Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2)To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations... meet his/her needs. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview, S1 did not provide the comfort to C1 when visibly upset which poses a potential Health, safety and personal rights risk to persons in care.
101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain...or other actions of a punitive nature...This requirement has not been met as evidenced by: Based on interviews, the licensee did not... ...comply with the section cited above when staff was inapproproiately discipline children in care which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
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...comply with the section cited above when staff was inapproproiately discipline children in care which poses an potential risk to the health, safety or personal rights of children in care.
General Provisions and Definitions (1) Commencing September 1, 2016, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a day care center if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Each employee and volunteer shall receive an influenza vaccination between August 1 and December 1 of each year. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring all staff have required immunization records in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by March 8, 2024
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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HSC 1596.7995(a)(1) - 1596.7995(a)(1)
Official code
1596.7995(a)(1)
Medium concern: Staff training
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Teacher Qualifications and Duties (c) To be a fully qualified teacher, a teacher shall have one of the following: (1) Twelve postsecondary semester or equivalent quarter units in early childhood education or child development completed, with passing grades, at an accredited or approved college or university; and at least six months of work experience in a licensed child care center or comparable group child care program. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not ensuring Teachers are fully qualified, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. The teacher in the classroom did not have all the required units to be considered a fully qualified teacher.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by February 22, 2024
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 101216.1(c)(1) - 101216.1(c)(1)
Official code
101216.1(c)(1)
Higher concern: Staff-to-child ratio
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Teacher-Child Ratio (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, except as specified in (b) and (c) below. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview the licensee did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring the facility maintains ratio at all times, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
101216.2 Teacher Aide Qualifications (e)An aide shall work only under the direct supervision of a teacher. (1)An Aid...may escort and/or assist children in going to the bathroom, and may supervise napping children... This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews and record review the facility did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring Aids are under the direct supervision of a teacher, which poses a potential risk to the health & safety of children in care.
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Based on interviews and record review the facility did not comply with the section cited above by ensuring Aids are under the direct supervision of a teacher, which poses a potential risk to the health & safety of children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by February 1, 2024
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 101216.2(e)(1) - 101216.2(e)(1)
Official code
101216.2(e)(1)
Medium concern: Staff-to-child ratio
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101161Limitations on Capacity (a)A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidence by: Based on interviews the facility did not comply with the section above by ensuring the preschool children do not commingle with the other child care center children, which poses a risk to the health & Safety of children in care.
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Based on interviews the facility did not comply with the section above by ensuring the preschool children do not commingle with the other child care center children, which poses a risk to the health & Safety of children in care.
(a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (2) To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, and parent/staff interviews it has been determined that some children were taken home with a wet diaper and a child injured their finger with an electriacal outlet on the playground; which can be a risk to the health, safety, and personal rights to children in care.
101212Reporting Requirements(d)...a report shall be made... within... next working day and during its normal business hours...written report...shall be submitted to the Department within seven days..(1)Events reported shall include the following:(C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child (D) Any suspected physical or psychological abuse of any child. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Multiple staff had concerns regarding a child who came to school with a black eye on 3 separate occassions and did not report it to LIcensing.
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(D) Any suspected physical or psychological abuse of any child. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Multiple staff had concerns regarding a child who came to school with a black eye on 3 separate occassions and did not report it to LIcensing.
Personal Rights. The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:To be accorded safe, healthful and comfortable accommodations, furnishings and equipment to meet his/her needs. This requirement was not met as evidenced by staff revealed confidential information which poses a potential risk to the health and safety of children in care.
101216.3 Teacher-Child Ratio (a) There shall be a ratio of one teacher visually observing and supervising no more than 12 children in attendance, REQUREMENT WAS NOT MET: TODAY IN THE PREPPERS ROOM, THERE ARE 2 AIDS SUPERVISING 9 PRESCHOOL AGE CHILDREN.