Loading
Loading facility…
Pulling inspections, violations, and complaints.
Loading
Pulling inspections, violations, and complaints.
Home › CA › Santa Maria › Soto Family Child Care
Santa Maria CA 93458 · License #426213887 · Home-based · Family Day Care Home
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
When they operate
Ages served
102417(g)(4) · 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: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in shampoos and conditioners are within children's reach which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/08/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
102417(g)(9)(A) · 1 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: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. 1. The licensee shall document the drills, including the date and time of each drill. This documentation shall kept at the family child care home.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in last fire drill conducted over a year ago 9/04/2024 which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/15/2025
Disposition: Substantiated
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
Data synced from California DSS, Community Care Licensing Division on Jul 8, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
102418(a) · Immunizations (a) Prior to admission to a family day care home, children shall be immunized against diseases as required by the California Code of Regulations, Title 17, beginning with Section 6000.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interview, and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in C1 is missing immunization records which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 12/15/2025
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
102425(h) · Infant Safe Sleep Car seats shall only be used for transportation purposes and shall not be used for sleeping.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in an infant was sleeping in a carseat upon arrival to the FCCH which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 09/13/2024
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.
102417(a) · Operation of a Family Child Care Home: The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are supervised at all times….
interviews which revealed child #1 left the premises of the licensed family child care home without the licensee’s knowledge Correct Immediately. Please submit a written
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
101212(d)(1) · Reporting Requirements Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax...
Licensee submitted the Unususal Incident Report Form to LPA on 11/03/2023. Licensee agreed to submit the UIR upon occurrence of the incident within 24 hours from the occurence of the incident Based on the record review and interview with Licensee, Licensee failed to report the said incident to the department. This poses a potential risk to health and safety of children in care. SUPERVISOR'S NAME: Maria Mueller
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
102417(g)(4) · 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: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on LPAs observed in the children's bathroom and kitchen, oral rinse, personal hygiene, and a knife accessible to children in care, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 07/20/2022
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: ratio. Open / not marked corrected.
102417(a) · 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.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation and interviews with the assistant and licensee's husband who stated that the licensee has been absence from the FCCH since Saturday, July 16, 2022. Licensee went to Jalico to visit her father, and is due to return on July 20, 2022, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 07/20/2022
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: supervision. Open / not marked corrected.
102423(a)(2) · 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: (2) To receive safe, healthful, and comfortable accommodations, furnishings, and equipment.
Deficient Practice Statement Based on observation, interviews with the assistant and children, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Licensee is using the enclosed patio for the purpose of napping and meal/snacks, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. POC Due Date: 07/26/2022
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Category: health medication. Open / not marked corrected.