F-Tag F0551 — Rights Exercised by Representative
Category: Resident Rights Deficiencies
F-Tag F0551 is a CMS skilled-nursing-facility regulatory requirement covering rights exercised by representative. According to official CMS Health Deficiency data, this tag has been cited 282 times across 263 unique facilities. 2 citations have reached Immediate Jeopardy severity. The top recorded severity for this tag is J.
Give the resident's representative the ability to exercise the resident's rights.
Top-Cited States for F-Tag F0551
- California — 51 citations
- Wisconsin — 42 citations
- Massachusetts — 39 citations
- Texas — 25 citations
- Maryland — 21 citations
Related F-Tags in Resident Rights Deficiencies
- F-Tag F0550 — Honor the resident's right to a dignified existence, self-determination, communication, and to exercise his or her rights. (8,999 citations)
- F-Tag F0584 — Honor the resident's right to a safe, clean, comfortable and homelike environment, including but not limited to receiving treatment and supports for daily living safely. (8,840 citations)
- F-Tag F0580 — Immediately tell the resident, the resident's doctor, and a family member of situations (injury/decline/room, etc.) that affect the resident. (6,045 citations)
- F-Tag F0558 — Reasonably accommodate the needs and preferences of each resident. (4,617 citations)
- F-Tag F0578 — Honor the resident's right to request, refuse, and/or discontinue treatment, to participate in or refuse to participate in experimental research, and to formulate an advance directive. (4,456 citations)