Description: Discovery Meadows Child Care Center is a Licensed Child Care Center in Gaithersburg MD, with a maximum capacity of 150 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021-07-26 | Full | 13A.16.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe any evidence of the operator maintaining emergency information for at least 9 children enrolled. 5 children were missing information on persons authorized to pick up the child each day and 4 were missing information on the child's physician or other health care provider. | |||
| 2021-07-26 | Full | 13A.16.03.06A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe any evidence of the operator providing a written notification to the office about the addition of five new employees that includes (a) the individual's full name, date of birth, and date of hire; (b) information about the individual's work assignment; (c) Proof of compliance with the laws and regulations pertaining to criminal background checks; and (d) signed and notarized permission to examine records of abuse and neglect of children and adults for information about the information about the individual within 5 working days of its occurrence. | |||
| 2021-07-26 | Full | 13A.16.06.09C | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe any evidence of at least one child care teacher in preschool center completing at least 12 clock hours of continuing training per full year of employment as a child care teacher. | |||
| 2021-07-26 | Full | 13A.16.12.04E | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe any evidence of the operator storing food transferred from its original container into a secondary storage container that is easily cleanable, nontoxic, nonabsorbent, tightly closed; and clearly labeled as to its contents. Licensing specialist observed used dry foods such as cereals stored in the pantry in its original wrapper. | |||
| 2021-07-26 | Full | 13A.16.12.04F(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe any evidence of the operator refrigerating potentially hazardous foods at or below a temperature of 40 degrees F in the refrigerators in rooms 101 and 102. Corrected at the time of inspections. | |||
| 2020-07-08 | Mandatory Review | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2019-07-03 | Conversion | 13A.16.06.09B(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: All staff did not complete their 12 hours of continued training by their full year of employment for this licensing year. | |||
| 2018-06-26 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.03.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed no evidence of staffing patterns posted. Corrected during the inspection. | |||
| 2018-06-26 | Mandatory Review | 13A.16.09.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed the sleeping cots items stacked and touching each other, posing a safety hazard of cross-contamination. Corrected during the inspection. | |||
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