102370(d)(1) CRIMINAL RECORD CLEARANCE: All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing, or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview with the licensee, the licensee's former helper, Vera Stone, did not have a fingerprint clearance or criminal record exemption on file.
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Based on record review and interview with the licensee, the licensee's former helper, Vera Stone, did not have a fingerprint clearance or criminal record exemption on file.
PERSONNEL RECORDS: (d) All personnel records shall be maintained at the child care home and shall be available to the licensing agency for review. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and interview, the licensee had background clearances for, but not personnel files for helpers Vera Stone and Kos Osborne, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by May 22, 2025
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102416.1(d) - 102416.1(d)
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102416.1(d)
Medium concern: Parent rights
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Admission Procedures and Parental and Authorized Representative's Rights: (d) At the time of acceptance of each child into care, the licensee shall provide the child's parent or authorized representative with a copy of the notice Family Child Care Home Notification of Parent's Rights, LIC 995A (8/06), the Caregiver Background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, Licensee was missing entire childrens files or had incomplete files for children in care which poses a potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by May 15, 2025
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102419(d) - 102419(d)
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102419(d)
Medium concern: Health or food records
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IMMUNIZATIONS: The licensee shall document each Child's immunization as required by the California code of regulations, title 17, section 6070, and shall maintain such documentation for as long as the child is enrolled. This requirement was not met as evidenced by… Based on interview and record review, Licensee did not comply with the regulation above, she did not have immunizations for children in care. This poses a potential Health, Safety, or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by May 15, 2025
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102418(g) - 102418(g)
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102418(g)
Medium concern: Incident records
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102416.2(b)(3)(c) "A report shall be made to the Department…following the occurrence during the operation of a family day care home of any of the following events:(C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child." This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on record review and information gathered during another matter, the facility did not report to the Department an unusual incident on 4/25/25 to a daycare child, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Based on record review and information gathered during another matter, the facility did not report to the Department an unusual incident on 4/25/25 to a daycare child, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by May 22, 2025
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102416.2(b)(3)(c) - 102416.2(b)(3)(c)
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102416.2(b)(3)(c)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
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Children’s Roster: (8) Each family child care home shall have a current roster of children as specified in Health and Safety Code Section 1596.841. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as the current roster of children was incomplete, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by May 15, 2025
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102417(g)(8) - 102417(g)(8)
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102417(g)(8)
Medium concern: Equipment or readiness
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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: LPA observed a crawling infant make contact with and partially dislodge a 4-panel room divider, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Child's Records (a) The licensee shall maintain, in each child's record, the signed and dated notice form required in Section 102419(d). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 4 out of 5 children records, which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by January 30, 2025
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Type B deficiency
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CCR 102421(a) - 102421(a)
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102421(a)
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: Time of each 15-minute check 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 2 out of 5 children records, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
102417(a)-Operation of a Family Child Care Home: The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure that children in care are supervised at all times... Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interviews, and documentation reviewed licensee has exceeded the time allowed for absences. Licensee has taken several trips and has not been at the home when licensing has made unannounced visits on multiple occasions. This poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.
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Based on observation, interviews, and documentation reviewed licensee has exceeded the time allowed for absences. Licensee has taken several trips and has not been at the home when licensing has made unannounced visits on multiple occasions. This poses a potential health, safety, and personal rights risk to children in care.
102416.5(a) Staffing Ratio and Capacity: The capacity specified on the license shall be the maximum number of children for whom care may be provided at any one time. The requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on inteveiws, observation, and documentation reviewed licensee has documented and cared for more than 14 children on more than 1 occasion in the month of June. This posed a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
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Based on inteveiws, observation, and documentation reviewed licensee has documented and cared for more than 14 children on more than 1 occasion in the month of June. This posed a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
Operation of A Family Child Care Home (7) An emergency information card shall be maintained for each child and shall include the child's full name, telephone number and location of a parent or other responsible adult to be contacted in an emergency, the name and telephone number of the child's physician and the parent's authorization for the licensee or registrant to consent to emergency medical care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 3 out of 4 files reviewed which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.