04-20 · Supervision

Licensing Specialist observed an adult park their car in the parking lot and send a child in to pick up another child. Licensing Specialist observed the childcare personnel releasing the child to an under age child. The childcare personnel did not ask for the parent or legal guardian. This was brough up to the person in charge and they the child was their blood relative and was not enrolled with the facility. However, the childcare personnel that released the child had shown the Licensing Specialist the attendance portal with the child's info. She was unable to show the licensing specialist if the parent had signed the child out from the car in the parking lot through an app used. Action Plan: Facility Director stated she would let her sister know to get out of the car next time. 2.4 Supervision 2.4.1 General Supervision Requirements E. A program is responsible for the supervision of a child until an authorized individual retrieves the child from the program. A child shall not be released to any person other than the person(s) authorized or in the manner authorized in writing by the custodial parent or legal guardians. All individuals authorized to pick up a child must be identified in writing prior to release by the custodial parent or legal guardian to the program, and the program must verify the individual picking up the child is authorized by using a picture form of identification. Each child transported must be dropped at the designated location as agreed upon by the provider and the custodial parent/legal guardian and released to an authorized individual