400.191  Availability, distribution, and posting of reports and records.--

(1)  The agency shall, within 60 days from the date of an annual inspection visit or within 30 days from the date of any interim visit, forward the results of all inspections of nursing home facilities to:

(a)  The district ombudsman council in whose district the inspected facility is located.

(b)  At least one public library or, in the absence of a public library, the county seat in the county in which the inspected facility is located.

(c)  The area office supervisor of the agency in whose district the inspected facility is located.

(2)  Each nursing home facility licensee shall maintain as public information, available upon request, records of all cost and inspection reports pertaining to that facility that have been filed with, or issued by, any governmental agency. Copies of such reports shall be retained in such records for not less than 5 years from the date the reports are filed or issued.

(3)  Any records of a nursing home facility determined by the agency to be necessary and essential to establish lawful compliance with any rules or standards shall be made available to the agency on the premises of the facility.

(4)  Every nursing home facility licensee shall:

(a)  Post, in a sufficient number of prominent positions in the nursing home so as to be accessible to all residents and to the general public, a concise summary of the last inspection report pertaining to the nursing home and issued by the agency, with references to the page numbers of the full reports, noting any deficiencies found by the agency and the actions taken by the licensee to rectify such deficiencies and indicating in such summaries where the full reports may be inspected in the nursing home.

(b)  Upon request, provide to any person who has completed a written application with an intent to be admitted to, or to any resident of, such nursing home, or to any relative, spouse, or guardian of such person, a copy of the last inspection report pertaining to the nursing home and issued by the agency, provided the person requesting the report agrees to pay a reasonable charge to cover copying costs.