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Mountaintop Montessori

Inspection · 2022-10-12

Date
2022-10-12
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Julie Kunowsky
(540) 430-9256
SHSIA monitoring inspection of an approved subsidy vendor to determine compliance with current subsidy requirements regarding the health and safety of children and to promote quality standards for the children in their care.
No

Areas Reviewed

8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect

Inspector Notes

A renewal inspection was completed on October 12, 2022. There were 111 children present, ranging in ages from 17 months old to 6 years old, with 14 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of administration, physical plant, staffing and supervision, programming, medication, special care and emergencies and nutrition. A total of ten child records, ten staff records, nine children's medications and authorization paperwork, four Board officers' records, and one Agent's record were reviewed.

Information gathered during the inspection determined noncompliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the facility.

Please contact your licensing inspector, Chrystal King, if you have questions concerning this inspection, the licensing standards, and/or if I may be of assistance to you at 804-297-4469.

Violations

2
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-L
Based on review of medication, the center failed to ensure that medication is kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

Evidence:
Nine children's emergency medications were reviewed, but none were kept in a locked place.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-P
Based on review of medication, the center failed to ensure that when an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization.

Evidence:
1. Child 2M had a prescription emergency medication, Albuterol, at the center. The medication authorization form signed by the parent, was only current for 10 business days, and expired on August 30, 2022. The medication had not been administered.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services