Children's Achievement Center

AAC R9-5-509.C.13. C. A licensee shall ensure that: 13. Each staff member is informed of a modified diet prescribed for an enrolled child by the child’s parent or health care provider, and the modified diet is posted in the kitchen and in the child’s activity area;

“FINDINGS: Based on the Compliance Officers’ observations and review of documentation, the Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record Card for Child 1 prescribed a diet modification by the parent, which was not posted in the kitchen or in the child’s activity area.”

AAC R9-5-605.B.6. B. A licensee shall ensure that: 6. Except for a room used only for an enrolled school-age child, each unused electrical outlet is covered with a safety plug cover or insert;

“FINDINGS: Based on the Compliance Officers’ observations, in Classroom 3 by the teacher desk and in the dramatic play area there were outlets not covered with safety plugs.”

AAC R9-5-512.D. D. A licensee shall ensure that toilet bowls, lavatory fixtures, and floors in toilet rooms and kitchens are cleaned and sanitized as often as necessary to maintain them in a clean and sanitized condition or at least once every 24 hours.

“FINDINGS: Based on the Compliance Officers’ observations, the toilet rooms in the following activity areas had toilet paper and paper towels on the floor Toilet room shared by Classroom 1 and Classroom 2. Toilet room shared by Classroom 3 and Classroom 4.”

AAC R9-5-509.C.22. C. A licensee shall ensure that:22. A refrigerator at the child care facility maintains a temperature of 41° F or below, as shown by a thermometer kept in the refrigerator at all times;

“FINDINGS: The Compliance Officer inspected the refrigerator that was located in the Infant Classroom and observed that the thermometer was broken.”

AAC R9-5-303.A. A. A licensee shall post in a place that can be conspicuously viewed by individuals entering or leaving the facility or activity area, the:1. Facility’s license; 2. Name of the facility director; 3. Name of the individual designated to act on behalf of the facility director when the facility director is not present in the facility, as prescribed by R9-5-301(B)(1); 4. Schedule of child care services fees and policy for refunding fees as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-882(P); 5. Breakfast, lunch, dinner, and snack menus for each calendar week at the beginning of the calendar week; 6. Notice of the presence of any communicable disease or infestation listed in 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 2, Table 2, from the date of discovery through the incubation period of the communicable disease or infestation; 7. Notice of the Department’s intent to deny, revoke, or suspend as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-888 at the expiration of time in the notice for the licensee to respond; 8. Notice of an intermediate sanction imposed as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-891.01 within 10 calendar days after the licensee received notice of the intermediate sanction; 9. Notice of a legal injunction imposed as prescribed by A.R.S. § 36-886.01 when the licensee receives the legal injunction; and 10. Notice of the availability of facility inspection reports for public viewing at the facility premises.

“FINDINGS: The Compliance Officers reviewed the postings in Classroom 4 and observed that the capacity was not posted.”

AAC R9-5-309.B. B. If there are gas pipes that run from a gas meter to an appliance or location on the facility premises, a licensee shall ensure that a licensed plumber or individual authorized by the local jurisdiction conducts a gas inspection that verifies there are no gas leaks in the gas pipes that run from the gas meter to any appliance or location on facility premises at least once every 12 months after the issue date of the license.

“FINDINGS: Compliance Officer 1 reviewed the facility's inspection reports and observed that the fire inspection expired on 2/28/25.”

AAC R9-5-305.B. B. A licensee shall attach an enrolled child’s written immunization record or exemption affidavit, required in subsection(A), to the enrolled child’s Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card, required in R9-5 304(B).

“FINDINGS: The Compliance Officers reviewed ten of the children's emergency cards and observed that their immunization records were not attached to or filed with the classroom copies.”

AAC R9-5-501.A.1. A. A licensee shall ensure that:1. In addition to complying with the requirements in this Chapter, the health, safety, or welfare of an enrolled child is not placed at risk of harm;

“FINDINGS: The Compliance Officers inspected the Infant Classroom and observed that the meal served to the infants posed a choking hazard. The meal composed of sliced apples with the peeling. A photo of the meal was taken at the time of the inspection.”

