Specifications include, but are not limited to: a. Conduct federal certification and recertification surveys, follow-up revisit surveys, and complaint investigations at Medicare-eligible health care facilities as requested by OHCA in accordance with established federal regulations and standards and submit written reports on a timely basis. Initial certification and recertification surveys include health care surveys, life safety code (LSC) surveys and emergency preparedness surveys. b. Conduct on-site surveys of the health care facilities as requested by OHCA and shall be subject to OHCA’s approval and to allotment and availability of federal and/or state funds. c. Staff must meet qualification standards approved by CMS to conduct such surveys. Surveyor training courses, life safety code courses and emergency preparedness courses are provided by CMS. Surveyors shall possess experience that demonstrates their competence to conduct such surveys. d. Conduct supplemental surveys when CMS condition-level deficiencies are cited. e. Submit proposed travel and survey dates to the DOH OHCA for approval prior to the commencement of certification and recertification surveys.