Description: ELVIRA HERRERA is a Licensed Home in ELKHART IN, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of Infant-Eighteen. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Inspection Type/Date | Action needed to correct issue | Date Resolved |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
The caregiver shall keep the phone numbers of the ambulance, police, fire department, poison control center, and nearest hospital by the telephone | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-44(e) No emergency numbers posted |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
An applicant for a child care home license shall do the following: Submit to the COFC a completed, signed application for a child care home license, including attachments required to demonstrate compliance with this rule | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-28(a)(3) No business permit letter submitted |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
A child care home shall maintain a written policy specifying the following: That the: use of: tobacco | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
IC 12-17.2-5-3.5(b)(1)(a)(1) Policy not posted |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1) Cleaning chemicals acessible in unlocked hall closet. Items labeled "Keep out of Reach of Children" stored under bathroom sink. |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
Licensee shall provide electrical or battery-operated smoke detector that is installed to manufacturers specifications and is located and adjusted to operate reliably in case of smoke in any part of the child care home, including not less than one (1) smoke detector at the top of each stairway and adjacent to all sleeping areas. The alarm should be loud enough to alert all occupants in the child care home | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l) Smoke detector in hallway chirping |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
The license shall be publicly displayed in the home | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-29.5(d) No license displayed |
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| Licensing 2020-06-24 |
Written plan of evacuation for the child care home in case of emergency | 2020-06-26 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(14) No evacuation map posted |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
The licensee may use washable cots, sleeping bags, or mats for toddlers over twenty-four (24) months of age | 2019-04-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.2-5(b) 16m old was sleeping in car seat |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
Direct child care providers shall keep protective coverings over exposed electrical outlets | 2019-04-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(a) Outlets not covered |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
The child care home must keep a Red Cross First Aid Manual or its equivalent in the child care home | 2019-04-19 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-44(a) First Aid Manual missing |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
Licensee shall provide electrical or battery-operated smoke detector that is installed to manufacturers specifications and is located and adjusted to operate reliably in case of smoke in any part of the child care home, including not less than one (1) smoke detector at the top of each stairway and adjacent to all sleeping areas. The alarm should be loud enough to alert all occupants in the child care home | 2019-04-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l) No Smoke detector at the top of the basement stairs |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
The licensee shall provide an area for diaper changing with a washable surface on which the infant or toddler may be placed. The diaper changing surface must have waterproof material between the child and the surface of the changing area. This material shall be changed after each use. The diaper changing area shall be sanitized daily and when soiled | 2019-04-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.2-6(a) No sanitzable mat or barrier available |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
Licensee shall provide a two and one-half (2) pound or greater ABC multiple purpose fire extinguisher which shall be located on each floor of the building in which child care services are provided, including an additional extinguisher located in the kitchen area of the child care home | 2019-04-20 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(m) Fire exstinguisher missing in basement |
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| Licensing 2019-04-18 |
Caregiver shall keep poisonous or hazardous materials that would harm children, including, but not limited to: cleaning supplies | 2019-04-19 |
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Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-48(c)(1) Raid and other poisons on kitcehn counter. cleaners accessible in bedroom |
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