Description: Bright Beginners Child Care Center is a Licensed Child Care Center in Prince Frederick MD, with a maximum capacity of 40 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 6 weeks through 17 months, 18 months through 23 months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 15 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-03-25 | Complaint | 13A.16.08.01E(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Complaint alleged a child was lying in the street flailing, kicking and screaming because she didn't want to get on the bus and there was no adult outside with the child. LS observed the center's exterior video footage of morning bus pick up from Wed, March 20. LS observed the bus arrive in the parking lot at 8:54am. LS observed children walk from the building to the bus with no incident. LS also observed indoor foyer video footage from the same morning. LS observed staff member waiting with the children. At 8:54, the staff member opened the door and watched the children go outside toward the bus. Staff member stayed inside the building, and was observed looking at her cell phone and then walking away from the door. There are children who got on the bus who are in Pre-K and Kindergarten. Per COMAR regulation, children are only allowed to travel to a school transportation site without adult supervision if the child is in the first grade or higher. Due to the staff member being inside the building and looking at her cell phone, these children were not being properly supervised at that time per the reg. Staff member was observed waiting inside building on 3-13, 3-20, 3-21, 3-22. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: When Licensing Specialist arrived at the center, the staffing patterns posted were not the most current ones. Director re-did all staffing patterns while LS was present, gave copies to LS and posted them in the center. This has been corrected. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05E | Corrected |
| Findings: Center has not been keeping written documentation of substitute use. Today, during inspection, there was a substitute in place for the aide who is usually in the preschool room, but the substitute usage was not documented. In addition, staffing patterns show an Aide in charge of the school age room in the morning hours and she was not signed in as a substitute (center is working on getting a variance approved for this employee). Aides are not to be in charge of groups at any time unless they are signed in as substitutes. Center is reminded that, every time a substitute is in place for a staff member who is out or when an unqualified staff member is used in place of a lead teacher, this should be documented on the substitute record. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.05C(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Director only completed 7.5 hours of the required 12 hours of continued training for her October 2022-2023 training cycle. Director should complete 4.5 hours of continued training immediately. Once completed, please send copy of training certificate to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: One preschool teacher did not complete the 12 hours of continued training within her 12 month training cycle, which was September 2022-September 2023; 3 of the 12 hours were completed after September 2023. Training was completed late, but is completed, so this is corrected. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: One aide completed Basic Health and Safety late and one aide has not completed it. This aide should have completed the training by December 2023. Please have this aide register and complete this training immediately. Once completed, please send copy of certificate to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: One aide completed continued training late. Training for this aide should have been completed by August 2023 and was not completed until September 2023. This is corrected. This aide has already completed the required 6 hours of training for the August 2023-2024. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.06.12C | Corrected |
| Findings: One aide did not complete the required 3 hour aide orientation. This aide is currently taking the second 45 hours of coursework to equal the 90 hours of coursework. If 90 hour coursework is completed prior to taking the aide orientation, the aide orientation is not needed. If the 90 hours is not completed, this aide should complete the aide orientation. Please send copy of certificate to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2024-03-15 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.12.05C(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The thermometer in the infant room was reading over 80 degrees F and was not working properly and there was no thermometer in the child care refrigerator in the kitchen. Please add working thermometers to both of these refrigerators. Send photo or copy of receipt to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2023-04-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist reviewed all (28) emergency forms during inspection. The following information needs to be added to the following emergency forms: ZB-parent signature; ID-parent signature; OE- dr info and update; KF-dr info; DH and RH-update; HK-update; CW, CW and CW-dr info. Please obtain from parents and add to files. Please send copies to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2023-04-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist reviewed 10 children's records today during inspection. Of those 10 records, one child, AT, did not have blood lead test results on file. This child meets the birthdate requirement for blood lead testing. Please have parent obtain copy of blood lead test results for child and add to file. Please send copy of results to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2023-04-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.04G | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist reviewed 10 children's records today during inspection. One child, CB, needs an updated immunization record added to file. Please obtain from parent and add to file. Send copy to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2023-04-05 | Full | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist received new staffing patterns for the file, but the staffing patterns posted are not current. Please post the most current staffing patterns and remember to update them when staff changes occur. Please send written correction to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2023-04-05 | Full | 13A.16.06.02 | Corrected |
| Findings: Evidence of orientation to the center was not on file today for the following employees: LG, TH, KH. Director or Owner should conduct orientation of the center for these employees and have them sign off on the staff center orientation sheet. Please send copies to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2022-06-02 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
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