M & M Childcare

AAC R9-3-202.G G. If required by A.R.S. § 8-804, before an individual’s starting date of employment or volunteer service, a certificate holder shall comply with the submission requirements in A.R.S. § 8-804(C) for the individual.

“FINDINGS: The Compliance Officer reviewed the file for Resident 1 and observed that it lacked documentation of the submission of their central registry background check.”

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 Compliance Officers reviewed twelve Emergency, Information, and Immunization records and noted that Child 1's record did not list the name and contact number of their health care provider.”

AAC R9-3-305.A.2. A. A certificate holder shall ensure that: 2. The individual signing the enrolled child into or out from the child care group home: a. Records the time of the enrolled child’s arrival or departure, and b. Signs the attendance record with at least the first initial of the individual’s first name and the individual’s last name; and

“Compliance Officer 1 reviewed the group home’s sign in and out documentation and noted that Child 2 was signed out at 5:32 PM on the day of the inspection. CO 1 reviewed the documentation at 11:25 AM on that same day.”

AAC R9-3-309.H. A certificate holder shall ensure that a child care group home does not stock a supply of prescription or nonprescription medications for administration to enrolled children.

“Compliance Officer 1 observed 3 tubes of Neosporin ointment in the first aid kits.”

AAC R9-3-504.F.1. F. A certificate holder shall ensure that: 1. An unannounced fire and emergency evacuation drill are: a. At least once each month; and b. Each fire drill and emergency evacuation drill at a different time of day than the fire and emergency evacuation drill conducted in the previous month;

“Compliance Officer 2 reviewed the group home's fire drill documentation and noted that a fire drill was conducted on 4/1/23, which was a Saturday. According to the Provider, no children have been present for care on a Saturday since they began providing care at the current location.”