Grace Christian Academy of Maryland - Infant Center

13A.16.10.02E

“Several of the required first aid supplies were not observed in the first aid kit during the inspection. Please ensure that all required first aid supplies are maintained. Once the required supplies have been obtained, please submit evidence to the specialist. See additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.10.01A(1)

“There is no evidence that the center has at least one employee who has completed the approved emergency preparedness training. Please submit the emergency preparedness certificate to the specialist once it has been obtained.”

13A.16.06.09C

“At the time of the inspection, there was 1 teacher who needed evidence of 5 hours of continued training for the 2024-2025 training cycle. Their training hours were due in August of 2025. Please ensure the staff member completes and submits evidence of the required continued training hours to the Licensing Specialist as soon as possible. Please see the additional comments sheet. The center is reminded that the training cycle is based on the staff's hire date, please be sure that all teachers submit 12 hours of continued training within their training cycle and submit copies to the Licensing specialist.”

13A.16.06.04A(1)

“2 staff members need evidence of having a medical evaluation completed. Please submit evidence to the specialist once the documents have been obtained. See additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.06.02

“Several staff members had no evidence of a staff orientation in their files. Please complete the staff orientation with the staff and keep a record of this in their files. Submit a letter of correction to the Licensing Specialist once the staff orientation has been completed with each staff member. Please see the list provided at the inspection.”

13A.16.03.06A(2)

“There is one staff member who has left employment and the OCC did not receive written notification of this from the operator. The operator informed the specialist today and it was documented on the discrepancy and staff change forms. In the future, please provide written notification to the OCC about the ending of employment of an employee or staff member within 5 days of its occurrence.”

13A.16.03.04G

“There were several children enrolled missing evidence of an updated immunization record. In addition, 1 child did not have evidence of an immunization record on file. Please obtain the documents from the parents/guardians and submit evidence to the specialist. Please see additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.03.04E

“Several children in care were missing evidence of the lead blood test at 12 and 24 months of age. Please obtain the documents from the parents/guardians and submit evidence to the specialist. See additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.03.04D(3)

“Several children files were missing evidence of the health inventory part 2. Please obtain the documents from the parents/guardians and submit evidence to the specialist. The center is advised to review children's records to ensure they are complete and current. See additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.03.04D(1-2)

“Several children files were missing evidence of the health inventory part 1. Please obtain the documents from the parents/guardians and submit evidence to the specialist. The center is advised to review children's records to ensure they are complete and current. See additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.03.04C

“Several emergency forms were missing the required information. In addition, two children enrolled had no evidence of an emergency form in their file. The center is advised to review children's files and ensure that all children's emergency forms are completed and contain the required information. The center is reminded to maintain emergency information for all children in care and ensure all children's files are complete and current. Please see the additional comments sheet and submit evidence to the specialist once corrections have been made to the emergency forms.”

13A.16.03.03D

“The children's records were reviewed during the inspection today. Two children did not have evidence of an written agreement with the parent/guardian in their file. Please ensure that parents/guardians receive and sign the centers parent agreement and submit evidence to the specialist. The center is advised to review all children's files to ensure that they have all the required documents and that the children's files are complete and current. Please see the additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.03.02C(1)

“Several children need evidence that the parents received the consumer pamphlet information. Please provide the consumer pamphlet to the parent/guardian and submit evidence of this to the Licensing Specialist. Please review all files to ensure that all have the required documentation. See additional comments sheet.”

13A.16.03.06A(2)

“A staff member was associated with both the preschool/before and after care program and the infant program however, the center submitted a staff change form deleting the staff member from the preschool/before and after care program only. The staff member is no longer employed with either program. In the future please submit a staff change form for both programs to the specialist. The director corrected this on-site by deleting the staff member on an updated staff change form during the inspection. The center is advised to provide written notification to the OCC about the ending of employment of an employee or staff member within 5 days of its occurrence.”