Description: KATHY'S DAY CARE 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 2020-10-16 |
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 | 2020-12-19 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5) First Aid and CPR documents not available and classes not sceduled |
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Licensing 2020-10-16 |
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 | 2020-12-16 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) Consents not submitted -left paper copies |
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Licensing 2020-10-16 |
The caregiver shall conduct and document quarterly fire drills | 2020-11-16 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(s) Fire drills not conducted or documented |
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Licensing 2020-10-16 |
The caregiver shall keep the phone numbers of the ambulance, police, fire department, poison control center, and nearest hospital by the telephone | 2020-11-16 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-44(e) Emergency numbers not posted |
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Complaints 2020-10-06 |
2020-12-30 | |
Type of correction needed: program out of compliance with supervision and safety requirements | ||
Licensing 2020-10-01 |
When a chair designed specifically for toilet training is used, direct child care provider shall empty it after each use and sanitize it at least daily | 2020-12-21 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.2-6(d) Potty chair not emptied |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
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 | 2020-12-21 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(3) No consents submitted |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
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 | 2020-12-21 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(l) No smoke detector on basement stairs |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
The following child to staff ratios apply: Type of Home Child:Staff Ratio Infant/Toddler Mixed (Birth-24 months) 6:1* *Two (2) of the six (6) children must be at least sixteen (16) months of age and walking. Otherwise the ratio is 4:1. Mixed Age Groups (Birth-6 years) 10:1* *No more than three (3) of the ten (10) children may be under sixteen (16) months of age and must be walking. 3 years and older (3-10 years) 12:1 | |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-36.5(e) Licensee out of ratio with 12 children in a mixed age group- ratio was correction while consultant was present when staff member showed up |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
Children shall not be left unattended and shall be supervised at all times | |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-36.5(b) Children were not adiquatly supervised and a child got out of the home and was walking towards the road in the front yard. Consultant had to run outside to get the child before they got to the road since the provider didnt notice they were gone. |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
The licensee shall ensure that no conditions exist in the home or on the grounds where child care services are provided that would endanger the health, safety, or welfare of the children | 2020-12-21 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-45(a) Rotar tiller in child's play space outside. Bedroom doors unlocked during childcare hours. Mouth wash and cleaning chemicals acessible in bathroom. |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
The child care home must keep a Red Cross First Aid Manual or its equivalent in the child care home | 2020-12-21 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-44(a) No manual present with first aid kit |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
Exits shall not be blocked in the child care home | |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(g) Second exit blocked with boxes |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
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 | 2020-12-19 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-32(a)(5) No documentation available |
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Licensing 2020-10-01 |
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 | 2020-12-21 |
Type of correction needed:
470 IAC 3-1.1-46(m) No fire exinuisher in basement |
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