22.1 Religious Exempt; Background Checks Code; Carbon Monoxide 32.1 Report by person other than physician 54.1 Must be MAT Certified. 63.2 Child abuse and neglect 8VAC20-770 Background Checks
Technical Assistance:
Today we discussed the clear separation of groups in each staff person's supervision and ratios of combined age groups.
Staff must know at any given time how many children and which children are in their care so that in the event of an emergency, they are able to ensure the safety of the children.
When children are in mixed age groups, the ratio for the youngest child in the group must be followed.
Ratios for children may be doubled during rest time when and if all of the children are resting quietly and if additional staff to meet the regular required ratios are able to immediately assist if needed.
Comments:
A monitoring inspection was initiated and concluded on 12/12/2022. There were 69 children present, ranging in ages from 2 1/2 to 7 years old, with 7 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas of Religious Exempt; Background Checks Code; Carbon Monoxide, Child Abuse and Neglect, Mandated Reporting, and Medication Training. A total of 5 staff records were reviewed.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the program.
Based on record review and interview, the program did not ensure that each staff person supervising children have documentation of certification by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision.
Evidence: Five staff records were reviewed. The record for staff #1 did not contain documentation of having been certified by a practicing physician or physician assistant to be free from any disability which would prevent him from caring for children under his supervision. The program director stated that the documentation had been received but she was unable to locate this documentation during the inspection.
Plan of Correction:
The program director will locate the documentation and place it in staff #1's record or have staff #1 obtain new documentation.
Standard #:
22.1-289.058
Description:
Based on observation and interview, the provider did not ensure that each building built before 2015 that houses a child day program and serves preschool-age children is equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector. Evidence: The inspector did not observe a Carbon Monoxide detector during the inspection. When asked, the program director stated that she was not aware of the requirement and had not installed one.
Plan of Correction:
The program director will purchase and install at least one carbon monoxide detector in the facility within 2 weeks.
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