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KinderCare Learning Centers - Culpeper
673 Sunset Lane
Culpeper, VA 22701
(540) 825-6333

Current Inspector: Kelly Adriazola (804) 840-8245

Inspection Date: Oct. 2, 2024

Complaint Related: No

Areas Reviewed:
8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-7808 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies.
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide

During the inspection, the inspector reviewed the areas listed above to include standards found out of compliance during the previous inspection.

Technical Assistance:
8VAC20-780-70
8VAC20-780-245M
8VAC20-780-410

Effective January 1, 2025, the VDOE will begin determining compliance with ? 22.1-289.057 of the Code of Virginia, which is legislation passed by the General Assembly in 2020. The law requires all licensed child day programs, religious exempt child day centers that serve preschool age children, and certified preschools to test potable drinking water. The law requires that programs submit their plans and test results to the Virginia Department of Health Office of Drinking Water (VDH ODW) and the Superintendent. If the results of the testing indicate elevated lead levels, the program shall remediate, retest, and resubmit results to VDH ODW and the Superintendent. There is an additional alternative bottled water option that comes with additional requirements. The statutory requirement can be found online at https://law.lis.virginia.gov/vacode/title22.1/chapter14.1/section22.1-289.057/.

Comments:
An unannounced, on-site renewal inspection was initiated and completed on October 2, 2024, as a part of the provisional licensure period. The Department issued a Special Order to prohibit new admissions and require licensee to contact parents, guardians or other responsible persons regarding health and safety violations on April 4, 2024 as a result of high-risk violations. The on-site inspection began at 10:46am and ended at 4:20pm. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 107 children present and 25 staff. The inspector reviewed 10 children's records and 10 staff records on-site. The inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.

Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.

Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on October 18, 2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.

Violations:
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-160-A
Description: Repeat Violation
Systemic Violation
Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. Staff #2's TB was dated over a month prior to employment.

Plan of Correction: Staff will not be permitted to work until documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening within 30 days of employment is submitted.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-270-A
Description: Repeat Violation
Systemic Violation
The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. 1. Ceiling vents in multiple classrooms contained built up dirt/dust with smudged black dirt on surrounding ceiling tiles. 2. There was rust in a bathroom sink used by children. 3. There was visible dirt on the children's play mat in the toddler room. 4. There was visible dirt/debris along the baseboards and furniture in several classrooms. 5. There was a broken piece of the kickplate at the baseboard in Pre-k 1. 6. There were broken floor tiles downstairs. 7. There was a large number of ants inside the building at the door that leads to the playground.

Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-280-B
Description: Repeat Violation
Systemic Violation
Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children.
Two tubs of flooring adhesive with warning labels, "keep out of reach of children," were unlocked in the hallway of the main level of the center. Ammonia towelettes with warning labels, "keep out of reach of children," were in unlocked first aid kits accessible to children in classrooms.

Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-500-A
Description: Repeat Violation
Staff shall wash their hands with soap and running water after any contact with body fluids. Staff in the infant room wiped a child's runny nose and drool with their bare hand and did not wash their hands after.

Plan of Correction: Staff were immediately retrained in the moment and coached to wash their hands with soap and running water after any contact with body fluids.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-510-L
Description: Medication shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Aspirin was located unlocked in first aid kits in every classroom and accessible to children.

Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-540-C
Description: The required first aid kits shall include a first aid instructional manual. There was no first aid instructional manual in the first aid kit on the 1st floor or 2nd floor.

Plan of Correction: First Aid Instruction Manuals were placed in all emergency bags. The first aid flyer in the emergency suitcase has been replaced with a First Aid Manual.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-550-I
Description: A 911 or local dial number for police, fire and emergency medical services and the number of the regional poison control center shall be posted in a visible place at each telephone.
There were no postings of emergency numbers and poison control numbers at any of the telephones.

Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-560-G
Description: When food is brought from home the container shall be clearly dated. A cup from home in the toddler room was dated incorrectly as 9/2/24 on 10/2/24.

Plan of Correction: Teachers will check labels of any food items or containers brought from home to ensure that the correct names and dates are reflected. This check will be completed prior to the center taking possession of any food items or containers.

Standard #: 8VAC20-780-570-E
Description: Prepared infant formula shall be dated. Three bottles in the infant room were incorrectly dated 9/2/24 on 10/2/24.

Plan of Correction: Teachers will check each bottle to ensure that the names and dates listed on the bottles are correct. This check will be completed before placing bottles and food into the refrigerator.

Disclaimer:

A compliance history is in no way a rating for a facility.

The online compliance history includes only information after July 1, 2003. In addition, the online compliance history includes information regarding adverse actions that may be the subject of a pending appeal. An adverse action is not final until a provider has exhausted or waived all due process rights. For compliance history prior to July 1, 2003, or information regarding the status of pending adverse actions, please contact the Licensing Inspector listed in the facility's information. The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from the compliance history information.

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