• Type A

  102417(a) · 102417 OPERATION OF A FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME (a) The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are supervised at all times. When circumstances require the licensee to be temporarily absent from the home, the licensee shall arrange for a substitute adult to care for and supervise the children during his/her absence. Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day.

  Licensee misunderstood the regulation allowing temporary absences from facility. LPA reviewed regulations with Licensee during inspection and made clear the department's expectations of temporary absences. Licensee will only have future absences from home within Title 22 regulations. Deficiency Cleared during time of inspection. Based on observation, interview, and record review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above by Licensee being absent from home more than allowed by Title 22 regulations which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

  Open Not marked corrected in the state record

  Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.

• Type A

  102423(a)(4) · 102423 PERSONAL RIGHTS (a) Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. These rights include, but are not limited to, the following:......(4) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, including, but not limited to: interference with eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning.

  Licensee misunderstood the regulations regarding discipline of their own family during daycare hours. LPA reviewed regulations with Licensee during inspection and made clear the department's policies about personal rights for children in care. Licensee states they will discontinue this practice with their family moving forward. Deficiency Cleared during time of inspection. Based on interview, the facility did not comply with the section cited above by Licensee admiting to using corporal punishment on their grandchild while they were attending childcare which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

Disposition: Substantiated

Disposition: Unsubstantiated

Disposition: Unsubstantiated

Disposition: Unsubstantiated

Disposition: Unsubstantiated