When will the problem be corrected? This is the completion date. Each deficiency or violation must have a completion date. The earliest acceptable date is the day after the survey was completed.

In determining the correction date, the agency should consider the significance and seriousness of each deficient practice. The amount of time for correction should vary, depending on the nature of the deficiency or violation; however, the amount of time is dependent, by rule, on the Severity Level of the violation. The time frames given in the TAC are the maximum times for completion. Violations often can, and should, be corrected before the deadline is reached.

• A Severity Level B violation that results in serious harm to or death of a client or constitutes a serious threat to the health or safety of a client must be addressed upon receipt of the official written notice of the violations and corrected within two days.
• A Severity Level B violation that substantially limits the agency's capacity to provide care must be corrected within seven days after receipt of the official written notice of the violations.
• A Severity Level A violation that has or had minor or no health or safety significance must be corrected within 20 days after receipt of the official written notice of the violations.
• A violation that is not designated as Severity Level A or Severity Level B must be corrected within 60 days after the date the violation was cited.

See 26 TAC §558.527(g)(2) for more information.