Early Learners Llc

Regulation: 3270.102(c)

Description: Outdoor equip.- protective surfacing

Noncompliance Area: The rubber mulch under the embedded climbing structure in the PS S/A play space was measured at 4 inches. The requirement for rubber mulch is 6 inches.

Correction Required: Outdoor equipment that requires embedded mounting must be mounted over a loose-fill or unitary playground protective surface covering that meets the recommendations of the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission. The equipment must be anchored firmly and be in good repair.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3)

Description: Parent home/work address, phone

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form for Child #2 lacked the work address for the enrolling parent.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7)

Description: Name/address/phone release person

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form for Child #1 lacked the complete addresses for 2 of the release persons listed.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Regulation: 3270.131(d)(5)/3270.131(e)(3)

Description: Immunization record/Dismissal policy

Noncompliance Area: The file for Child #3 lacked verification that the child had received their 15--18-month DTAP and 12--15-month Pneumococcal vaccinations as recommended by the ACIP. A written exemption was not on file at the time of the inspection.

Correction Required: A health report shall include a review of the child's immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP. The facility shall implement dismissal policies in accordance with the Department of Health regulation in 28 Pa. Code § 27.77 (relating to immunization requirements for children in child care group settings). Child #3 will be dismissed from care at the close of business on 6.23.26,

Regulation: 3270.21

Description: General Health and Safety

Noncompliance Area: Two packing tape dispensers with sharp edges for cutting were observed in an unlocked drawer in the Downstairs Brown classroom. The drawer was accessible to school age children receiving care in the child care space.

Correction Required: Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children.

Regulation: 3270.32(a)

Description: Comply with CPSL

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person's #1 lacked a current disclosure statement prior to starting at the facility. The disclosure statement on file was an older version and did not include all information required by the CPSL. A current disclosure was not on file until 88 days after starting in a child care position. The file for Staff Person #2 lacked a completed PA State Police Clearance and they have exceeded 45 days in a child care taking position at the facility. A completed PA State Police Clearance was not on file until 141 days after starting in a child care position.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).

Regulation: 3270.76

Description: Building Surfaces

Noncompliance Area: The toilet in the restroom in Classroom #2 (the Blue Room) was observed to be missing a bolt cover allowing one of the bolts to be exposed. This posed a visible hazard.

Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards.

Regulation: 3270.77(a)

Description: No peeling paint or plaster

Noncompliance Area: An area of peeling paint was observed on the wall to the left of the restroom door in Classroom 2 (the Blue Room).

Correction Required: Peeled or damaged paint or damaged plaster is not permitted on indoor or outdoor surfaces in the child care facility.

Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4)

Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #1 lacked verification that they had been fingerprinted for their FBI Clearance prior to starting at the facility. A completed FBI Clearance was dated 2 days after starting.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). A facility person's record shall include a copy of requests for the criminal history record and child abuse registry clearance information, a copy of the disclosure statement and a copy of the completed clearance information required under the CPSL. Facility

Regulation: 3270.133(5)

Description: Original label

Noncompliance Area: It was observed in the infant room that a nonprescription bottle of gas drops for child #1 had the expiration date of 6/2023, which was not in accordance with the manufacturer's instructions.

Correction Required: Medication shall be stored in accordance with the manufacturer's or health professional's instructions on the original label.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

Description: Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance

Noncompliance Area: The fire detection system testing log for the main building contained dates of 10-17-22 to 11-17-22, the fire detection system testing log for brown building 1 and 2 contained dates of 1-24-23 to 2-24-23, and 3-24-23 to 4-24-23 which is more than 30 days.

Correction Required: Fire detection devices or systems must be in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. §  1016(c)). The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall ensure the requirements under subsection (a) are met.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3)

Description: Parent home/work address, phone

Noncompliance Area: The file for child #1 contains emergency contact information which lacks the enrolling parent's work phone number.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent.

Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21

Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

Noncompliance Area: The facility's emergency plan was not updated by 7/1/22 to include volunteer emergency preparedness training and continuity of operations.

Correction Required: A facility shall be operated in conformity with applicable Federal and State laws and regulations.State agencies whose regulations may relate to the operation of a facility include the Department of Environmental Resources, the Department of Labor and Industry, the Department of Health, the Department of Education and the Department of Transportation. Conditions at the facility may not pose a threat to the health or safety of the children.

Regulation: 3270.31(e)

Description: Age and Training

Noncompliance Area: The file for staff persons #1 lacks 12 hours of childcare training completed within the most recent service year. The file for staff persons #2, #3, #4, and #5 contain verification of 10 hours of childcare training completed within the most recent service year. The file for staff person #6 contains verification of 4 hours of childcare training completed within the most recent service year.

Correction Required: A staff person shall obtain an annual minimum of 12 clock hours of child care training.

Regulation: 3270.31(f)(10)

Description: Health and Safety Training - Pediatric First Aid and CPR

Noncompliance Area: The verification of pediatric first aid and pediatric CPR training on file for staff person #7 is dated more than 90 days after staff person #7 was hired.

Correction Required: Staff persons shall complete professional development in pediatric first aid and pediatric cardiopulmonary resuscitation within 90 days of hire.

Regulation: 3270.76

Description: Building Surfaces

Noncompliance Area: Observed an area rug which was curling at the edges in the preschool classroom which poses a tripping hazard. Observed a fence picket in the outdoor gross motor space which was broken at the bottom and splintering.

Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards.

Regulation: 3270.82(d)

Description: Training chair - sanitized

Noncompliance Area: After a child was observed using a training toilet, the toilet was emptied and rinsed out but was not sanitized before the next child's use.

Correction Required: A training chair is not a flushing toilet. A training chair shall be emptied and sanitized after each use. An acceptable sanitizing solution is 1/4 cup of bleach combined with 1 gallon of water. A sanitizing solution shall be treated as a toxic.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

Description: Devices must be compliant/Director or designated staff person ensure compliance

Noncompliance Area: During the following intervals, testing of the fire detection system occurred in an interval which exceeds 30 days: 11/6/21-12/30/21, 2/15/22-3/22/22, and 6/13/22-7/15/22.

Correction Required: Fire detection devices or systems must be in compliance with standards established under section 1016(c) of the act (62 P.S. §  1016(c)). The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall ensure the requirements under subsection (a) are met.

Regulation: 3270.32(a)

Description: Comply with CPSL

Noncompliance Area: The file for Facility Person #1 lacked a Child Abuse Clearance that had been completed for employment purposes prior to starting in a child care taking position. The Child Abuse Clearance on file had been completed for Volunteer purposes.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).

Regulation: 3270.75(c)

Description: Has all items

Noncompliance Area: The first aid kit in Classroom #1 was missing tape.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must contain the following: soap, an assortment of adhesive bandages, sterile gauze pads, tweezers, tape, scissors and disposable, nonporous gloves.

Noncompliance Area: The immunization record on file for Child #1 lacked documentation that the child had received an annual flu vaccination. The immunization record on file for Child #2 lacked documentation that the child had received their 15-18 month DTAP vaccination.

Correction Required: The facility shall require the parent to provide updated written verification from a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department of ongoing vaccines administered to an infant, toddler or preschool child in accordance with the schedule recommended by the ACIP.

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #1 lacked verification that they had requested their NSOR clearance prior to starting in a child care taking position. The file for Staff Person #2 lacked a completed NSOR within 45 days of starting in a child care taking position and the file lacked documentation that they had been removed.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).

Noncompliance Area: A training chair was observed to need emptied and sanitized in the Rainbow Room restroom.

Correction Required: A training chair is not a flushing toilet. A training chair shall be emptied and sanitized after each use. An acceptable sanitizing solution is 1/4 cup of bleach combined with 1 gallon of water. A sanitizing solution shall be treated as a toxic.

