101438.3(b) · 101438.3(b) Indoor Activity Space for Infants- Indoor activity space for infants shall be physically separate from space used by children in the child care center and school-age child care center components.

Licensee stated that he will conduct a staff training regarding commingling of children in care and submit the agenda and proof of attendance to the dept by 7/5/24. Based on interviews conducted by LPA, infants under 1 year old and preschool age were allowed to use Infant Room 2 during drop off times. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to the children in care.

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101216.1(c)(1) · Teacher Qualifications and Duties- (c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve postsecondary semester or equivalent…in early childhood education…at an accredited or approved college or university; and at least six months of work experience in a licensed child care center or comparable group child care program.

Owner/Licensee agrees to submit proof of qualifications to the department for current staff and provide a written statement that he understands and will ensure the regulation for qualifications of fully qualified staff is met and submit by June 7, 2024. Based on interviews and record review, the licensee did not make sure that 2 out of 2 preschool staff have full teacher qualifications before employment and they had children in care while no owner or director on site, which poses an immediate Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to the children in care.

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101223(a)(3) · 101223 Personal Rights:(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) 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...

The director states that she will create and implememt a plan of activities for children to do if they do not want to nap. The director states that she will send LPA a copy of the plan via email by 6/30/23. Based on video footage taken on 4/24/23 in the preschool classrooms children were awake on cots in the napping area. The children were not provided an alternate activity to do outside of the napping area during what was observed to be napping time. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risks to the children in care.

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101212(b)(1)(A) · 101212 Reporting Requirements (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). (1) Whenever a change in child care center director is reported, in addition to his/her name, the report shall include the following:(A) Verification of the completion of the course work required in Section 101215.1(h)...

Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review & director statement she became acting director on 1/9/23. Supporting documents including transcripts were not received by the regional office until 1/27/23. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 02/15/2023

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101216(g)(2) · 101216(g)(2) Personnel Requirements (g) All personnel, including the licensee, administrator and volunteers, shall be in good health and shall be physically and mentally capable of performing assigned tasks. (2) Each person specified in (g) above shall have a health-screening report signed by the person performing the screening.

Deficient Practice Statement Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Staff #1 does not maintain a health screening report in their facility file. This poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 02/28/2023

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