483.40 - Behavioral Health
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35 citations nationally (June 2025-June 2026)
The facility must have sufficient staff who provide direct services to residents with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to provide nursing and related services to assure resident safety and attain or maintain the highest practicable physical, mental and psychosocial well-being of each resident, as determined by resident assessments and individual plans of care and considering the number, acuity and diagnoses of the facility’s resident population in accordance with §483.71.
Source: CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix PP | 42 CFR § 483.40