AGENCY: Box Elder County (Utah). Pioneer Care Center

SERIES: 4354
TITLE: Nursing home reports
DATES: 1994.
ARRANGEMENT: Chronological

DESCRIPTION: These are annual reports submitted to the State Bureau of Health Facility Licensure. "Qualified personnel" are required to perform on-site inspections at "least once during each certification period" by 42 Code of Federal Regulations 431.610(g)(3)(1989). They include related correspondence and the report form [nursing home name, address, phone, name of administrator, number of Medicare certified beds, classification, ownership and operation, bed complement (status and changes from previous year), utilization (added in 1989), census, number of admissions, number of discharges, number of deaths, census ending December 31, number of transfers, patient care, type of nursing personnel; age and sex of patients; services provided; medical and social system linkages; services to nonresidents, geographic service area, and the signature of administrator]. Prior to 1980, inspections were completed biannually with a report written by the Division of Health Inspections. This report included the name of the nursing home, name of licensed operator, address, and inspection evaluations on individual aspects of the nursing home's physical facilities and food services.

RETENTION

DISPOSITION

RETENTION AND DISPOSITION AUTHORIZATION

Retention and disposition for this series is proposed and has not yet been approved.

FORMAT MANAGEMENT

Paper: Retain in Office for 3 years and then destroy.

APPRAISAL

Administrative

This disposition is based on the needs expressed by the Center's Administrator. The report is completed annually and is used only for comparison purposes. The State Bureau of Health Facility Licensure maintains these reports permanently as part of their licensing files.