Failure to Provide Required Annual Medication-Based In-Service Training for MA
Penalty
Summary
The facility failed to ensure that a Medication Assistant (MA), who is also a Certified Nursing Assistant (CNA), received the required 4 hours of medication-based in-service training annually, resulting in a deficiency for 1 of 1 MAs reviewed. CNA/MA DD, hired on 3/20/06, had an education record for the year 2025 that documented only 1 hour of in-service training, consisting of 0.5 hours in Quality Assurance and Performance Improvement and 0.5 hours in Compliance and Ethics, with no medication-based in-service hours recorded. A Medication Administration Education for Nursing Staff form dated 11/6/25 and signed by CNA/MA DD did not include any documentation of credited in-service hours. During an interview on 2/18/26 at 2:32 PM, the Nursing Home Administrator (NHA A) stated that MAs are required to have an additional 4 hours of medication-related education annually and acknowledged there was no documentation that CNA/MA DD had completed these required 4 hours of medication-based education.
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