State assisted-living licensing record · Wisconsin DQA · record as pulled October 1, 2026· Not the federal nursing home survey

N481 · DHS 83.43, Furnishings and equipment (DHS 83, Community-Based Residential Facilities)

Environment safe, clean, and comfortable

An assisted living tag from DQA, cited on Wisconsin licensure inspections and complaint investigations. TagProof groups it under Physical plant — one of the building-related tags, usually the maintenance side's to fix. DQA cites each deficiency with its own tag, the rule down to its paragraph, and a title; no severity is attached.

150
Facilities cited
In the last 3 years
201
Individual citations
37
Cited more than once
At separate visits
25%
Repeat rate

25% of the facilities cited on N481 have been cited on it again at a later visit. A finding that recurs is usually a gap in the routine that produces the record — the same check missed, or done and not documented in a form the surveyor accepts — rather than a new fault.

Where it is cited

Wisconsin counties with the most facilities cited on N481
Milwaukee County37Dane County26Waukesha County15Jefferson County6Brown County4Columbia County4Rock County4Winnebago County4Chippewa County3Eau Claire County3
Wisconsin counties with the most facilities cited on N481
CountyFacilities cited
Milwaukee County37
Dane County26
Waukesha County15
Jefferson County6
Brown County4
Columbia County4
Rock County4
Winnebago County4
Chippewa County3
Eau Claire County3

How DQA cites it

The rule as it appears on the statement of deficiencies, with the paragraph most often cited.

DHS 83.43(1)

Tag code, title and classification as published by the Wisconsin Department of Health Services, Division of Quality Assurance. Counts are over Wisconsin licensed assisted living facilities only; there is no national figure for a state tag.