Copeley Child Development Center

8VAC20-780-60-A

“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The record of child #1 was missing a phone number for one emergency contact person.”

8VAC20-780-500-A

“Children’s hands shall be washed with soap and running water after toileting, or any contact with blood, feces or urine. Two children in the Pre-K 1 classroom did not wash their hands after toileting.”

8VAC20-780-550-P

“The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence and contain all the required information. Three incident reports reviewed did not contain the date and time the parent was notified, documentation of how the parent was notified, and two staff and parent signatures.”

8VAC20-780-500-B

“Disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. Used diapers were located in an open trashcan that wasn?t leakproof nor a foot-operated system.”

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Repeat Violation Systemic Violation Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. During the inspection, child #3 (age 4 years) was out of actual sight from both staff for three minutes, until the licensing inspector intervened.”

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. The kitchen door was not locked propped open and there was a gallon container of germicidal bleach, three gallons of sanitizer, and three gallons of liquid detergent on the floor and accessible to children.”

8VAC20-780-90-A

“A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child’s record by the first day of the child’s attendance. Child #2 was enrolled for over a month before the center obtained a written agreement from the parent.”

8VAC20-780-550-P

“The center shall maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence and contain all the required information. Three incident reports reviewed did not contain the date and time the parent was notified, documentation of how the parent was notified, and two staff and parent signatures.”

8VAC20-780-500-B

“Disposable diapers shall be disposed in a leakproof or plastic-lined storage system that is either foot-operated or used in such a way that neither the staff member’s hand nor the soiled diaper touches an exterior surface of the storage system during disposal. Used diapers were located in an open trashcan that wasn?t leakproof nor a foot-operated system.”

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Repeat Violation Systemic Violation Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. During the inspection, child #3 (age 4 years) was out of actual sight from both staff for three minutes, until the licensing inspector intervened.”

8VAC20-780-280-B

“Hazardous substances such as cleaning materials shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. The kitchen door was not locked propped open and there was a gallon container of germicidal bleach, three gallons of sanitizer, and three gallons of liquid detergent on the floor and accessible to children.”

8VAC20-780-90-A

“A written agreement between the parent and the center shall be in each child’s record by the first day of the child’s attendance. Child #2 was enrolled for over a month before the center obtained a written agreement from the parent.”

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Repeat Violation Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On August 22, 2025, child #1 (4yrs old) was left alone in the hallway for approximately one minute.”

8VAC20-780-40-E

“Repeat Violation The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. Staff did not follow the center’s procedures for identifying where attending children are at all times when staff #1 failed to complete the center’s name-to-face child count when leaving a location and entering a new location, leaving one child (age 4), alone in the hallway for approximately one minute.”

8VAC20-780-340-D

“Each grouping of children shall have at least one staff regularly present who meets lead teacher qualifications. Staff #4 was identified as a program leader who was responsible for supervising a group of children with an aide. Staff #4 did not have the training required by the position.”

8VAC20-780-70

“Documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position shall be in the staff's record. Staff #4, who had been promoted a month ago, did not have documentation of program leader qualifications.”

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. Staff #3, employed for two months, did not have central registry results requested prior to the staff's first day of employment. The results were obtained two months after the staff was hired.”

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Repeat Violation Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On August 22, 2025, child #1 (4yrs old) was left alone in the hallway for approximately one minute.”

8VAC20-780-40-E

“Repeat Violation The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. Staff did not follow the center’s procedures for identifying where attending children are at all times when staff #1 failed to complete the center’s name-to-face child count when leaving a location and entering a new location, leaving one child (age 4), alone in the hallway for approximately one minute.”

8VAC20-780-340-D

“Each grouping of children shall have at least one staff regularly present who meets lead teacher qualifications. Staff #4 was identified as a program leader who was responsible for supervising a group of children with an aide. Staff #4 did not have the training required by the position.”

8VAC20-780-70

“Documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position shall be in the staff's record. Staff #4, who had been promoted a month ago, did not have documentation of program leader qualifications.”

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. Staff #3, employed for two months, did not have central registry results requested prior to the staff's first day of employment. The results were obtained two months after the staff was hired.”

8VAC20-780-40-E

“The operational responsibilities of the licensee shall include ensuring that the center’s activities, services, and facilities are maintained in compliance with these standards, the center’s own policies and procedures that are required by these standards, and the terms of the current license issued by the department. Staff did not follow the center’s procedures for identifying where attending children are at all times when staff #1 and staff #2 failed to complete the center’s name-to-face child count when leaving a location and entering a new location, leaving two children (age 4), outside on the playground alone for approximately five minutes.”

8VAC20-780-340-F

“Children under 10 years of age shall always be within actual sight and sound supervision of staff. On July 3, 2025, child #1 (4yrs old) and child #2 (4yrs old) were left alone outside on the playground for approximately five minutes.”

63.2-1509-A

“Staff employed by a child day program who have reason to suspect that a child is abused or neglected shall report the matter immediately to the local department's toll-free child abuse and neglect hotline. Staff became aware of a reportable offense on July 3, 2025, and failed to report to the local department.”

22.1-289.036-B-2

“The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment. Fingerprint results were obtained 18 days after staff #2 was employed and four days after staff #1 was employed.”

22.1-289.035-B-2

“The center must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment. An individual listed on the initial application did not have a completed national criminal background check.”

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. An individual listed on the initial application did not have a central registry search requested.”

8VAC20-780-40-N

“The center shall develop written playground safety procedures which shall include the method of maintaining resilient surfacing. The center's procedures do not include the method to maintain resilient surfacing.”

8VAC20-780-550-A

“The center shall have a written emergency preparedness plan that addresses staff responsibility and facility readiness with respect to emergency evacuation and relocation, shelter-in-place, and lockdown. The plan, which shall be developed in consultation with local or state authorities, shall include the most likely to occur emergency scenario or scenarios. The center did not have a completed emergency preparedness plan developed in consultation with local or state authorities.”

8VAC20-780-550-B

“The emergency preparedness plan shall contain procedural components for emergency communication, evacuation, shelter-in-place, lockdown, and continuity of operations. The center's emergency plan did not contain the name and phone number of a secondary emergency officer, the assembly points, the primary and secondary means of egress, securing information on allergies or food intolerances, and the continuity of operations to ensure that essential functions are maintained during an emergency.”

8VAC20-780-270-A

“The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. There was chipped and peeling paint in nearly every classroom of the center and on the two's playground fence and tricycles. Several classrooms and bathrooms had wall damage that exposed drywall or created a hole in the wall, there was missing caulking in several areas, and there was a large amount of visible clumped dirt/dust in an open windowsill accessible to children.”