8VAC20-780 Administration. 8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies.
Technical Assistance:
N/A
Comments:
The licensing inspector conducted an unannounced complaint inspection in response to a complaint that was received by the licensing department on July 29, 2022 regarding procedures for emergencies and injury reports. The inspection was initiated on August 26, 2022 and completed on September 9, 2022. Interviews with staff were completed, observations were made in the center, and documentation was reviewed.
Rooms and Ratios: Room #1: 8 to 1 - two's Room #2: 5 to 1 - two's Room #3: 13 to 2- preschool Room #4: 1 to 1- infant I Room #5: 5 to 2- infant II Room #6: 11 to 3- tods
The preponderance of the evidence gathered during the investigation supports the allegation; therefore, the complaint is determined to be valid. See the violation notice for more details.
Heather Dapper Licensing Inspector Office of Child Care Health and Safety Division of Early Childhood Care and Education Phone# (804) 625-2304 heather.dapper@doe.virginia.gov
Based on a review of documentation and interviews the center did not maintain compliance with the center's own policies and procedures that are required by these standards.
Evidence: 1. The center's own policy and procedures for incident reporting states "Any accident, injury, illness or behavior observation involving children, regardless of severity, must be documented on an INCIDENT REPORT. The original copy of the INCIDENT REPORT must be kept in the child's file." 2. Administrator #1 stated that child #1 was injured. The center did not have documentation of the injury for child #1.
Plan of Correction:
Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #:
8VAC20-780-550-P
Complaint related:
Yes
Description:
Based on a review of the facility's injury reports, all required information was not documented.
Evidence: Injury reports for the month of August 2022 were reviewed; nine injury reports did not have any future action to prevent reoccurrence of the injury, seven did not have documentation of how parent was notified, and three did not contain staff and parent signatures or two staff signatures.
Plan of Correction:
Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
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