Inspection · 2025-08-25
Licensing Inspector
Michelle Argenbright
(540) 848-4123
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.
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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.
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection.
Inspector Notes
An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated and concluded on August 25, 2025. The on-site inspection began at 12:35 p.m. and ended at 2:40 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 29 children present and 10 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, 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 September 12, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
Standard 8VAC20-780-260-B
After the first license, annual approval from the health department shall be provided, or approvals of a plan of correction, for meeting requirements for: Water supply; Sewage disposal system; and Food service, if applicable. The center did not have documentation of a Report of Environmental Sanitation from the Health Department as required.
Plan of Correction: Schedule an appointment with the Health Dept at least 60 days before the require date to remain in compliance with the standard. Immediately at convenince of Health Dept.
Standard 8VAC20-780-330-B
Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards. The resilient surfacing on the playground does not comply with minimum safety standards. The ground is exposed under the slides.
Plan of Correction: Check mulch levels often and order when levels are decreasing to maintain minimum safety standards.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-F
The medication authorization shall be available to staff during the entire time it is effective. There was no medication authorization for child #6 who has an emergency medicine on-site.
Plan of Correction: Make sure all authorization forms are filled out correctly before accepting medicine into center for emergency medicine.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-L
Medication, except for those prescriptions designated otherwise by written physician's orders, including refrigerated medication and staff's personal medication, shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. In the Pre-k room, medication was in an unlocked bag, and was accessible to children.
Plan of Correction: Safety locked bags will be checked regularly to ensure they are working correctly. Replace locked bag when not working immediately. Keep all medicine bags out of reach of children. Immediately ordered new bags.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-J
Tables shall be sanitized before and after each use for feeding.
After lunch in the Pre-k room tables were not sanitized.
Plan of Correction: Re-train all staff on proper cleaning and sanitizing methods for surfaces including tables.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Staff records are required to be kept for each staff and contain all required information. The record for staff #2, who has been actively working at the center as a program leader, for 11 months, did not have program leader qualifications in the record.
Plan of Correction: Use a checklist to ensure staff are properly qualified to be promoted according to standards.