WILMINGTON, N.C. (AP) — The state Division of Health Service Regulation is recommending a $52,000 fine for a Wilmington assisted living center after a patient was found outside the facility.
Area media outlets report the state wants to fine Clare Bridge of Wilmington which serves patients with dementia.
The reports said the facility was fined $1,000 earlier this year after a patient was found outside the facility last August. The latest fine stems from a second incident in which a patient was found outside last October.
The agency says that the new fine is higher because the facility did not take the proper steps to correct a problem. A Clare Bridge spokeswoman says the facility will appeal the fine.
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