483.60 - Food and Nutrition Services
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The facility must employ sufficient staff with the appropriate competencies and skills sets to carry out the functions of the food and nutrition service, taking into consideration resident assessments, individual plans of care and the number, acuity and diagnoses of the facility’s resident population in accordance with the facility assessment required at §483.71.
Source: CMS State Operations Manual, Appendix PP | 42 CFR § 483.60