06/12/2025 | Press release | Archived content
We identified 121 deficiencies related to life safety, emergency preparedness, and infection control at the 16 ICF/IIDs in Maine.
These deficiencies put the health and safety of residents, staff, and visitors at an increased risk of injury or death during a fire or other emergency or in the event of an infectious disease outbreak.
We recommend that the State agency:
In written comments on our draft report, the State agency concurred with our first two recommendations and described the actions that it had taken or planned to take to address them. The State agency did not indicate concurrence or nonconcurrence with our third recommendation.
This report may be subject to section 5274 of the National Defense Authorization Act Fiscal Year 2023, 117 Pub. L. 263.