Inspection Date:
April 9, 2021
,
April 12, 2021
and
April 13, 2021
Complaint Related:
No
Areas Reviewed:
22VAC40-185 ADMINISTRATION. 22VAC40-185 STAFF QUALIFICATIONS AND TRAINING. 22VAC40-185 PHYSICAL PLANT. 22VAC40-185 STAFFING AND SUPERVISION. 22VAC40-185 PROGRAMS. 22VAC40-185 SPECIAL CARE PROVISIONS AND EMERGENCIES. 22VAC40-185 SPECIAL SERVICES. 22VAC40-80 THE LICENSE. 22VAC40-80 THE LICENSING PROCESS. 22VAC40-80 SANCTIONS. 22VAC40-80 HEARINGS PROCEDURES. 22VAC40-191 Background Checks (22VAC40-191) 20 Access to minor?s records 32.1 Report by person other than physician 63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect 63.2(17) License & Registration Procedures 63.2 Facilities & Programs.
Technical Assistance:
The Licensing Inspector has reviewed with the provider COVID-19 Essential Guidance for Child Care programs.
Staff who have resided outside of the state of Virginia in the past 5 years are required to have results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which staff they resided in the preceding five years PRIOR to employment. Please send your inspector the written documentation that these requests have been sent to the appropriate agency within 10 days. In addition, the results of these background checks must be sent to your inspector upon receipt.
Comments:
This inspection was conducted by licensing staff using an alternate remote protocol, necessary due to a state of emergency health pandemic declared by the Governor of Virginia. A Renewal inspection was initiated on 4/9/2021 and concluded on 4/13/2021. The owner / administrator was contacted by telephone to initiate the inspection. There were 13 children present and 3 staff. The inspector emailed the owner / administrator a list of items required to complete the inspection. The Inspector reviewed 2 children?s records and 2 staff records submitted by the facility to ensure documentation was complete.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance(s) with applicable standards or law and violations were documented on the violation notice issued to the facility.
Based on a review of records, the licensee did not obtain the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from any state in which staff have resided in the preceding five years. Evidence: Two staff records were reviewed during the inspection. The record for staff #2, whose date of hire was1/22/2021, contained a signed Sworn Disclosure Statement which disclosed that the employee had resided in Nebraska and Texas within the past 5 years. The record for staff #2 did not contain the results of a criminal history record information check, a sex offender registry check, and a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Texas. The record for staff #2 did not contain the results of a criminal history record information check or a sex offender registry check from Nebraska.
Plan of Correction:
The center owner / administrator sent requests for a criminal history record information check and a sex offender registry check from Texas as well as requests for a criminal history record information check and a sex offender registry check from Nebraska following the inspection. Results are being forwarded to the inspector as they are received. The The request for a search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Texas has been completed by the employee and will be notarized and mailed out by the administrator on 4/21/2021. The results of the search of the child abuse and neglect registry or equivalent registry from Texas will be forwarded to the licensing inspector upon receipt. Out of state background checks will be requested and results obtained and reviewed prior to the hire of staff going forward.
Disclaimer:
This information is provided by the Virginia Department of Social Services, which neither endorses any facility nor guarantees that the information is complete. It should not be used as the sole source in evaluating and/or selecting a facility.
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