- (a) Class C violations are related to administrative and reporting requirements that do not directly threaten the health, safety, or welfare of a resident.
(b) The following examples of Class C violations and the points assigned to each are provided for illustrative purposes and are subject to the conditions set out in 20 CAR § 400-2603:
(1)
- (A) Quarterly staffing reports.
- (B) Three hundred and fifty (350) points shall be assigned when a facility does not submit quarterly staffing reports within ten (10) days following the deadline given for submission of these reports;
(2)
- (A) Overbedding.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned when a facility is found to exceed their licensed bed capacity;
(3)
- (A) False reporting.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned when it has been determined that a report, physician orders, nurses notes, or other documents or records which the facility is required to maintain has been intentionally falsified;
(4)
- (A) Resident trust funds.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned:
(i) When it is determined that the facility's records reflect that resident trust funds have been misappropriated by facility personnel; or
- (ii) If the resident has been charged for items for which the facility must provide at no cost to the resident;
(5)
- (A) Denied access to facility.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned when it is determined that personnel from the Department of Human Services, the United States Department of Health and Human Services, or any other agency personnel authorized to have access to any long-term care facility have been denied access to the facility or any facility document or record;
(6)
- (A) Reporting of unusual occurrences and or accidents.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned when it has been determined that any facility did not report any unusual occurrences or accidents in a timely manner as mandated by rule;
(7)
- (A) Posting of survey results.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned when it has been determined that a facility failed to post, in the appropriate manner, the results of any survey, sanction, or survey/sanction cover letter issued by the department; and
(8)
- (A) Residents' council.
- (B) Five hundred (500) points shall be assigned when a facility fails to comply with the establishment and operation of a residents’ council as defined by rule or statute.