Y.M.C.A. - Cottonwood Elementary

AAC R9-5-305.A. A. A licensee shall not permit an enrolled child to attend a facility until the facility receives: 1. An immunization record for the enrolled child with the information required in 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7, documenting that the enrolled child has received all current, age-appropriate immunizations required under 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7: a. Provided by a healthcare provider, or b. Generated from the Arizona State Immunization Information System, which is the Department’s child immunization reporting system established in A.R.S. § 36-135; or 2. An exemption affidavit for the enrolled child provided by the enrolled child’s parent that contains a statement, signed by the enrolled child's: a. Health care provider, that the immunizations required by 9 A.A.C. 6, Article 7 would endanger the enrolled child’s health or medical condition; or b. Parent, that the enrolled child is being raised in a religion whose teachings are in opposition to immunization.

“Findings: Compliance Officer 2 reviewed 15 children’s emergency cards and observed the following: * Child 1 and Child 2 had a copy of a school issued immunization record and not a copy from a health care provider or ASIIS as required.”

AAC R9-5-402.A. A. A licensee shall maintain a file for each staff member containing:1. The staff member’s name, date of birth, home address, and telephone number; 2. The staff member’s starting date of employment or volunteer service; 3. The staff member’s ending date of employment or volunteer service, if applicable; 4. The name and telephone number of an individual to be notified in case of an emergency; 5. The staff member’s written statement attesting to current immunity against measles, rubella, diphtheria, mumps, and pertussis; 6. The form required in A.R.S. § 36-883.02(C); 7. Documents required by R9-5-203; 8. Documents required by R9-5-301; 9. Documents required by R9-5-401, if applicable; 10. If applicable: a. The form required in A.R.S. § 8-804(I), b. Documentation of the submission required in A.R.S. § 8-804 and the information received as a result of the submission, and c. Documentation of training provided by a licensee as required by R9-5-403, if applicable; 11. A copy of any current license or certification required by A.R.S. Title 36, Chapter 7.1, Article 1. or this Chapter; and 12. Documentation of the requirements in A.R.S. § 36-883.02(D).

“The Compliance Officer reviewed two personnel files and observed the following: * Staff 1 was missing documentation of current enrollment in high school; and the new staff training form (10 day training) did not show that it was completed as it was blank except for signatures (start date 01/07/2025).”

AAC R9-5-309.C. C. A licensee shall maintain on facility premises: 1. A current fire inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the fire inspection report; and 2. If there are gas pipes that run from a gas meter to an appliance or location on the facility premises, a current gas inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the gas inspection report.

“* Compliance Officer2 reviewed the fire inspection and observed that it had one citation that did not have documentation showing it was corrected. * Compliance Officer 2 reviewed the gas inspection and observed that it was no longer current as it was over 12 months old (dated 04/30/2024).”

AAC R9-5-518.A.3. A. A licensee providing a field trip for an enrolled child shall: 3. Maintain the written permission in subsection (A)(1) and written field trip plan in subsection (A)(2) on facility premises for 12 months after the date of the field trip.

“Compliance Officer requested the facility's field trip documentation for review. The facility director reported that the documentation for the facility's most recent field trips was not being kept on the premises as required. The facility director reported that the most recent field trips were during the summer of 2023”

AAC R9-5-309.C. C. A licensee shall maintain on facility premises: 1. A current fire inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the fire inspection report; and 2. If there are gas pipes that run from a gas meter to an appliance or location on the facility premises, a current gas inspection report including documentation of any repairs or corrections required by the gas inspection report.

“Compliance Officer 2 reviewed the facility's inspection reports and noted that the documentation that was provided was for an inspection that was conducted on 5/8/23 and therefore was not completed within the previous 12 months as required by the State Fire Marshal.”

AAC R9-5-603.E. E. A licensee shall ensure that the following is provided and maintained within the fall zones of swings and climbing equipment in an outdoor activity area:1. A shock-absorbing unitary surfacing material manufactured for such use in outdoor activity areas; or 2. A minimum depth of 6 inches of a non-hazardous, resilient material such as fine loose sand or wood chips.

“Compliance Officer 1 measured the depth of the wood chips in the fall zones of the playground equipment as follows: no measurable wood chips in the fall zone of the double blue side; .5" in the fall zone of the orange metal square ladder; 1" in the fall zone of the orange metal ladder; 1.5" in the fall zone of the orange fire pole; 2" in the fall zone of the blue wavy slide; 3" in the fall zone of the staircase.”

AAC R9-5-501.A.10. A. A licensee shall ensure that:10. At least one indoor activity area in the facility is equipped with at least one cot or mat, a sheet, and a blanket, where an enrolled child can rest quietly away from other enrolled children;

“Compliance Officer 1 observed Child 1 napping on a mat without a sheet covering it. The facility director reported that the facility did not have a sheet available to cover the mat.”