started training for the Certified Dietary Manager's certificate, despite being asked about it and expressing reluctance to begin. The administrator confirmed that the expectation was for the CD to have the CDM upon hire or within the first three months, but this requirement had not been met.