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Duminda Athapaththu

Inspection · 2025-08-25

Date
2025-08-25
Complaint Related
No
Licensing Inspector
Mark Davis
(804) 629-7103
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

8VAC20-800 Administration
8VAC20-800 Personnel
8VAC20-800 Household Members
8VAC20-800 Physical Health of Caregivers and Household members
8VAC20-800 Caregiver Training
8VAC20-800 Physical Equipment and Environment
8VAC20-800 Care of Children
8VAC20-800 Preventing the Spread of Disease
8VAC20-800 Medication Administration
8VAC20-800 Emergencies
8VAC20-800 Nutrition
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE
8VAC20-770 Background Checks
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Early Childhood Care and Education
54.1 Provider must be MAT certified to administer prescription medication.
63.2 Child abuse and neglect

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above. 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 and completed on 8/25/2025. The on-site inspection began at 9:10am and ended at 11:05am. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were seven children present and three caregivers; the point total was 16. The inspector reviewed five children?s records and three caregiver/household members records on-site. This 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

7
Standard 22.1-289.035-B-4
The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #2, employed for more than 60 days, did not have documentation of requesting a central registry check from Virginia and no documentation of requesting a central registry check from a different state they reside in.
Plan of Correction: The provider will obtain the Virginia CPS check for the staff.
Standard 8VAC20-800-100-A
The provider shall obtain documentation of a physical examination prior to a child's attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There were no physical exam records available for Child #3, who had been in care for over 21 months.
Plan of Correction: The provider will obtain the physical for the child.
Standard 8VAC20-800-180-A
A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for Caregiver #3 was not completed and was overdue by three months.
Plan of Correction: The provider will obtain an updated TB screening for the staff.
Standard 8VAC20-800-240-A
'Areas and furnishings of the family day home, inside and outside, shall be
maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition. The fence surrounding the backyard play area was not in good repair and there was risk of a child getting through and entering the nearby road.
Plan of Correction: The fence will be repaired.
Standard 8VAC20-800-280
Poisonous materials shall be stored in an area inaccessible to children. Poisonous gardening chemicals were in accessible areas in the backyard where the children were playing.
Plan of Correction: The hazards were moved to the locked shed.
Standard 8VAC20-800-60-B
Children's records are required to contain parental home and employment addresses and phone numbers. The records for Child #3 was missing the employment phone number for one of the parents. Child #3 had been in care for over 21 months. The records for Child #4 was missing the employment phone number for both of the parents. Child #4 had been in care for over 2 years.

and #4 were missing the employment phone number for a parent. Both child were present during the inspection and had been in care for over 21 months.
Plan of Correction: The provider will obtain the work phone number for the parents.
Standard 8VAC20-800-70-A
Before the child's first day of attendance, parents shall be provided required information in writing.' The parents of Children #2, and #3 were not provided in writing the following required information: Requirement for the parent to inform the family day home within 24 hours or the next business day after his child or any member of the immediate household has developed any reportable communicable disease, as defined by the State Board of Health, except for life- threatening diseases, which must be reported immediately.
Plan of Correction: The provider will obtain the parental agreements.