Description: GEORGIANA MYERS is a Group Child Care Home in MORRISDALE PA, with a maximum capacity of 12 children. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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Inspection Date | Reason | Description | Status |
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2020-06-26 | Renewal | 3280.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed staff file #2 contained an updated health assessment which was dated more than 24 months after the previous valid health assessment. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff member #2 was on leave. Staff #2 has a current valid health assessment on file. Health assessments will be obtained as required in the future or on the day the staff returns from leave. |
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2020-06-26 | Renewal | 3280.192(4) - CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed staff file #2 did not contain a copy of the original FBI clearance which was obtained at the time of initial service in a child care position. Staff #2 has a current valid FBI clearance at this time. Correction Required: 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #2 has a current valid FBI clearance. She was on leave and had taken her past paperwork. I will start to keep a copy of all paperwork to stop this from happening. |
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2020-06-26 | Renewal | 3280.192(5) - Two written references | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed staff file #4 did not contain two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person. Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include two written, nonfamily references from individuals attesting to the person's suitability to serve as a facility person. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #4 gave two written references and put them in the file where they will remain. |
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2020-06-26 | Renewal | 3280.32(a) - Comply with CPSL | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed staff file #1 and #2 contained CPSL required mandated reporter trainings which were more than 60 months old. Observed staff file #2 contained a volunteer child abuse clearance which is not acceptable for employment purposes under the CPSL. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). Facility Person # -2- may not work in a child care position at the facility until a valid child abuse clearance is obtained. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff #1 and #2 updated mandated reporter training by taking the training again. Staff #2 corrected the child abuse clearance by getting the correct clearance. The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). Facility Person # -2- may not work in a child care position at the facility until a valid child abuse clearance is obtained. |
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2020-06-26 | Renewal | 3280.34(b)(5) - HS/GED + 2 yrs | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed staff file #3 did not contain documentation of 2 years of experience with children(2500 hours). Staff file #3 contained 1920 hours of previous child care experience. Observed staff file #4 did not contain documentation of a high school diploma. Correction Required: A primary staff person shall have attained a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years of experience with children |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff #3 form was not updated with the correct number of hours to equal 2 years of experience with children, staff is no longer working and will have the form completed prior to returning. Documentation of a high school diploma was added to staff #4 file. We will continue to monitor the files and keeping them updated. |
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2020-06-26 | Renewal | 3280.76 - Building Surfaces | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed multiple spots of damaged drywall in the entrance stairwell to the facility. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Fixed the drywall, and will continue to make sure the drywall stays fixed regularly. |
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2019-04-16 | Renewal | 3280.124(e) - Written emergency plan posted | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed the facility did not have an emergency transportation plan posted conspicuously in the child care spaces. Correction Required: A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Made a copy from the first childcare site 1 of Emergency transportation and put it in the file of site 2 childcare where it will remain. |
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2019-04-16 | Renewal | 3280.131(a)(4) - Initial health report for school age; accordance with school attendance | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed child file #1, contained an initial health report which was not dated in accordance with the requirements for medical examinations for school attendance. Correction Required: The initial health report for a school-age child must be dated in accordance with the requirements for medical examinations for school attendance in 28 Pa. Code 23.2 (relating to medical examinations). |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Child #1is no longer in care. In the future I will make sure I update the 5 years old check for school age and not use their 4 year old Dr. form. |
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2019-04-16 | Renewal | 3280.74 - Emergency Numbers Posted | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed the facility did not have the emergency phone numbers posted by the telephone in the facility. Correction Required: The telephone number of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center shall be posted by each telephone in the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Made a copy from site 1 childcare and put it in childcare site 2 file where it will remain. |
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2019-01-28 | Complaints- Legal Location | 3280.182(7) - Reports of accidents, injuries and illnesses. Original report - parent same day Copy - facility accident file. Copy - child's file | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Based on information obtained during the course of the investigation, it was determined that the operator did not provide an original accident report to the parent on the day the child had an accident. Correction Required: A child's record must contain reports of accidents, injuries and illnesses involving a child in care at the facility. The original report shall be given to the parent on the day of the incident. The second copy of the report shall be retained at the facility in an accident file. The third copy of the report shall be retained at the facility in the child's file. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Mother was sent a text message of the accident on the day it occurred. In the future I will have a copy in child's files. |
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2018-05-09 | Renewal | 3280.131(a) - Within 60 days | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed child file #1, who has been in attendance for more than 60 days, did not contain an initial health assessment. Correction Required: The operator shall require the parent of an enrolled child, including a child, a foster child and a relative of an operator or a facility person, to provide an initial health report no later than 60 days following the first day of attendance at the facility. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Obtain an updated doctor form for child in question or child will not return to care until a valid health assessment is obtained. Will obtain health assessments as required by regulation and if health assessment is not provided within 60 days the child will not attend until the health assessment is obtained. |
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2018-05-09 | Renewal | 3280.34(b)(5) - HS/GED + 2 yrs | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed staff file #1, contained documentation of a high school diploma, but did not contain documentation of 2 years of experience(2500 hours) with children. Correction Required: A primary staff person shall have attained a high school diploma or a general educational development certificate and 2 years of experience with children |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Updated child verification form to show that staff does have the correct amount of experience to work with children. In the future will obtain documentation of experience at the time of initial hire. |
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2018-05-09 | Renewal | 3280.94(f) - Post evacuation routes | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: Observed the facility did not have a posting of the evacuation routes. Correction Required: Evacuation routes shall be posted. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Posted an evacuation routes where they will remain. |
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2017-06-16 | Renewal | 3280.102(a) - Clean and good repair | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: On the playground, observed a Little Tikes pink toddler swing attached to a beam but not secure on the left side, lacked a bolt, observed under the "eagle's nest" a 2 inch by 1 inch piece of wood in the flooring with 2 exposed screws and splintering wood. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Keeping up with repairs or replacing toys and swing set. Took the little tikes toddler swing down. |
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2017-06-16 | Renewal | 3280.111(b) - Posted in area used by parents | Compliant - Finalized |
Noncompliance Area: The daily activities was not posted in a traffic area by parents. The provider informed the certification rep that it was in a binder. Correction Required: The written plan of daily activities and routines shall be posted in a traffic area used by parents. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Posted on metal fence door and it will remain posted. |
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