Inspection Reports for
South High Senior Living
835 Tipton Avenue, Knoxville, TN, 37920
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Inspection Report — Aug 27, 2025
Enforcement
Date: Aug 27, 2025
Visit Reason
Agreed Order resolving alleged violations found during state reviews and surveys, including a March 20, 2023 fire drill and an April 12, 2023 review of medication disposal, resulting in negotiated sanctions.
Findings
The Commission and Respondent agreed to three civil monetary penalties totaling $3,500 related to failures to evacuate residents within 13 minutes, improper disposal of residents' medications, and failure to develop and maintain plans of care. Payment is required to be submitted within thirty (30) calendar days of the effective date of the Order.
Citations (3)
Tenn. Comp. R. & Reg. 0720-26-.08(8): The facility retained residents who could not evacuate within thirteen (13) minutes during a third shift fire drill conducted on March 20, 2023, with three of fifty-one residents failing to evacuate in the required time.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Reg. 0720-26-.07(6)(c): Facility staff failed to properly dispose of prescription medications in accordance with the facility's medication disposal policy and guidelines, with medications disposed in a regular trash receptacle as noted on or about April 12, 2023.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Reg. 0720-26-.12(5): The facility failed to develop and maintain a plan of care for each resident as required, cited on or about April 12, 2023.
Report Facts
Civil monetary penalties assessed: 3
Total civil monetary penalty amount: 3500
Payment timeframe days: 30
Inspection Report — Feb 2, 2023
Enforcement
Date: Feb 2, 2023
Visit Reason
Consent Order resolving disciplinary action against South High Senior Living based on medication administration errors documented April–June 2022, as set forth in the Stipulations of Fact and Grounds for Discipline.
Findings
The Consent Order assesses two civil monetary penalties ($2,000 and $1,000) and requires medication administration training with documentation to the Commission within 30 days; the penalties arise from findings that facility staff administered and repackaged medications resulting in medication errors affecting residents.
Citations (2)
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0720-26-.07(5)(b): facility staff administered medications in error, resulting in Resident #3 receiving double doses of multiple medications from April 16, 2022 through April 26, 2022.
Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 0720-26-.07(5)(e): facility staff repackaged/premixed medications and administered them, resulting in Resident #6 ingesting another resident's medication on or about June 2, 2022.
Report Facts
Civil monetary penalties assessed: 2
Total civil monetary penalty amount: 3000
Training timeframe (days): 30
Duration of double dosing (days): 11
Deficiencies cited: 2
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