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Home › MA › Watertown › First Path Day Care Center
Watertown MA 02472 · License #P-170674 · Center · Center-Based Care
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All Individual Health Care Plans did not include all the required information per EEC's policy. Please ensure to have the required information in all Individual Health Care Plans per EEC's policy.
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Health Care Consultant Agreement
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Budget; Financial documentation
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Staff Records
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Disposition: Yes
Disposition: Yes
Disposition: Yes
Disposition: No
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Staff records checklist
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Staff meeting documentation
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BRCs on all potential employees - R Sep 2025
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Rest materials clean/good repair/individually marked, stored appropriately
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Staff:child ratios and groupings
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Children's belongings, storage space
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Indoor Space
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Evacuation drill log, all groups
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Emergency medications readily available
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Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP)
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The program did not have an up to date health care consultant agreement. Please ensure to have an up to date health care consultant agreement.
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The program did not have a projected one year operating budget. Please ensure to have a projected one year operating budget that estimates income and expenses.
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The program did not have record of current observation of educators. Please ensure to maintain accurate and complete staff records.
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The program did not have a current staff records checklist reflecting all regular employees. Please ensure to have a current staff records checklist that reflects all regular employees.
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The program did not conduct or document regular staff meetings each month. Please ensure to document and conduct regular staff meetings each month.
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The BRC of three staff was expired. This was previously cited. Please ensure to renew all expired BRC's as soon as possible.
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Children's used blankets were stored on top of each other in some of the classrooms. Please ensure to store children's blankets in a sanitary manner.
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A classroom did not maintain appropriate staff: child ratio. An educator was left alone with six young children. Please ensure to maintain appropriate staff: child ratio in accordance with EEC regulations.
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The program did not provide sufficient space for children to store their personal belongings. Please ensure to provide sufficient space, accessible to children, for each child to store clothing and other personal items in a safe, sanitary manner.
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The personal belongings of staff were within reach of children. Please ensure all hazardous objects, including but not limited to matches, lighters, toxic materials, sharp objects, plastic bags, and purses are locked or inaccessible to children.
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The program did not practice evacuation drills in some of the months of 2024. Please ensure to practice emergency evacuation drills at least monthly.
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An emergency medication was not immediately available. The medication was left at the program while the group went to the park. Please ensure emergency medications are immediately available for use and accompany the children anytime they leave the facility in the care of staff.
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Staff BRC
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The BRC of one staff was expired. Please renew all expired BRC's as soon as possible.
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Staff First Aid Training - R Apr 2025
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Staff CPR Training - R Apr 2025
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Staff BRC - R Sep 2025
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Staff Records - R Apr 2025
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Children's Records - R Apr 2025
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Indoor Space
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Building Inspection and Fire Inspection - R Apr 2025
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Emergency Evacuation - R Apr 2025
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Medication
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All educators did not have current First Aid training. Please ensure all educators obtain current certification of training in basic first aid appropriate to the population served.
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The program did not have at least one staff member with current CPR training. Please ensure at least one staff member has current CPR training.
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The BRC of one staff was expired. Please ensure to renew all expired BRC's as soon as possible.
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Some of the staff records did not contain an up to date physical examination. Please ensure to maintain a complete personnel record for each staff member.
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The physical examination of some of the children were expired. Please ensure to keep complete and accurate children's records.
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There were some cleaning solutions and a sharp object within reach of children in one of the classrooms. Please ensure all hazardous objects, including but not limited to matches, lighters, toxic materials, sharp objects, plastic bags, and purses are locked or inaccessible to children.
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The program did not have an up to date fire and building inspection. Please ensure to obtain a current fire and building inspection as soon as possible.
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Evacuation drills were not being practiced using alternative exits. Please ensure evacuation drills are practiced using alternative exits each month.
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An emergency medication did not contain its original label. Please ensure all prescription medications are in the containers in which they were originally dispensed and with their original labels affixed.
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Staff BRC - R Sep 2025
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Building Inspection and Fire Inspection - R Apr 2025
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Outdoor Space - R Apr 2025
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Medication
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Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
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The BRC of two staff was expired. Please ensure to renew all expired BRC's as soon as possible.
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The program did not have an up to date building and fire inspection. Please ensure to obtain an up to date building and fire inspection as soon as possible.
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The poured in place surfacing of the public playground the program uses had divots. Please ensure all use zones are covered with an adequate depth of an impact-absorbing material and repair as soon as possible.
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An oral non-prescription was expired. Additionally, the written consent for the oral non-prescription was not up to date. Please ensure to obtain an up to date oral non-prescription and ensure all written consent for oral non-prescriptions are renewed annually for administration of medication and/or treatment to continue.
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An Individual Health Care Plan did not have written parental consent. Please ensure all Individual Health Care Plans include written parental consent.
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Staff First Aid Training - R Apr 2025
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Staff Schedule/Qualifications - R Sep 2025
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Attendance Recording and Group Sizes/Ratios
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Evacuation procedures posted at each exit
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Fall zones adequate depth of impact absorbing material
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One Educator did not have current certification in first aid.
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In the {REDACTED} 1 classroom, 2 assistants are alone from 1:30pm to 5:30pm. In the {REDACTED} room from 4:30pm to 5:30pm an individual without documentation of qualifications is alone. This individual is in the process of obtaining documentation of qualifications from another country.
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Attendance in one classroom was not accurate as 1 child was not checked out who went into an adjacent classroom.
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Evacuation procedures were not posted at each exit.
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Areas of the public playground that the program uses had poured in place surfacing that had divots. Please note that this has been cited 2 other times in the last 4 years.
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Individual Health Care Plan (IHCP) - R Apr 2025
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Toxic Substances
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One IHCP did not have staff names who were trained on the plan.
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The following hazards were accessible: 2 staff purses, plastic bags and white out.
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