Description: Nelson, Sherri is a Registered Family Child Care Home in Chesapeake Beach MD, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service helps with children in the age range of 0-23 Months, 2 years, 3 years, 4 years, 5 years, 5 years to 12 years. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-17 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: During a review of emergency forms, it was found that a three year old's emergency form has not been updated in over a year. Please have the parent review, initial and date the emergency form to indicate the review. Please provide a copy of the updated emergency form to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.03.03A | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider does not have a written contract with the parents of siblings KS and JS. Even though the Provider does not charge them any fees for service, they should still have a written agreement regarding discipline, screen time policy and provisions of care. Please send a picture of a signed agreement between the parents of siblings KS and JS and the Provider for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.03.03B | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider admits that she is not keeping a written record of attendance. Please begin keeping a written record of attendance for each child, keep it readily accessible and verified by each child's parent. Please send proof of keeping a daily record of attendance and parent verification to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.03.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: During a review of children's emergency forms, it was revealed that child RS does not have any emergency contacts listed, children MS, JS, RS and JW are missing their physician information and child AW was missing parent phone numbers. AW's parents' phone numbers were added during the inspection. Please notify the respective parents of the missing information on their emergency cards, have them add the missing information, initial and date the added information. Please send a picture of the emergency cards with the added information to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.03.04C | Corrected |
| Findings: Upon review of children's records, it was discovered that KK needs an additional DTP immunization, JS needs an additional MMR immunization and JR does not have any immunizations at all on file. Children AK and KS are missing Part I of the Health Assessment Inventory. Children CM and RS need blood lead tests and child KK needs a second blood lead test. Children in care should have a blood lead test at 12 months of age and again at 24 months of age. Please notify the respective parents of the missing documentation and ensure they submit it for their child's file. Please send a picture of the missing documentation to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.05.05B | Corrected |
| Findings: Even though the gate to the pier leading to the open body of water is latched and has a lock in place, one can push the gate to the point there is a space between the gate and the fence due to it being unstable in the ground. This space is large enough for a child to slip through the space and potentially get to the water. Please shore up the fence so that it is stable in the ground and does not allow for the spacing between the fence and the gate to the fence. Please do so as soon as possible. Send a picture and/or video to show an inability to push open a space between the two for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.10.01A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: The Provider is conducting and recording fire drills on a monthly basis except during the months that she conducts an emergency disaster drill. One does not substitute for the other. Emergency disaster drills must be conducted and recorded at least twice per year and fire drills must be conducted and recorded every month. Please write a letter of correction stating how you will become in compliance with this regulation in the future. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.11.04E(1)(a) | Corrected |
| Findings: Child SM has two epi pens, but neither have her name on them. Both pens also expired in July of 2021. Please inform her parents of the need for new epi pens. After receiving a new epi pen, give the expired epi pens to the parent to properly dispose of. The medication agreement/emergency allergy plan should also be updated on a yearly basis signed by the parent and the prescribing physician. Please send picture evidence of this to OCC for the correction of this non-compliance. | |||
| 2023-03-06 | Full | 13A.15.12.01B | Corrected |
| Findings: Even though the Provider has 1% milk in her refrigerator, she did not serve it with lunch while the Licensing Specialist was at the home. For the correction of this non-compliance, please write a letter of correction stating how you will become in compliance with this regulation in the future. | |||
| 2022-03-29 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Health care provider information needs to be added on the following emergency forms: AK, KK. Please obtain from parents add send copies to LS. | |||
| 2022-03-29 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.04.03B | Corrected |
| Findings: Provider has three children under the age of 2 in care today. All of the children present are over 12 months and mobile. One child is provider's grandchild and child's parent works from home. Provider's husband is home today and can assume responsibility for this child. Provider is reminded that there should be no more than two children under the age of 2 in care at any given time. Please send written plan of correction to Licensing Specialist. | |||
| 2022-03-29 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.10.02 | Corrected |
| Findings: LS observed alcoholic beverages located on the lower shelf on the door of the refrigerator during inspection today. Alcoholic beverages are to be kept inaccessible to children at all times during child care hours. *Items were relocated during inspection, therefore this is corrected. | |||
| 2021-02-03 | Full | 13A.15.03.04A(3) | Corrected |
| Findings: There were 3 emergency forms that haven't been updated for over a year. Please immediately have the parent review and initial and date the emergency forms for: NW, SM and CM. Please forward written corrective action within 30 days. | |||
| 2020-06-01 | Other | ||
| Findings: No Noncompliances Found | |||
| 2020-02-04 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.05.05A | Corrected |
| Findings: The provider's property is water front. There is a fence enclosing the backyard play area. The fencing is chain link and wooden. The wooden fencing is missing a few planks. Discussed that the missing wooden planks need replaced. All 3 gates are to be self closing and self latching. The one gate on the wooden fencing is self closing but not self latching. The mechanism on the wooden gate needs adjusted so that the gate is self closing and self latching. Lic. Spec. also asked that alarms be added to the doors of the house, so that if a child were to escape the provider would be alerted. The fencing doesn't totally surround the water access from the property. Please repair or replace the gate mechanism and the wooden fence boards and forward written corrective action within 30 days. Please routinely check the gates and mechanisms to be sure they are working properly at all times. | |||
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