Failure to Employ Qualified Social Worker for Required Period
Penalty
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Summary
The facility failed to employ a qualified full-time social worker for approximately 388 residents over a nine-day period. Documentation review showed that the previous social worker's last day was 8/29/25, and the new hire began on 8/6/25, but there was a gap in qualified coverage from 8/30/25 to 9/7/25. The new social worker's personnel file did not include evidence of a qualifying degree, as transcripts revealed a Bachelor of Arts in history with a minor in anthropology, which does not meet the requirements for a qualified social worker. The previous social worker returned to work on 9/8/25, but during the nine-day gap, the facility did not have a qualified social worker on staff as required by regulations.