Agency
Virginia Department of Health
 
Board
State Board of Health
 
Guidance Document Change: This guidance document summarizes how the State Health Commissioner (“The Commissioner”) of the Virginia Department of Health (VDH), through the Office of Licensure and Certification (OLC), may consider imposing administrative sanctions for nursing facilities under 12VAC5-371-90 and Va. Code §§ 32.1-27, 27.1, and 135. This guidance document does not create new requirements or mandatory enforcement levels. Decisions regarding sanctions will always be fact specific. This guidance document does not limit VDH's or the Commissioner’s authority to take any action authorized by law.
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8/27/26  1:12 pm
Commenter: Mary Gerdt

Richmond Nursing Home Poor Quality Grades
 

Call the Owners of the facility or facilities & meet w/them. In the facility. Review licenses, structure of corporation, responsibilities, managers, budgets, meet w/Licensed Administrators of each facility, charge nurses, residents and families. Take a walk in the hallways w/owners. Charge nurses can do inspections weekly. Report violations, complaints, State can corroborate & advise facility of corrective actions. Meet w/ombudsmen. Enable home based long term care through visiting nurses plus Medicaid for the eligible. Meeting in a conference room far from the centers of residential homes is not correcting the abysmal scores and Family photos of neglect.I offer my assistance as a retired nurse from Vermont. 

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