Inspection · 2025-08-21
(804) 588-2368
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 minors records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
Inspector Notes
An unannounced, on-site monitoring inspection was initiated on 08/21/2025 at 12:08 p.m. as part of an Intensive Plan of Correction (IPOC). There were 6 children present with one staff present. Due to insufficient staffing, the children were sent home for the day, and the inspection was suspended at 3:22 p.m. due to center director being unable to provide child and staff records for review. The inspection was scheduled to resume at 9:00 a.m. 08/22/2025; however, licensing inspector was notified prior to the inspection that the center would not be open due to illness. Licensing inspector attempted to complete the onsite inspection on 08/27/2025 and 09/22/2025 and the center was closed. The inspection resumed on 09/23/2025 from 1:56 p.m. to 3:55 p.m. There were 7 children and 2 staff present.
The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. The inspector reviewed 6 children?s records and 3 staff 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.
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 (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 11/07/2025. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
Violations
10The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. C3, who had been attending for one day before having documentation of an immunization record on file. C6, who had been attending for four days, before having documentation of an immunization record on file.
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A child activity table in the classroom was observed to have peeling contact paper. The locking mechanism on the front door of center was inconsistently working requiring S1 to open and close the door when children and family arrived or departed.
Hazardous substances shall be stored in an area inaccessible to children. Two large bottles of clear liquid soap with a warning label ?Keep out of Reach of Children? was observed on a low shelf on a changing table accessible to children. Hand sanitizer was observed in the classroom accessible to children.
During the stated hours of operation, there always shall be on the premises when one or more children are present a staff member who meets the qualifications of a program leader or program director and an immediately available staff member with direct communication between them. On 08/21/2025 licensing inspector arrived at 12:08 p.m. and observed S1 providing supervision for 6 children. S1 advised that S3 left the center a few minutes before the inspector arrived leaving her alone at the center.
Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.
The record for C1, did not document: date of enrollment; date of last day of enrollment; and a signed a written agreement between the parent and the center required by 8VAC20-780-90.
The record for C2, did not document: the phone number for the child?s doctor; no addresses for the emergency contacts; no documentation of child?s updates and confirmation of up-to-date information as required by 8VAC20-780-420-E.3; and no documentation of health information required by 8VAC20-780-130, 8VAC20-780-140, and 8VAC20-780-150.
The record for C3, did not document the phone number for one emergency contact.
The record for C4, did not document: child?s updates and confirmation of up-to-date information as required by 8VAC20-780-420-E.3 within the required timeframe (more than a month late); and no documentation of viewing proof of the child?s identity and age.
The record for C5 did not contain: information required by 8VAC20-780-60-A.1 through A.7; no documentation of child?s updates and confirmation of up-to-date information as required by 8VAC20-780-420-E.3 due 07/2025; and no documentation of viewing proof of the child?s identity and age.
Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment. S2 and S3 who has been actively working at the center for over 30 days, did not have any completed reference verifications on file.