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Inspection · 2023-11-14

Date
2023-11-14
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Susan Ellington-Sconiers
(804) 588-2368
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

Inspector Notes

A monitoring inspection was conducted on 01/31/2024 from approximately 1:00 p.m. to 4:05 p.m. There were eight children present ranging from seven months to five years old and two staff supervising. Five child records and five staff record were reviewed. The information gathered during the inspection determined violations with applicable standards or law.

Please sign and complete the ?plan of correction? and ?date to be corrected? for each violation cited on the violation notice and return it to me within 5 business days.

Your plan of correction should contain: 1) steps to correct the noncompliance with the standard(s), 2) measures to prevent the noncompliance from occurring again; and 3) person(s) responsible for implementing each step and/or monitoring any preventive measure(s). If you have any questions related to this inspection, please contact Susan Ellington-Sconiers, Licensing Inspector at 804-588-2368 or susan.ellington-sconiers@doe.virginia.gov.

Violations

7
Standard 8VAC20-770-60-C-2
Based on staff record review, the provider failed to have a central registry findings within 30 days of employment.
Evidence: The record for S1, employed 12/18/2023 did not contain the findings of a central registry search.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-140-A
Based on record review, the provider failed to ensure that each child shall have a physical
examination by or under the direction of a physician before the child?s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance.
Evidence: The record for C3, enrolled 11/20/2023 did not contain a physical examination.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-150-B
Based on child record review, the provider failed to assure that each report of immunizations shall be signed by a licensed physician, the physician?s designee, or an official of a local health department.
Evidence:
The immunizations for C3 were not signed by the licensed physician, the physician?s designee, or an official of a local health department.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-160-A
Based on staff record review, the provider failed to ensure that one of five staff submit
documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening at the time of employment or
documentation completed within the last 30 calendar days of the date of employment.
Evidence: The record for S1, employed 12/18/2023, contained a screening completed 11/14/2023.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-270-A
Based on observation, the provider did not ensure that all areas of the center be
maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.
Evidence:
The child potty chair observed in the children's bathroom was caked with unidentified debris.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-550-D
Based on review of the drill record, the provider failed to implement a monthly practice evacuation drill.
Evidence: The drill record did not document a practice evacuation drill in November 2023.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard 8VAC20-780-60-A
Based on review of five children records, the provider did not ensure one of five children?s records contained the required information.
Evidence: The record for child, C5, enrolled 11/23/2023 did not contain documentation of viewing proof of the child?s identity and age.
Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
View original record on Virginia Department of Social Services