My facility receives a THCA compliance inspection from the Texas Department of State Health Services and is found to be in violation. What happens next?
The facility will receive a written Notice of Violation (NOV) approximately 60 days from the date of the inspection, detailing the violations observed and the corrective action required on the part of the facility. The facility will then have 15 business days from receipt of the NOV to submit to the Department written certification that the violations have been corrected to the requirements of the THCA. Upon receiving written certification and determining that all violations have been corrected, the Department will issue a Case Closure Letter and close the case. Failure to submit the written certification or to satisfactorily correct all the violations within this time period, however, may result in the Department assessing administrative penalties against the facility. Further, since the facility will have only 15 business days from receipt of the NOV to certify correction of the violations to the Department, it is in the best interest of the facility to initiate corrective action as
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