Little Stars Day Care

AAC R9-3-202.F. F. A certificate holder shall ensure each staff member and each adult resident submits to the certificate holder documentation of the staff member’s or adult resident’s valid: 1. Background check issued under A.R.S. § 46-811(A) within 10 calendar days after stating date of employment or volunteer service; and 2. Background check each time the background check document is issued or renewed every five years.

“Findings: Compliance Officer 2 reviewed three personnel files and observed the following: * Staff 1 was missing documentation of the CBC background check (start date 03.09.20). * Staff 2 was missing documentation of the CBC background check (start date 03.26.21).”

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.

“Findings: The Compliance Officer reviewed eight children's emergency cards and observed the following: * Child 1 was missing the name of the first person to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child. * Child 2 was missing the name of the first person to be contacted in case of injury or sudden illness of the child, and the questions on the backside of the card were not acknowledged.”

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;

“Compliance Officer 2 observed that there were two screws on the inside of diaper changing surface where the straps were cut off but the screws were not removed. There was also an art project found on top of diapering surface.”