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, Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by, based on interviews and video footage review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above, when C1 and C2 were left unsupervised on the Infant Playground for 44 seconds resulting in C1 biting C2 six times, which posed an immediate Health, Safety and/or Personal Rights risk for children in care.
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Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by, based on interviews and video footage review, the facility did not comply with the section cited above, when C1 and C2 were left unsupervised on the Infant Playground for 44 seconds resulting in C1 biting C2 six times, which posed an immediate Health, Safety and/or Personal Rights risk for children in care.
101223 Personal Rights (a)The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights:...(3)To be free from...actions of a punitive nature including but not limited to: interference with functions of daily living including...sleeping...This requirement was not met as evidenced by, Based on observation, facility did not meet this requirement when Director was observed restraining a crying infant on a sleeping mat, which posed an immediate Health, Safety and/or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
Inspector notes
Based on observation, facility did not meet this requirement when Director was observed restraining a crying infant on a sleeping mat, which posed an immediate Health, Safety and/or Personal Rights risk to children in care.
101427 Infant Care Food Service (a) In addition to Sections101227, the following shall apply:(b) There shall be an individual feeding plan for each infant...(c)The infant shall be fed in accordance with the individual plan. This requirment was not met as evidenced by, Based on interviews, facility staff did not meet this requirement by giving an infant another infant's bottle, which posed a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
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Based on interviews, facility staff did not meet this requirement by giving an infant another infant's bottle, which posed a potential health, safety and personal rights risk to children in care.
Reporting Requirements (b) The name of the child care center director, and any fully qualified teacher(s) designated to act in the child care center director's absence, shall be reported to the Department within 10 days of a change of child care center director or designee(s). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
(a) In addition to Section 101229, the following shall apply: (1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted and video reviewed,
Responsibility for Providing Care and Supervision for Infants (B) Staff shall physically check on sleeping infant(s) every 15 minutes and document the following: 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 1 out of 5 persons did not have 15 minute sleep checks documented between 8:45am and 10:05am in infant room 1 which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by April 22, 2024
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 101429(a)(2)(B) - 101429(a)(2)(B)
Official code
101429(a)(2)(B)
Medium concern: Recordkeeping
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Modifications to Infant Needs and Services Plan (a) The written infant needs and services plan shall be updated at least quarterly, or as often as necessary to assure its accuracy. 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 persons did not have quarterly updated infant needs and service plans which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by April 18, 2024
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Official CA class
Type B deficiency
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CCR 101419.3(a) - 101419.3(a)
Official code
101419.3(a)
Higher concern: Sleep safety
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Infant Care Food Service (j) Bottles, dishes and containers of food brought by the infant's authorized representative shall be labeled with the infant's name and the current date. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 out of 5 persons as the bottle label for Child 1 and Child 5 did not have the date which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
(a) In addition to Section 101229, the following shall apply: (1) Each infant shall be constantly supervised and under direct visual observation and supervision by a staff person at all times. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews conducted and records reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, as S1 left the classroom which resulted in the children being left unsupervised for approximately 4-5 seconds which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk for children in care.
101223(a)(3) 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, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse or other actions of a punitive nature… This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and video footage reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the personal rights of C1 and C2 were not accorded as S1 was observed yelling at and handling C1 in a rough manner and S3 was observed handling C2 in a rough manner which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Inspector notes
Based on interviews and video footage reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that the personal rights of C1 and C2 were not accorded as S1 was observed yelling at and handling C1 in a rough manner and S3 was observed handling C2 in a rough manner which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Correction status
Plan of correction due by November 9, 2022
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Official CA class
Type A deficiency
Report section
CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
Official code
101223(a)(3)
Higher concern: Supervision
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101229(a)(1) 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… Supervision shall include visual observation. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Based on interviews and video footage reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that four (4) napping infants were left unsupervised which posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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Based on interviews and video footage reviewed, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in that four (4) napping infants were left unsupervised which posed an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.