Cummins, Danielle

R 400.1911(1) · R 400.1911(1) Care; supervision; children. A licensee shall ensure appropriate care and s upervision of children at all times.

There is insufficient evidence to support the allegation that Danielle Cummins provided inappropriate care and supervision of children by leaving them in the car while she went into a marijuana shop.

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R 400.1911(1) · R 400.1911(1) Care; supervision; children. A licensee shall ensure appropriate care and s upervision of children at all times.

There is no evidence to support the allegation that appropriate care and supervision was not provided to crying babies.

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R 400.1924(1) · PR19-R 400.1924(1) Hand washing. All personnel shall wash their hands appropriately and in the following manner: (i) Preparing and serving food, eating, and feeding. (ii) Giving medication. (b) After all of the following: (i) Diapering. (ii) Using the toilet or helping a child use the toilet. (iii) Handling bodily fluids, such as mucus, blood, vomit, from sneezing, wiping, and blowing noses, from mouths, or from sores. (iv) Handling animals and pets. ( v) Cleaning or handling garbage

From 6/9/2025 to 9/2/2025, Danielle Cummins did not have natural gas service to her home. Staff did not have the ability to appropriately wash their hands before and after preparing and serving food, eating, feeding, and giving medication. They also did not have the ability to appropriately wash their hands after diapering, using the toilet or helping a child use the toilet, handling bodily fluids, handling animals and pets, or cleaning or handling garbage.

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R 400.1924(2) · PR19-R 400.1924(2) Hand washing. Personnel shall ensure that children wash their hands at all of the following times: (a) Before and after meals, snacks, or food preparation experiences. (b) After toileting or diapering. (c) After contact with any bodily fluids. 5 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP (d) After playing in sand or water. ( e) After handling animals and pets.

From 6/9/2025 to 9/2/2025, Danielle Cummins did not have natural gas service to her home. Children did not have the ability to appropriately wash their hands before and after meals, snacks, or food preparation experiences, after toileting or diapering, after contact with any bodily fluids, playing in sand or water, after handling animals and pets, or when soiled.

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R 400.1932(1) · R 400.1932(1) Home maintenance and safety. The structure, premises, and furnishings of a child care home must be in good repair and maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable condition.

Danielle Cummins did not ensure that the structure and premises of the home are in good repair and maintained in a clean, safe, and comfortable condition. From the dates of 6/9/2025 to 9/2/2025, Danielle Cummins did not have natural gas service to her home.

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R 400.1933(3) · R 400.1933(3) Water supply; sewage disposal; water temperature. A child care home shall have a minimum of 1 flush toilet and 1 handwashing sink with hot and cold r unning water.

Danielle Cummins did not ensure her home had a minimum of one handwashing sink with hot and cold running water. From the dates of 6/9/2025 to 9/2/2025, Danielle Cummins did not have natural gas service to her home. The hot water heater in the home runs on natural gas; therefore, hot water was not available at the handwashing sinks in the home.

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6 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP 722.120(1)(c) Investigation, inspection, and examination of conditions, books, records, and reports; access by department, bureau of fire services, or local authorities; records; report; forms; confidentiality; disclosure of information; Providing accurate and truthful information to the department, and encouraging witnesses, such as staff and household members, to provide accurate a nd truthful information to the department.

Danielle Cummins was not truthful to the department and public when she denied natural gas services were turned off in the home, she denied John Ross had a reoccurring presence in the home, and she was not truthful about her attendance records.

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R 400.1902(2) · PR19-R 400.1902(2) Applicant; licensee; requirements. An applicant or licensee shall be of responsible character and shall be suitable and able to meet the needs of children and provide for their care, s upervision, and protection.

Danielle Cummins is neither of responsible character nor suitable and able to meet the needs of children. Danielle Cummins was unable to meet her financial obligation to keep natural gas services turned on in the home. Danielle Cummins transported child care children without valid car insurance.

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R 400.1903(7) · R 400.1903(7) Licensee responsibilities. The licensee shall cooperate with the department by ensuring that all individuals requiring a comprehensive background check are entered into the child care background check system and processed for eligibility as required by sections 5n and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n, 722.115q, and R 4 00.1925.

Danielle Cummins did not enter Alexiona Battle or John Ross into the Child Care Background Check system so they could be processed for eligibility. 7 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP Alexiona Battle was required to be entered into the system as soon as she turned 18 and John Ross was required to be entered into the system when he had a recurrent presence in the home.

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R 400.1903(7) · R 400.1903(7) Licensee responsibilities. The licensee shall cooperate with the department by ensuring that all individuals requiring a comprehensive background check are entered into the child care background check system and processed for eligibility as required by sections 5n and 5q of the act, MCL 722.115n, 722.115q, and R 400.1925.

Danielle Cummins did not enter Alexiona Battle or John Ross into the Child Care Background Check system so they could be processed for eligibility. Alexiona Battle was required to be entered into the system as soon as she turned 18 and John Ross was required to be entered into the system when he had a recurrent presence in the home.

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R 400.1907(1)(a) · R 400.1907(1)(a) Child’s record. A completed child information card on a form provided by the department or a comparable s ubstitute approved by the department.

Danielle Cummins did not obtain completed child information cards at the time of initial attendance. She did not have child information cards for three enrolled children. Of the 15 child information cards reviewed, several were missing required information, and one child information card was not obtained until after the child's initial attendance.

