Description: Bright Beginnings Daycare is a Licensed Home in MERRILLVILLE IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Fourteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2021-03-02 |
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of certification of a current first aid course, training in Universal Precautions, and annual CPR certification by direct child care providers | 2021-03-02 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5) One caregiver does not have annual Universal Precaution Training |
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| Licensing 2021-03-02 |
The caregiver shall maintain and make available verification of the following: Annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray for direct child care providers and all family members over eighteen (18) years of age | 2021-03-17 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) One caregiver does not have an annual tb results |
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| Licensing 2020-03-16 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child has had immunizations which are up-to-date for the childs age. | 2020-03-17 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2) One child did not have up to date immunizations on file |
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| Licensing 2020-03-16 |
The licensee shall maintain the following documentation in the child care home for review by the COFC: Documentation of criminal history checks on employees, volunteers, and all household members who are at least eighteen (18) years of age | 2020-03-17 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) Staff have not submitted the background consent form |
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| Licensing 2020-03-16 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities | 2020-03-17 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1) one child did not have an initial physical on file |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
Enrollment form for each child receiving services which shall include the following: Childs name and date of birth | 2019-05-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(6)(a) One child's file is missing official documentation of child's date of birth |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child has had immunizations which are up-to-date for the childs age. | 2019-04-10 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(2) 3 children do not have up to date immunizations |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
Direct child care providers, including volunteers, shall receive training in the following within thirty (30) days of starting employment or volunteer work: The child care home inspection checklist | 2019-05-21 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-33.5(b)(1) One staff member needs to complete the Health and Safety Training Module #3 |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
Prior to acceptance of children, the caregiver shall have the parent or legal guardian: complete and sign a release for emergency medical care for the child | 2019-03-18 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(a)(2) 2 children do not have consent for emergency medical care consents signed |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
Direct child care providers who work in the home more than three (3) times a month and all members of the household having direct contact with children receiving care shall have an initial physical examination by a physician or certified nurse practitioner indicating that they are free from communicable disease, have no physical or other condition which would endanger the health or welfare of children in care, and have an annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray | 2019-04-12 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-34(a) Missing on one staff member |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
Within thirty (30) days of a childs admission, the licensee shall receive a written statement from the childs parent or legal guardian signed by a physician or a certified nurse practitioner which states the following: That the child can participate in the child care homes activities | 2019-05-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-37(b)(1) 5 children do not have initial physicals on file |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
The caregiver shall maintain and make available verification of the following: Annual Mantoux tuberculin test or chest x-ray for direct child care providers and all family members over eighteen (18) years of age | 2019-05-08 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28.5(c)(1) One household member's tb test is over a year old |
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| Licensing 2019-03-13 |
A licensee that cares for children who are less than twelve (12) months of age shall: ensure that all caregivers of children who are less than twelve (12) months of age follow safe sleeping practices. | 2019-06-24 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.7(a)(2) 2 staff members have not completed in person safe sleep class |
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