102417(g)(5) · Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (5) All licensees shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools (in-ground and above-ground), fixed-in-place wading pools, hot tubs, spas, fish ponds and similar bodies of water through a pool cover or by surrounding the pool with a fence.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in when LPA observed the plastic lock on the hot tub was broken and the cover could not be locked down which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 11/16/2022

Open Not marked corrected in the state record

Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.