(d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone……..Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing......... 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. (E) Epidemic outbreaks. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Director acknowledgement that the Hand foot and mouth outbreak was not reported to either Community Care Licnesing or the Department of Public Health, posing an immediate Health and Safety Risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by November 4, 2025
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Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101212(d)(C)(E) - 101212(d)(C)(E)
Official code
101212(d)(C)(E)
Higher concern: Supervision
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101229 Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision (a) The licensee shall provide care and supervision as necessary to meet the children's needs. (1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time except as...... Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Witness statement and Director acknowledgement that a teacher left an infant in a room alone, unsupervisedm which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Report comments
This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Witness statement and Director acknowledgement that a teacher left an infant in a room alone, unsupervisedm which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
(f) Notwithstanding Sections 101216.2(e)(1), 101230(c)(1) ............and (e) shall also apply to napping infants, preschool-age children and school-age children except as follows: (1) One teacher may supervise six napping infants without assistance provided that the remaining staff member(s) necessary to meet the overall ratio........ This requirement was not met as evidenced by: LPA Clayton interviews with staff and Director who acknowledged that the teacher was alone with 9 toddlers who were awake and that was unable to get any assistance for at least 20 minutes.
101438.2 Outdoor Activity Space for Infants (a) In addition to Section 101238.2, the following shall apply: (b) Outdoor activity space shall be physically separate from space used by children in the child care center and school-age child care center components. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: LPA Clayton observation and Directors acknowledgment that the infant were using the preschool yard during the time that the infant/toddler yard was made off-limits due to a plumbing issue, which posed an immediate Health & Safety risk to children in care.
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This requirement was not met as evidenced by: LPA Clayton observation and Directors acknowledgment that the infant were using the preschool yard during the time that the infant/toddler yard was made off-limits due to a plumbing issue, which posed an immediate Health & Safety risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by November 4, 2025
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Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101438.2(a)(b) - 101438.2(a)(b)
Official code
101438.2(a)(b)
Higher concern: Child guidance
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101223(a)(2) (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: LPA Clayton observation that the toddlers were playing in the parking lot when their play yard was not in use due to a plumbing issue, which poses an immedicate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Report comments
This requirement was not met as evidenced by: LPA Clayton observation that the toddlers were playing in the parking lot when their play yard was not in use due to a plumbing issue, which poses an immedicate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by November 4, 2025
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Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(2) - 101223(a)(2)
Official code
101223(a)(2)
Medium concern: Incident records
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(d) Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone……..Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days…….(1) Events reported shall include the following: (4) Any changes in the plan of operation that affect services to children. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Directors failure to report that the infant/toddler yard had plumbing issues that made the yard unusable, which posed an immediate Health and Safety Risk to children in care.