Inspection · 2024-12-02
Licensing Inspector
Brandie Viscayda
(757) 636-3427
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
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
Inspector Notes
An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on December 2, 2024 and completed on December 2, 2024. The on-site inspection began at 3:15pm and ended at 5:52pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 50 children present and 17 staff. The inspector reviewed 7 children?s records and 7 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 deficient practice will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 12/16/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
REPEAT VIOLATION
The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment. Staff #2, who had been employed for 9 months, did not have a central registry search requested.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-130-E
The center shall obtain documentation of additional immunizations once every six months for children under the age of two years. Child #1, 23 months old, last documented immunization was 11 months ago. Child #2, 14 months old, last documented immunization was 9 months ago.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
REPEAT VIOLATION
Each staff member shall submit documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment, and it shall be completed within the last 30 calendar days of employment prior to coming into contact with children. The record for staff #1, who has been working at the center for over a month did not have documentation of a completed tuberculosis screening. The screening for Staff #2 was completed five months before hire. The screening for Staff #3 was completed two months before hire.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A cabinet under a sink was unlocked, accessible to children and contained various hazardous substances with the label ?Keep out of reach of children.?
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-290-A-3
In areas used by children of preschool age or younger, electrical outlets shall have protective covers that are of a size that cannot be swallowed by children. An outlet in the toddler room did not have a protective cover.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Children?s records shall include home phone number, when applicable, work phone number and place of employment of each parent who has custody.
The record for Child #1, who has been in care for over a year did not contain the work phone numbers for both parents.
The record for Child #2, who has been in care for 10 months did not contain the employment place for one parent and a work number for both parents.
The record for Child #3, who has been in care for over two years did not contain the home phone number for one parent and the work number for both parents.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
Staff records shall include documentation of education. The records for Staff #1, Staff #2, Staff #4 and Staff #5, who have been actively working at the center for over 7 months months, did not documentation of education.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-90-A
A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child's record by the first day of the child's attendance. The agreement shall be signed by the parent and include an authorization for emergency medical care, a statement from the center regarding a sick or ill child pick up policy and a statement regarding notification from the family to the center regarding the development of any reportable communicable disease. The record for Child #1, who has been enrolled for over a year did not contain the signed written agreement.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.