South Dakota Nursing Home Compliance Guide
This compliance guide summarizes CMS survey performance for the 97 skilled nursing facilities in South Dakota. Facilities average 15.2 deficiency citations each, with 1,474 total citations recorded and 1 facilities reporting zero deficiencies, including 31 at Immediate Jeopardy severity. Understanding South Dakota's most-cited F-Tags and deficiency categories helps administrators focus survey-preparation and Plan of Correction efforts where citations are most likely.
Most-Cited Deficiency Categories in South Dakota
- Quality of Life and Care Deficiencies — 346 citations
- Resident Assessment and Care Planning Deficiencies — 230 citations
- Resident Rights Deficiencies — 193 citations
- Nutrition and Dietary Deficiencies — 179 citations
- Infection Control Deficiencies — 147 citations
- Freedom from Abuse, Neglect, and Exploitation Deficiencies — 142 citations
Most-Cited F-Tags in South Dakota
- F-Tag F0880: Infection Prevention & Control — 133 citations
- F-Tag F0812: Food Procurement Store/Prepare/Serve-Sanitary — 124 citations
- F-Tag F0689: Free of Accident Hazards/Supervision/Devices — 116 citations
- F-Tag F0658: Services Provided Meet Professional Standards — 89 citations
- F-Tag F0657: Care Plan Timing and Revision — 65 citations
- F-Tag F0600: Free from Abuse and Neglect — 54 citations
- F-Tag F0684: Quality of Care — 51 citations
- F-Tag F0686: Treatment/Services to Prevent/Heal Pressure Ulcers — 47 citations
- F-Tag F0609: Reporting of Alleged Violations — 45 citations
- F-Tag F0761: Label/Store Drugs and Biologicals — 43 citations
More South Dakota Compliance Data
- South Dakota Nursing Home Scorecard
- South Dakota Compliance Benchmark
- South Dakota Survey Tracker
- Best Nursing Homes in South Dakota
Explore POCDesk — Free Nursing Home Compliance Tools
- SNF Scorecard — look up any facility's inspection record
- Nursing Home Compare Tool — side-by-side comparisons
- Skilled Nursing Near Me — find facilities by city & state
- Best Nursing Homes by State — ranked by inspection results
- Survey Tracker — recent CMS survey activity
- F-Tag Reference Guide — every CMS deficiency tag
- Plan of Correction (POC) Complete Guide
- Free AI POC Generator
- Plan of Correction Examples
- CMS Survey Preparation Guide
- SNF Compliance Guides
- What Is Skilled Nursing Care?
Official Sources
POCDesk analyzes official government data. Verify any facility's record or read the underlying regulations at these primary sources:
- Medicare.gov Care Compare — CMS's official nursing home comparison tool
- CMS Provider Data Catalog — the raw nursing home inspection & deficiency datasets
- CMS Nursing Home Certification & Compliance — enforcement policy and the Special Focus Facility program
- 42 CFR Part 483 (eCFR) — the federal requirements of participation behind every F-Tag
- National Long-Term Care Ombudsman Resource Center — free advocacy help for residents and families