Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that LPA observed exposed wiring protuding from the wall in the living room play area and also observed an accessible storage shed in the backyard which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by July 15, 2026
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102417(g) - 102417(g)
Official code
102417(g)
Higher concern: Pool barrier
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Pool Safety (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The swimming pool shall be equipped with, at minimum, the following drowning prevention safety features: (A) An enclosure, including, but not limited to, a fence, wall, or other barrier that isolates the swimming pool from access to the family daycare home and has all of the following characteristics: (v) An outside surface free of protrusions, cavities, or other physical characteristics that would serve as handholds or footholds that could enable a child to climb over. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Licensee placed a shed adjacent to the pool fencing, along with 2 water storage tanks and pool equipment pad on the oppposite side of the shed. Both objects serve as a handhold/footholds, allowing a child climb onto the shed and potentially gain access to the pool enclosure which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Pool Safety (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The swimming pool shall be equipped with, at minimum, the following drowning prevention safety features: (A) An enclosure, including, but not limited to, a fence, wall, or other barrier that isolates the swimming pool from access to the family daycare home and has all of the following characteristics: (v) An outside surface free of protrusions, cavities, or other physical characteristics that would serve as handholds or footholds that could enable a child to climb over. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Licensee placed a shed adjacent to the pool fencing, along with 2 water storage tanks and pool equipment pad on the oppposite side of the shed. Both objects serve as a handhold/footholds, allow...
Correction status
Plan of correction due by July 15, 2026
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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HSC 1596.814(a)(1)(A)(v) - 1596.814(a)(1)(A)(v)
Official code
1596.814(a)(1)(A)(v)
Higher concern: Pool barrier
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Pool Safety (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (3) A licensee shall perform a daily inspection of the drowning prevention safety features and safety equipment before opening the facility and maintain a log of the inspections to be provided to the department upon request. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Licensee last documented daily pool inspection on 06/03/2026 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Operation of A Family Child Care Home (g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (4) Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, firearms and other items which could pose a danger if readily available to children shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that cleaning products such as clorox and medicine were stored in cabinets that were not locked which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by July 10, 2025
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 102417(g)(4) - 102417(g)(4)
Official code
102417(g)(4)
Higher concern: Pool barrier
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Pool Safety (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The swimming pool shall be equipped with, at minimum, the following drowning prevention safety features: (A) An enclosure, including, but not limited to, a fence, wall, or other barrier that isolates the swimming pool from access to the family daycare home and has all of the following characteristics: (iii) A maximum vertical clearance of two inches from the ground to the bottom of the enclosure. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there is a section of the pool fencing with a vertical clearance of over 2 inches from the ground to the bottom of the enclosure which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Pool Safety (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The swimming pool shall be equipped with, at minimum, the following drowning prevention safety features: (A) An enclosure, including, but not limited to, a fence, wall, or other barrier that isolates the swimming pool from access to the family daycare home and has all of the following characteristics: (v) An outside surface free of protrusions, cavities, or other physical characteristics that would serve as handholds or footholds that could enable a child to climb over. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there are 2 water tanks stored next to the pool fence which would allow for a child to climb over the pool fence which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Pool Safety (a) A licensed family daycare home operated at a private single-family dwelling with an in-ground swimming pool on the premises shall comply with all of the following requirements: (1) The swimming pool shall be equipped with, at minimum, the following drowning prevention safety features: (A) An enclosure, including, but not limited to, a fence, wall, or other barrier that isolates the swimming pool from access to the family daycare home and has all of the following characteristics: (v) An outside surface free of protrusions, cavities, or other physical characteristics that would serve as handholds or footholds that could enable a child to climb over. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there are 2 water tanks stored next to the pool fence which would allow for a child to climb over the pool fence which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons...
Correction status
Plan of correction due by July 7, 2025
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
Report section
HSC 1596.814(a)(1)(A)(v) - 1596.814(a)(1)(A)(v)
Official code
1596.814(a)(1)(A)(v)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
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Infant Safe Sleep Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interivew and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that Licensee did not have complete sleep logs for infant (C1) which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. C1 has been enrolled since 12/01/2023; Licensee had sleep logs for C1 from 05-26-25 thru 07-01-2025.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by July 9, 2025
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 102425(j)(2)(D) - 102425(j)(2)(D)
Official code
102425(j)(2)(D)
Medium concern: Health or food records
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Evidence of a current tuberculosis clearance, not more than one year prior to or seven days after initial presence in the home, for any adult in the home during the time that children are under care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that A1 is living in the home and did not have tuberculosis clearance on file which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Staffing Ratio and Capacity (d) For a Large Family Child Care Home, the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time when there is an assistant provider in the home, including children under age 10 who reside at the licensee's home and the assistant provider's children under age 10, shall be either: (2) More than twelve and up to fourteen children only if the criteria in Section 1597.465 of the Health and Safety Code are met. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that there were 13 children present with assistant , however, none of the children are over 6 years or attending school, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.