ABC Learning Center

8VAC20-780-270-A

“Repeat Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. 1. On the playground, two loose fence boards were broken off the post, exposing nails that were accessible to children. 2. In the infant room, a ceiling tile frame was loose and hanging from the ceiling.”

8VAC20-780-245-L

“There shall always be at least one staff member on duty who has obtained within the last three years instruction in performing the daily health observation of children. At the time of the inspectors arrival, there was no staff present with daily health observation training.”

8VAC20-780-210-A

“Program leaders shall be at least 18 years of age, have fulfilled a high school program completion or the equivalent, and meet one of the following: 24 hours of program lead training. 1. Staff #1, identified as a program leader, did not have 24 hours of program lead training. 2. Staff #2, identified as a program leader, did not have 24 hours of program lead training. 3. Staff #3, identified as a program leader, did not have 24 hours of program lead training and documentation of high school program completion or the equivalent.”

8VAC20-780-160-A

“Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. The record of staff #2, contained documentation of a TB screening dated four months prior to the date of employment.”

8VAC20-780-540-C

“A first aid kit shall include all required items. The first aid kit was missing triangular bandages, a thermometer, and adhesive tape.”

8VAC20-780-140-A

“Physical examinations completed by a physician shall be obtained prior to the first day of attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance. There was no physical examination in the record of child #5, who had been enrolled for two months.”

22.1-289.035-B-3

“The center must request a search of the central registry prior to the employee's first day of employment. 1. The record of staff #2, contained documentation of a requested central registry check dated three months after employment. A completed central registry check had not been obtained. 2. The record of staff #3, employed for two months, did not have documentation of a central registry being requested. 3. The record of staff #4, employed for eight days, did not have documentation of a central registry being requested. Staff #2 and staff #3 were each observed working alone with a group of children.”

8VAC20-780-530-A

“At least one staff in each classroom or area where children are present shall have current certification in both CPR and first aid. Staff #5, alone with a group of children, did not have current CPR and first aid certification.”

22.1-289.035-B-4

“The center is required to obtain background checks from any state in which the individual has resided in the preceding five years. Staff #1, employed for three months, did not have documentation of a requested central registry check from one state.”

8VAC20-780-270-A

“Areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, shall be maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. Unsafe conditions shall include, but not be limited to, splintered, cracked or otherwise deteriorating wood; chipped or peeling paint; visible cracks, bending or warping, rusting or breakage of any equipment; head entrapment hazards; and protruding nails, bolts or other components that could entangle clothing or snag skin. One wooden fence picket on the playground was cracked and had a hole that a child’s arm could get caught in or snag the skin.”

8VAC20-780-330-B

“Where playground equipment is provided, resilient surfacing shall comply with minimum safety standards when tested in accordance with the procedures described in the American Society for Testing and Materials and shall be under equipment with moving parts or climbing apparatus to create a fall zone free of hazardous obstacles. A four seat swivel seesaw was on the blacktop of the playground. There is no resilient surface on the playground.”