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Inspection · 2025-01-30

Date
2025-01-30
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Lynn Powers
(804) 840-8260
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. 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 1/30/2025 and completed on 1/30/2025. The on-site inspection began at 10:12 am and ended at 11:25 am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 12 children present with one staff. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and three staff records on-site on 1/30/2025.

This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews and observations.

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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 2/13/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 22.1-289.031-A
Certification that the child day center is exempt from licensure and has posted the fact in a visible location on the premises, along with the qualifications of the personnel employed therein.

The religious exempt certificate was not posted in a conspicuous location visible to the parents and the public. Qualifications of the personnel were not posted nor available for viewing.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.031-A-3-d
The required ratio of staff to children for ages 36 months to five years is one staff member to 10 children.

In the preschool classroom, 12 children were observed on 1/30/2025 with one staff member.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.035-A
The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years.
The most recent central registry check for staff #2 was overdue by nine months.

The most recent sworn statement for Staff #1 was overdue by two years and 10 months, Staff #2 was overdue by one year, and Staff # 3 was overdue by one year and 11 months.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.057-A
The program is required to submit to VDH and implement a plan to test potable water for lead.

The program did not have evidence of a testing plan submitted to VDH and/or the program did not have evidence of the implementation of the required testing plan.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 22.1-289.058
Carbon Monoxide detector in each building built before 2015 if serving preschool age children.

Carbon monoxide detector was not available at the center during the time of inspection.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-770-40-D-2
For staff hired prior to July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a Central Registry Finding for the employee within 30 days of service.

Staff #1 had been employed for nine years, did not have a central registry search requested.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services