Noncompliance Area: In the Blue classroom one unlabeled Albuteral Inhaler was observed.

Correction Required: The label of a medication container shall identify the name of the medication and the name of the child for whom the medication is intended. Medication shall be administered to only the child whose name appears on the container.

Noncompliance Area: The health assessments on file for Staff Person #2 exceeded 24 months between examinations.

Correction Required: A facility person providing direct care who comes into contact with the children or who works with food preparation shall have a health assessment conducted within 12 months prior to providing initial service in a child care setting and every 24 months thereafter. A health assessment is valid for 24 months following the date of signature, if the person does not contract a communicable disease or develop a medical problem.

Noncompliance Area: The health assessment on file for Staff Person #1 lacked a statement that they had been examined for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination.

Noncompliance Area: In the Brown Classroom one unlabeled spray bottle containing a cleaning solution was observed.

Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be stored in an original labeled container or in a container that specifies the content. Toxics shall be stored away from food, food preparation areas and child care spaces.

Noncompliance Area: In the rainbow classroom a cracked bin with a sharp edge was observed and a small laundry basket used for storing stuffed animals was in disrepair.

Correction Required: Toys, play equipment and other indoor and outdoor equipment used by the children shall be clean, in good repair and free from rough edges, sharp corners, pinch and crush points, splinters and exposed bolts.

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #1 lacked 2 of their 6 hours of child care training in their respective hire year.

Correction Required: A staff person shall obtain an annual minimum of 6 clock hours of child care training.

Noncompliance Area: An Aveeno cream was observed in a child's backpack inside a low cubby in the Green Room. The Aveeno cream was labeled Keep Out of Reach of Children.

Correction Required: Medication shall be stored in a locked area of the facility or in an area that is out of the reach of children.

Noncompliance Area: In the Yellow Room one expired A&D ointment was observed in the diaper cream container.

Correction Required: Medication shall be stored in accordance with the manufacturer's or health professional's instructions on the original label.

Noncompliance Area: Staff Person #1 exceeded 90 days in a child care taking position as a Provisional Hire. They were removed after an additional month.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).

Noncompliance Area: In the Yellow Room a container of glade automatic spray refill was observed under the changing table on the unlocked left side. In the Rainbow Room a small bottle of white out was observed in an unlocked drawer. In the Brown Room the lock under the sink area was not catching allowing the door to be opened and making the toxics accessible. The items were all labeled Keep Out of Reach of Children.

Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be kept in an area or container that is locked or made inaccessible to children.

Noncompliance Area: One of the three door in the Infant Classrooms was observed to have a pack n play in front of it. In the small hallway outside one of the four exits from the Rainbow Room a play table was observed to be in the egress way.

Correction Required: Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed.

Noncompliance Area: The written plan of daily activities was not posted in the Yellow room.

Correction Required: The written plan of daily activities shall be posted in the group space.

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form on file for Child #2 lacked the addresses of the release persons listed.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Noncompliance Area: The health assessment on file for child #3 lacked a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease.

Correction Required: A health report shall include a statement that the child is able to participate in child care and appears to be free from contagious or communicable disease.

Noncompliance Area: The physician's instructions were missing for a prescription eye ointment for a Child #1 in the Rainbow Room.

Correction Required: A staff person shall administer a prescription medication only if written instructions are provided from the individual who prescribed the medicine. Instructions for administration contained on a prescription label are acceptable.

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #2 lacked verification of education.

Correction Required: A facility person`s record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility.

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff Person #1 lacked a Child Abuse Clearance that had been completed for employment purposes. The clearance on file was completed for Volunteering.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services).

Noncompliance Area: In the Green classroom (preschool) one electrical outlet was observed to be missing a protective receptacle cover.

Correction Required: Protective receptacle covers shall be placed in electrical outlets accessible to children 5 years of age or younger.