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Saint Mary Star of the Sea School

Inspection · 2025-07-24

Date
2025-07-24
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Michele Patchett
(757) 439-6816
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

22.1 Religious Exempt; Background Checks Code; Carbon Monoxide
32.1 Report by person other than physician
54.1 Must be MAT Certified.
63.2 Child abuse and neglect
8VAC20-770 Background Checks

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection. Unless otherwise noted as a violation within this inspection report, the provider was in compliance with the standards reviewed. If there were any serious injuries or fatalities related to a violation, the details will be included in the description of the violation.

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site code compliance inspection was initiated on 07/24/2025 and completed on 08/06/2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:00am and ended at 10:19 am . The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 12 children present with 2 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 23staff records on-site and electronically on 08/04/2025. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, observations and measurements.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance(s) with applicable code sections, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five business days from today, which will be the close of business on 08/13/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

4
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-4
Each person in a supervisory position has been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.

The center was unable to provide the health report for Staff #2 and Staff #3.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-1
The staff need to have a sworn statement or affirmation disclosing whether he has ever been convicted of or is the subject of pending charges for any offense within or outside the Commonwealth and whether he has been the subject of a founded complaint of child abuse or neglect within or outside the Commonwealth prior to employment.

The center did not have sworn statements for staff #2 and staff #3 who were working. during the summer with the children.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-2
National Fingerprint Check results for staff shall be completed Prior to Employment. Staff #2 and Staff #3 currently working in the summer did not have fingerprint results available during the inspection.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
Central Registry Request shall be submitted Prior to Employment. The center did not have documentation that the Central Registry was requested prior to employment for Staff #3.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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