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Falls Church Merrifield Preschool

Inspection · 2025-07-29

Date
2025-07-29
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Sarah Zirzow
(703) 479-4675
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

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
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
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. 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 monitoring inspection was initiated and completed on July 29, 2025, as a part of the licensure period. The on-site inspection began at 11:15 a.m. and ended at 12:30 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 77 children present and 14 staff. The inspector reviewed 6 children?s records and 5 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, 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 August 5, 2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

3
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 #2 (4 years old), last immunization record was over 3 years ago and was due over 2 years ago.
Plan of Correction: The immunization record was updated immediately.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment.

Staff #2, employed for over 2 months, had documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening dated over 1 year prior to their date of employment.
Plan of Correction: Moving forward, the center will ensure that TB tests/screenings for new hires are documented within the required timeframe prior to their start date.
Standard 8VAC20-780-420-E-3
Staff shall request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child's record is up to date. Up-to-date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child's record at least annually.

The information in the record of Child #1 had not been updated in over 2 years which is overdue by over one year.
Plan of Correction: The annual updates of all records will be completed by the end of summer.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services