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Sisters of Mercy of the Americas

Inspection · 2025-03-06

Date
2025-03-06
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

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 03/06/2025 and completed on 03/06/2025. The on-site inspection began at 11:45am and ended at 1:30pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 25 children present with 5 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site. 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 4/9/2026. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

1
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
Repeat Violation
The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.

Staff #2 presently employed, record did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and sex offender registry check prior to employment for the state they lived in the past five years outside of Virginia.

Staff #4 presently employed, record did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check and sex offender registry check prior to employment for the state they lived in the past five years outside of Virginia.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.