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The Learning Tree Daycare LLC

Inspection · 2025-09-24

Date
2025-09-24
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Rebecca Forestier
(540) 309-2835
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
8VAC20-770 BACKGROUND CHECKS
22.1 BACKGROUND CHECKS, CODE, CARBON MONOXIDE

Inspector Notes

An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated on 09/24/2025 and completed on 09/26/2025. The on-site inspection began at 8:30 am and ended at 12:00 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 37 children present and 9 staff. The inspector reviewed 5 children?s records, 5 staff records, and 1 applicant record.

The 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.

Violations

8
Standard 8VAC20-770-60-C-2
REPEAT VIOLATION

For staff hired before July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a central registry search for an employee within 30 days of service.

Staff 4 did not have central registry search results during the inspection and has been employed for 15 months.
Plan of Correction: The portal was down; a new request has been mailed to the OBI.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-C
REPEAT VIOLATION

Staff members shall submit the results of a follow-up tuberculosis screening at least every two years from the date of the initial screening.

The tuberculosis screening for Staff 1 was overdue by 4 days. The tuberculosis screening for Staff 4 was overdue by 10 months.
Plan of Correction: Appointments have been made.
Standard 8VAC20-780-245-J-3
Any child for whom emergency medications have been prescribed shall always be in the care of a staff member who has satisfactorily completed a medication administration training program, which they shall be retrained in at three-year intervals.

Child 5 (age 2 years) who was in attendance, has a prescribed emergency medication on-site. There was not a staff member that was medication administration trained on-site.
Plan of Correction: A MAT class has been scheduled.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
REPEAT VIOLATION

Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

The black metal cabinets in Classroom 2 and Classroom 3, which contained various cleaning materials, were not locked to prevent access by children.
Plan of Correction: Keys were made for the cabinets so that they can be locked.
Standard 8VAC20-780-510-L
Medications shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.

Medication 1 was on the top shelf of an unlocked cabinet in Classroom 2.
Plan of Correction: Keys were made so that the cabinets can be locked.
Standard 8VAC20-780-520-A
All over-the-counter (OTC) skin products shall not be kept or used beyond the expiration date of the product.

OTC Skin Product 1 expired for 4 months.
Plan of Correction: The ointment was thrown into the trash and a new form was given to the parent.
Standard 8VAC20-780-560-J
Tables shall be sanitized before and after each use for feeding.

The tables in Classroom 4 were not sanitized before being used for breakfast.
Plan of Correction: Tables will be sanitized.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
REPEAT VIOLATION

The center shall maintain a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain all of the components required by the standards.

The records for Child 1, Child 4 and Child 5 did not contain all of the components required by the standards.
Plan of Correction: Will go through all records and get the missing information from the parents.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services