F573: Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records
F573 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records.
It sits in CMS's resident rights category.
CMS Health Deficiencies file, data as of September 1, 2026. The files hold each home's last three standard inspections and three years of complaint visits.
How seriously inspectors rate it
Every citation gets a letter for how much harm inspectors found and how many residents it touched (how to read the letters). 90.4% of F573 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 16, D 291, E 13, F 4.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F573 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, July 30, 2026, scope and severity DThis citation pertains to intake #3071679Based on interview and record review, the facility failed to release medical records to the resident/resident representative in a timely manner for 1 resident (Resident #101), resulting in delayed access to a resident's medical records.
Mission Point Nursing & Physical Rehabilitation Ce, Cedar Springs, MI
Inspectors wrote, July 28, 2026, scope and severity DBased on interview and record review, the facility failed to follow its policy to provide medical records within 30 days of the request for one resident (R2) out of four residents reviewed for resident rights. Findings Include: [...]
Norwood Crossing, Chicago, IL
Inspectors wrote, July 23, 2026, scope and severity DBased on record review and interview the facility failed to provide copies of an itemized bill as requested for 1 of 3 sampled residents (Resident #4).
Aviata at Greenacres, Green Acres, FL
Most recent F573 citations
F573 citations by state
Counts depend on how many homes a state has and how often its inspectors visit, so a larger number is not by itself a worse record.
By inspection year: 2018 1, 2019 2, 2021 5, 2022 5, 2023 42, 2024 107, 2025 99, 2026 63.
Common questions
- What is F573 in a nursing home inspection?
- F573 is the federal requirement to "let each resident or the resident's legal representative access or purchase copies of all the resident's records". CMS files it under resident rights. A home cited under F573 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F573 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 324 F573 citations at 302 nursing homes, 87 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F573 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F573 citations (95.1%) were rated as potential for more than minimal harm, D to F. None in the current files is at the immediate jeopardy level.
The interpretive guidance inspectors use for each F-tag is CMS's State Operations Manual, Appendix PP. NursingHomeClear reports the citations as CMS records them and is not affiliated with CMS. All F-tags · Methodology