Davis Early Learning Devepoment Center

AAC R9-3-301.D.2. D. A certificate holder shall ensure that: 2. At least one adult staff member, in addition to the provider or the staff member specified in subsection (D)(1), is on the premises when six or more enrolled children are at the child care group home.

“The Compliance Officer observed the Provider alone with 8 children.”

AAC R9-3-408.A.2. A. A certificate holder shall only allow a staff member to take an enrolled child away from an area of the child care group home approved for providing child care services during hours of operation with written permission from the enrolled child’s parent as follows: 2. For a field trip, the written permission shall include: a. The enrolled child’s name; b. A description of the field trip; c. The name of the field trip destination, if applicable; d. The street address and, if available, the telephone number of the field trip destination, if applicable; e. Either: i. The date or dates of the field trip; or ii. The time period, not to exceed 12 months, during which the permission is given; f. The projected time of departure from the child care group home; g. The projected time of arrival back at the child care group home; and h. The dated signature of the enrolled child’s parent.

“The CO and COS observed the field trip forms for the trips to the neighborhood park. The form did not contain the park address, dates for each field trip, and the parents full signatures.”

AAC R9-3-303.B. B. Except as required in A.R.S. § 36-309, before a child is enrolled at a child care group home, a certificate holder shall require the individual enrolling the child to complete a Department-provided Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card containing: 1. The child’s name, home address, city, state, zip code, sex, and date of birth; 2. The date of the child’s enrollment; 3. The name, home address, city, state, zip code, and contact telephone number of each parent of the child; 4. The name and contact telephone number of at least two individuals authorized by the child’s parent to collect the child from the child care group home or to be contacted if the child’s parent cannot be contacted; 5. The name and contact telephone number of the child’s physician, physician assistant, or registered nurse practitioner; 6. Written authorization for emergency medical care of the child; 7. The name of the individual to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child; 8. A written description provided by a child’s parent of the nutritional and dietary needs of the child; 9. A written description provided by the child’s parent noting the child’s susceptibility to illness, physical conditions of which a staff member should be aware, and any individual requirements for health maintenance; and 10. The dated signature of the individual completing the Emergency, Information, and Immunization Record card.

“The COS reviewed Child 1 and Child 2's Emergency Information Immunization Record card and observed that neither child has 2 emergency contacts that are not documented as parents or guardians.”

AAC R9-3-301.A.4.d. A. A certificate holder shall: 4. Ensure that the provider: d. Prepares a dated attendance record for each day and ensures that each staff member records on the attendance record the staff member’s start time and end time of providing child care services for the child care group home;

“The Compliance Officer (CO) and Compliance Officer Supervisor (COS) requested the Provider's sign in and out records. The Provider reported that she was not aware that she was required to maintain attendance for herself.”

AAC R9-3-507.B.1. B. A certificate holder shall ensure that: 1. A staff member: a. Cleans, sanitizes, and dries a diaper-changing surface using a single-use paper towel before and after each diaper change; b. Washes the staff member’s hands with soap and running water before and after each diaper change; c. Wears single-use non-porous gloves during each diaper change; d. Washes an enrolled child’s hands with soap and running water or with a washcloth or disposable wipe after the enrolled child’s diaper is changed and uses each washcloth or disposable wipe on only one child and only one time before it is laundered or discarded; and e. Documents the daily diaper changes for each enrolled child in a dated diaper-changing log after changing the enrolled child’s diaper;

“The CO and COS reviewed the diapering protocols with the Provider. Disposable training pants fall under the diapering regulations. Please ensure that a child is changed on a non porous diapering surface that can be cleaned and sanitized after each diaper change.”