F913: Provide bedrooms that have direct access to an exit hallway
F913 is one of the federal requirements every Medicare and Medicaid certified nursing home must meet. CMS describes it as: Provide bedrooms that have direct access to an exit hallway.
It sits in CMS's environmental 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). 0.0% of F913 citations came from a complaint visit rather than a routine inspection.
By letter: B 2, D 1.
What inspectors wrote
Three recent F913 citations from different states, quoted from the inspectors' statements of deficiencies (CMS form 2567). Names are removed by CMS.
Inspectors wrote, October 3, 2024, scope and severity DBased on observations, interviews and record review, the facility failed to ensure residents had direct access to an exit corridor from their designated room space in a room shared by 4 residents for 4 of the 4 residents reviewed (Resident #29, Resident # 60, Resident #64 and Resident #92). Resident #64 would need to exit through Resident #29's designated room space to exit the room and access the hall. Resident #60 would need to exit through either Resident # 64's space and then into Resident #29's designated space or would need to exit through Resident #92's designated space. The facility reported a census of 132 Residents.
Pillar of Cedar Valley, Waterloo, IA
Most recent F913 citations
| Inspection | Home | Town | Letter |
|---|---|---|---|
| February 7, 2025 | Green Acres Healthcare Center | Rosemead, CA | B |
| October 3, 2024 | Pillar of Cedar Valley | Waterloo, IA | D |
| February 9, 2024 | Green Acres Healthcare Center | Rosemead, CA | B |
F913 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.
| State | Citations |
|---|---|
| California | 2 |
| Iowa | 1 |
By inspection year: 2024 2, 2025 1.
Common questions
- What is F913 in a nursing home inspection?
- F913 is the federal requirement to "provide bedrooms that have direct access to an exit hallway". CMS files it under environmental. A home cited under F913 did not meet that requirement at the inspection.
- How often is F913 cited?
- The CMS files as of September 1, 2026 list 3 F913 citations at 2 nursing homes, 0 of them in the 12 months to that date. 0.0% were rated as actual harm or immediate jeopardy.
- Is a F913 citation serious?
- It depends on the letter. Most F913 citations (33.3%) 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