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R 400.1907(2) · R 400.1907(2) Child’s record. Records in subrule (1) of this rule must be reviewed and updated annually or when information changes.

Danielle Cummins did not obtain child information cards for three children who were enrolled in care.

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R 400.1907(3) · R 400.1907(3) Child’s record. Dated daily attendance records of children in care must be maintained and include the child's first and last name and the time of arrival and departure. Electronic records may be used. If electronic records are used, they must be available to the department at the time of the inspection. If electronic attendance records are not available during an on-site inspection, the child care home is in violation of this rule.

Danielle Cummins did not maintain accurate daily attendance records. She recorded times when children were scheduled to be in care or when she was able to bill Michigan Department of Health and Human Services for their attendance, rather than the times they were actually in her care. In addition, from 9/1/2025-9/10/2025 she did not record arrival or departure times, or children's last names. She also stated the times she is documented as being out of ratio are because she took incorrect attendance.

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R 400.1908(1) · R 400.1908(1) Capacity. The licensee shall ensure that the actual number of unrelated children in care at any 1 time does not exceed the number of children for which the child care home is licensed, not more than 6 children for a family child care home and not more than 12 c hildren for a group child care home. 9 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP

Danielle Cummins has had more than 12 child care children present at one time on at least 2 occasions.

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R 400.1910(1) · R 400.1910(1) Ratio of personnel to children. The ratio of personnel to children present in the home at any 1 time must be not less than 1 member of the personnel to 6 children. The ratio must include all children in care who are not related to any personnel and any of the following children who are less than 6 years of age: (a) Children of the licensee. (b) Children of a child care staff member or child care assistant. (c) Children related to any member of the household b y blood, marriage, or adoption

In July and August of 2025, there were multiple occasions where Danielle Cummins did not maintain the required child care staff member to child ratio of 1:6.

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R 400.1916(6) · R 400.1916(6) Bedding and sleeping equipment. Infants, birth to 12 months of age, shall rest or sleep alone in an approved crib, play yard, or porta-crib. This equipment must meet all of the following requirements: (a) Cribs, porta-cribs and play yards must comply with the product safety standards issued by the Consumer Product Safety Commission, 16 CFR 1219 (2019), 16 CFR 1220 (2019), and 16 CFR 1221 (2019), which are available at http://www.cpsc.gov. These standards are also available for inspection and distribution at the Michigan Department of Licensing and Regulatory Affairs, Bureau of Community and Health Systems, Child 10 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP Care Licensing Division, 611 Ottawa, Lansing, MI 48933-1070. (b) A tightly fitted or snug bottom sheet must cover the crib or porta-crib mattress with no additional padding placed between the sheet and the mattress. (c) Stacking cribs must not be used.

Danielle Cummins did not ensure all infants under 12 months sleep alone in an approved crib, play yard, or porta-crib. On at least two occasions, an infant was observed sleeping in a space other than those listed as approved.

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R 400.1916(8) · R 400.1916(8) Bedding and sleeping equipment. Soft objects, bumper pads, stuffed toys, blankets, quilts or comforters, pillows, and other objects that could smother an infant must not be placed with, u nder, or within reach of a resting or sleeping infant.

Danielle Cummins did not ensure that all soft objects that could smother an infant are not placed with, under, or in reach of a resting or sleeping infant. On one occasion, an infant was observed sleeping covered with a blanket.

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R 400.1916(13) · R 400.1916(13) Bedding and sleeping equipment. None of the following are approved sleeping equipment for children 24 months of age or younger: (a) Infant car seats. (b) Infant seats. (c) Infant swings. (d) Bassinets. (e) High chairs. (f) Water beds. (g) Adult beds. (h) Soft mattresses. (i) Sofas. (j) Bean bags. 11 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP ( k) Other soft surfaces.

Danielle Cummins allowed an infant to sleep in a bouncer and a car seat.

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R 400.1916(14) · R 400.1916(14) Bedding and sleeping equipment. Children 24 months of age or younger who fall asleep in a space that is not approved for sleeping shall be moved to approved sleeping equipment a ppropriate for their size and age.

Despite being told that a bouncer is an unsafe sleep space by Person, Danielle Cummins did not move an infant from the bouncer to approved sleeping equipment.

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R 400.1932(2) · R 400.1932(2) Home maintenance and safety. All dangerous and hazardous materials or items must be stored securely and out of the reach of c hildren.

All dangerous and hazardous materials or items must be stored securely and out of the reach of children. Danielle Cummins did not ensure that all dangerous and hazardous materials and items are stored securely out of reach of children. She had a vape pen, a Lysol container, sanitizing spray, and various head lice treatments in reach of children.

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R 400.1951(2) · R 400.1951(2) Transportation. A licensee shall ensure that the driver of a vehicle transporting children is an adult, who has a valid 12 LANDMARK BUILDING • 105 W. ALLEGAN STREET • LANSING, MICHIGAN 48933 Michigan.gov/MiLEAP driver's license, valid vehicle registration, and proof o f current automobile insurance.

Danielle Cummins did not have current car insurance at the time she was transporting children by vehicle.

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R 400.1952(1)(b) · R 400.1952(1)(b) Child transportation; parent permission; child information card; required when off-premises. N onroutine transportation, before each trip.

Danielle Cummins did not obtain written parental permission before each trip for nonroutine transportation.

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