AAC R9-5-512.B. B. A licensee shall maintain facility premises and furnishings:1. In a clean condition, and 2. Free from odor.

“Senior Compliance Officer observed several containers of art paint, a blanket, a jacket and art smocks hanging in the toddler bathrooms.”

AAC R9-5-516.F. F. A licensee shall maintain documentation of all medications administered to an enrolled child.1. Documentation shall contain: a. The name of the enrolled child; b. The name and amount of medication administered and the prescription number, if any; c. The date and time the medication was administered; and d. The signature of the staff member who administered the medication to the enrolled child; and 2. A licensee shall maintain the documentation on facility premises for 12 months after the date the medication is administered.

“Senior Compliance Officer observed that the Prescription # for Child 4 is not being documented on the medication form when their medication is being administered.”

AAC R9-5-502.C.1.l. C. A licensee shall ensure that:1. A staff member providing child care services in an infant room: l. Obtains written, current, and dated dietary instructions from a parent or health care provider regarding the method of feeding and types of foods to be prepared or fed to an infant at the facility;

“According to the staff in the infant room, Infant 1 and 2 are eating table food. Upon review of their infant feeding instructions, Senior Compliance Officer observed that table food was not documented. Infant 3 was enrolled on 2/14/24, and did not have any infant feeding instructions.”

AAC R9-5-503.E. E. A licensee shall ensure that the written diaper changing procedure in subsection (D) states that an enrolled child’s diaper is changed as soon as it is soiled, and that a staff member, when diapering:1. Uses a separate washcloth and towel only once for each enrolled child; 2. Washes and dries the enrolled child using the enrolled child’s individual personal products labeled with the enrolled child’s name; 3. Uses single-use non-porous gloves; 4. Washes the staff member’s own hands with soap and running water between 86° F and 110° F before and after each diaper change; 5. Washes each enrolled child’s hands with soap and running water between 86° F and 110° F after each diaper change; 6. Cleans, sanitizes, and dries the diaper changing surface following each diaper change; and 7. Uses single-use paper towels from a dispenser to dry the diaper changing surface or the hands of the enrolled child or staff member.

“Senior Compliance Officer observed that the paper towel dispenser in the one and two year old diapering area was not working; paper towels were not dispensing.”

AAC R9-5-503.A.1. A. A licensee shall ensure that each diaper changing area required in R9-5-601(4) contains:1. A nonabsorbent, sanitizable diaper changing surface that is: a. Seamless and smooth, and b. Kept clear of items not required for diaper changing;

“Senior Compliance Officer observed a mat sitting on top of the paper towel dispenser, and a plastic measuring spoon sitting next to the sink in one and two year old diapering area.”

AAC R9-5-309.C. C. A licensee shall maintain on facility premises: 1. A current fire inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the fire inspection report; and 2. If there are gas pipes that run from a gas meter to an appliance or location on the facility premises, a current gas inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the gas inspection report.

“Compliance Officer noted that the Fire permit expired on 2/21/2024. The Facility Director reported that the Fire Department is scheduled to come to the facility on the day of the Compliance inspection to complete the fire inspection. Please send a current copy upon receipt.”

AAC R9-5-502.B.3. B. A licensee providing child care services for infants shall not: 3. Permit an infant to use a walker; or

“Senior Compliance Officer observed several ride on toys with wheels, and push toys with wheels on the infant playground.”

AAC R9-5-509.C.22. C. A licensee shall ensure that:22. A refrigerator at the child care facility maintains a temperature of 41° F or below, as shown by a thermometer kept in the refrigerator at all times;

“Senior Compliance Officer observed that the refrigerator in the infant room is used to store food for the infants; the refrigerator did not have a thermometer.”

AAC R9-5-509.C.18. C. A licensee shall ensure that:18. A staff member: a. Prepares a weekly menu at least one week in advance, b. Includes on the menu the specific foods to be served on each day, c. Dates each menu, d. Posts each menu at least one day before the first meal on the menu will be served, and e. Writes food substitutions on a posted menu no later than the morning of the day of meal service;

“Senior Compliance Officer observed that the cheese and yogurt identified on the menu were not specific to the types and/or flavors of each specific food item.”