Description: Lora Mattera is a Registered Family Child Care Home in Mechanicsville MD, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 0-23 Months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 12 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-08-22 | Full | 13A.15.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: KD and BT do not have evidence of having had a lead blood test at 2 years of age. MM and TT do not have evidence of having had a lead blood test at 1 year of age. MM and TT need updated immunization records as they are missing 1 DTAP, 1 MMR, and 1 Varicella vaccination. Please obtain KD, BT, MM, and TT's lead blood test reports and MM and TT's updated immunization records and forward copies to the OCC. | |||
| 2023-08-22 | Full | 13A.15.06.02B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The provider did not complete the 12 clock hour continued training requirement during the 2021-2022 time frame. The provider completed 24 clock hours of continued training as of March 2023. Therefore, the provider is caught up on her 2021-2022 and 2022-2023 continuing training requirements. | |||
| 2023-08-22 | Full | 13A.15.09.01A | Corrected |
| Findings: The provider did not have a written schedule of daily activities posted. The provider posted a written schedule of daily activities during the inspection. | |||
| 2023-08-22 | Full | 13A.15.09.01B(6) | Corrected |
| Findings: The provider stated that she was not aware she had to give the parents a written screen time policy. The screen time policy was created during the inspection and the provider has agreed to notify the OCC once the children's parents have signed the screen time policy form which will be attached to the contract. | |||
| 2023-08-22 | Full | 13A.15.10.01A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: The provider could not locate her emergency and disaster plan. Please prepare a new emergency and disaster plan and forward a copy to the OCC once completed in full. | |||
| 2022-08-25 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: KD's emergency form has been updated with her parent's initials, but the date is missing. Please have KD's parent add the date next to their initials on the emergency form. Siblings, KF and OF do not have an authorized pick up person listed on their emergency forms. Please have the parent of KF and OF add an authorized pick up person on both emergency forms. Please send a photo of KD, KF, and OF's emergency forms once they have been updated accordingly. | |||
| 2022-08-25 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.05.05C | Corrected |
| Findings: Upon inspection of the provider's pool, the Licensing Specialist observed that the self-latching mechanism was not working properly every time the gate door was opened. It was also observed that the combination lock was not secured and not easily operable. The provider stated that she will purchase a combination bike lock that will be easier to access and operate which will provide confirmation that the lock is secure. Please repair the self-latching mechanism to the gate of the entrance of the pool as soon as possible and send a video when repaired. Please send a photo of the combination bike lock once it has been installed. | |||
| 2021-08-04 | Full | 13A.15.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: Siblings KF and OF do not have any immunizations in the Provider's file for them. They also do not have Health Assessment Part I or Part II. Child RF does not have Health Inventory Part I. Please provide the respective parents with these documents and have the parent complete Part I and give Part II to the doctor to complete. Please show OCC proof of having these documents. | |||
| 2021-08-04 | Full | 13A.15.03.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Children KF, OF and RG do not have any evidence of any lead testing or screening on file. Please have each respective parent obtain the lead testing and provide results for each child's file. Provider should show proof of having the tests results to OCC. | |||
| 2021-08-04 | Full | 13A.15.03.03E | Corrected |
| Findings: All enrolled children, except one child, are missing documentation that the parent was provided a consumer pamphlet or a way in which to access that information from the Provider. Please add a link to the consumer pamphlet in the contract or provide each family with a pamphlet and have them sign an acknowledgement of receipt. Provider may write a letter of correction stating how the Provider will become in compliant with this regulation in the future. | |||
| 2021-08-04 | Full | 13A.15.05.05A | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider has put a fence up around the play area. The seesaw is too close to the fence and so are the stairs on the right side of the play structure. The seesaw can be easily moved to another area where it could have a six foot fall zone. The Provider could end the fence before the stairs/climbing area to provide the six foot fall zone. The rungs on the stairs/ladder to the play set are an entrapment issue. They cannot be between 3 1/2 - 9 inches apart. Currently, they are 7 inches apart. The stairs to the monkey bar area of the structure are also too close to the fence. The Provider suggested removing the PVC rungs of the ladder. Please resolve these hazards. Feel free to discuss your plans with your Licensing Specialist before making drastic changes to ensure your changes will meet regulations. | |||
| 2021-08-04 | Full | 13A.15.05.05C | Corrected |
| Findings: The Provider's in-ground pool needs to have a fence that is at least four foot high surrounding it from the highest foothold to the top of the fence. There must also be a self-latching and self-closing mechanism such as a gate that takes the human element out of the equation. Provider currently has a fence, but it is not four foot in height and they have fold up stairs with a lock, but a human has to remember to fold up the stairs and lock them. They have a floating sensor in the pool that is operating appropriately and also alarms within the home. | |||
| 2021-08-04 | Full | 13A.15.06.02B(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider only completed 4.5 of the required 12 hours during her training cycle of 10/2019-09/2020. She has since corrected this by taking another 14 hours. Provider will need to complete 5.5 by 09/30/2021 to be in compliance with the 10/2020-09/2021 cycle. | |||
| 2020-07-16 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2020-06-04 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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