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Bright Heights Learning Center

Inspection · 2025-04-22

Date
2025-04-22
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

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
20 Access to minor's records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
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 on 4/22/2025 and completed 4/23/2025/2025. The on-site inspection began on 4/22/2025 at1:20 pm and ended at 3:20 pm. On 4/23/2025 the on site inspection began at 12:15 pm and ended at 2:15 pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 71 children present and 8 staff on 4/22/2025. The inspector reviewed 7 children?s records and 7 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 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 business days from today, which will be the close of business on 6/10/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations

6
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-2
Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment. Caregiver #7, who had been employed for four months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.
Plan of Correction: Will make sure files are updated.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-3
The center must request a search of the Virginia central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment. Staff #7, who had been employed for 4 months, did not have a documentation of central registry search having been requested.
Plan of Correction: Will make sure files are updated.
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
(repeat violation) The center is required to obtain, prior to employment, background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years.
The center requested a Criminal history record search for one state and a search of the sex offender registry from two states for Staff #2, more than two years and six months late. The results had not been obtained at the time of inspection.
The center has not requested a search of the child abuse and neglect registry from one state for Staff #2, who has been employed for more than 2 years and 6 months.
Plan of Correction: Will make sure files are updated.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
(repeat violation) 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 #1 had no documentation of TB screening results. Staff #1 is currently employed and has been working in the center for over 18 months. Staff #7 had no documentation of TB screening results. Staff #7 is currently employed and has been working in the center for over 4 months.
Plan of Correction: Update files for TB documentation.
Be sure to add TB results to file once teacher completes her test and update teacher files when new TB test has been taken.
Standard 8VAC20-780-280-B
(repeat violation) Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials, insecticides, and pesticides must be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. A spray bottle of bleach solution was unlocked, hanging from the shelf above the handwashing sinks in the school age classroom, out of reach of children. A container of bleach wipes was unlocked, sitting on top of the blue divider in the 3 and four year old classroom, out of reach of children.
Plan of Correction: After sanitizing lock cleaner away.
Standard 8VAC20-780-70
The center is required to maintain documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position.
Staff #2 and staff #4 do not have complete documentation to demonstrate qualification for their positions as Lead Teacher.
Plan of Correction: Update documentation for lead teachers.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services