Inspection · 2024-12-17
Licensing Inspector
Trisha Brown
(757) 404-2601
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.
Yes
Areas Reviewed
8VAC20-790 Administration
8VAC20-790 Introduction
8VAC20-790 Physical Plant
8VAC20-790 Staff Qualifications & Training
8VAC20-790 Staffing & Supervision
8VAC20-790 Programs
8VAC20-790 Special Care Provisions & Emergencies
8VAC20-790 Special Services
Inspector Notes
A subsidy health and safety inspection (SHSI) was conducted in conjunction with the code compliance inspection. Subsidy standards that are not covered in code were reviewed during this SHSI.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations were 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 1/10/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
Standard 22.1-289.035-A
The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent fingerprint check for staff #1 was overdue by five days. The most recent fingerprint check for staff #8 is overdue by 11 days.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-540-B
Each child?s record shall contain the required information. The record for child #1 did not contain emergency address, parent place of employment or proof of identity. The record for child #2 did not contain the emergency contact address and no parent information. The record for child #3 did not contain the emergency contact address or proof of identity. The record for child #4 did not contain any of the required information. The record for child #5 did not contain emergency contact address.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-560-A
Staff shall be evaluated by a health professional and be issued a statement that the
individual is determined to be free of communicable tuberculosis (TB). Documentation
of the screening shall be submitted at the time of employment and prior to coming into
contact with children. Staff #3 and 4 do not have any documentation of TB screening. The staff have been employed for more than 2 years each.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-600-F
Staff who work directly with children shall, annually attend the department?s health and safety update course. Staff #2,4,5, and 7 do not have documentation of completing the annual department health and safety update course.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-630-A
Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in safe, and condition. The carpet in the four-year-old room is wrinkled and created a trip hazard. There are wires dangling down within reach of children posing an entanglement or toppling hazard. The infant area has a safety gate in place that prevents direct egress to outside.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-790-640-A
Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides shall be
kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. In the bathroom on the infant/toddler area the cabinet containing an array of chemicals was unlocked making them accessible to children in care.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.