OConnors Family Daycare VI

Regulation: 3270.32(a)

Description: Comply with CPSL

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff #1 was lacking the NSOR clearance.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person # 1 may not work in a child care position at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(ii)

Description: Fire safety - 1 yr.

Noncompliance Area: The file for Staff #1 contained two fire safety trainings dated 3/10/22 and 1/23/24 which is more than 12 months apart.

Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent.

Regulation: 3270.123(b)

Description: Parent receives original

Noncompliance Area: The files of child #1 through #5 contained original financial agreements.

Correction Required: A parent shall receive the original agreement. The facility shall retain a copy of the agreement.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(2)

Description: Physician name, address, phone

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form of child #1 and #3 did not contain the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3)

Description: Parent home/work address, phone

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form of child #4 did not contain the work address and work telephone number of 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)(6)

Description: Insurance coverage information

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form of child #1 and #3 did not contain the health insurance coverage and policy number or documentation this is not applicable to the child.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include health insurance coverage and policy number for a child under a family policy or Medical Assistance benefits, if applicable.

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

Description: Immunization record/Dismissal policy

Noncompliance Area: The immunization record of child #2 does not contain documentation of a current influenza vaccination or an acceptable exemption.

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).

Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21

Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

Noncompliance Area: The files of facility persons #1, #3, #4, #5 and #6, all completed the health and safety pre-service training modules prior to 10/4/2022 completed the required "Pennsylvania Health and Safety Update 2022" after 12/30/2022.

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)(4)(ii)

Description: Fire safety - 1 yr.

Noncompliance Area: The file of facility persons #3 and #5 did not contain documentation of fire safety training in the past 12 months.

Correction Required: Staff persons shall participate, at least annually, in firesafety training conducted by a fire protection professional. Staff persons and volunteers shall receive training in maintenance of smoke detectors, the duties of facility persons during a fire drill and during a fire and the use of the facility's fire extinguishers, not including discharge of the fire suppressant agent.

Regulation: 3270.81

Description: Glass

Noncompliance Area: The glass door to enter the facility, which is a traffic area, did not contain visual identification.

Correction Required: A visual strip or other visual identification shall be placed on glass located in a traffic area, a child care space or a play space.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

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

Noncompliance Area: Documentation of testing the fire detection system exceeded 30 days on the following occasions: 8/12/2022 to 1/9/2023 and from 5/5/2023 to 6/5/2023.

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: 3270.103

Description: Small Toys and Objects

Noncompliance Area: In the main classroom, a 2-year-old child was walking around with a small plastic animal which was less than an inch in diameter and could be a choking hazard to children still placing objects in their mouths.

Correction Required: Toys and objects with a diameter of less than 1 inch, objects with removable parts that have a diameter of less than 1 inch, plastic bags and styrofoam objects may not be accessible to children who are still placing objects in their mouths.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(5)

Description: Information re: special needs

Noncompliance Area: The emergency contact form of child #3 did not contain information on the child's special needs, as specified by the child's parent, physician, physician's assistant or CRNP, which is needed in an emergency situation or documentation this does not apply to the child.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include information on the child's special needs, as specified by the child's parent, physician, physician's assistant or CRNP, which is needed in an emergency situation.

Regulation: 3270.131(a)

Description: Health information

Noncompliance Area: The initial health assessment of child #2 was submitted more than 60 days from the child's admission date to the facility. This is evidenced by the admission date (see coded LIS SHEET) of the child and the date on the health assessment form (6/27/2022).

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.

Regulation: 3270.131(d)(5)

Description: Immunization record

Noncompliance Area: The immunization record of child #1 lacked 1 pneumococcal vaccination, child #2 lacked 1 DTaP and a current influenza vaccination and child #3 lacked a current influenza vaccination in accordance with the recommendations of the ACIP.

Correction Required: A health report shall include a review of the child's immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP.

Regulation: 3270.31(g)

Description: Professional development certificate

Noncompliance Area: Documentation of the required health and safety topics under regulations 3270.31(f)(1) through 3270.31(f)(9) was dated 8/29/2016 for facility person #2, making the training invalid due to the professional development topics being taken prior to 9/30/2016.

Correction Required: Completion of professional development shall be documented by the signature and title of a representative of the professional development entity and include the date professional development was completed. Documentation shall be retained in the facility person's file or maintained in an electronic system as designated by the Department. Documentation of the completion of the professional development under subsection (f) taken from September 30, 2016, forward satisfies this requirement.

Regulation: 3270.32(a)

Description: Comply with CPSL

Noncompliance Area: Documentation of submission of the NSOR verification application for facility person #1 was dated 2/15/2022 and dated again with a second submission date of 6/23/2022. The completed NSOR verification certificate of facility person #1 was dated 7/6/2022, which is more than 90 days from their start date at the facility (see CODED LIS SHEET).

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

Regulation: 3270.74

Description: Emergency Numbers Posted

Noncompliance Area: The cordless telephone, which was observed in the main classroom, did not contain the telephone number of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center.

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.

Regulation: 3270.75(a)

Description: In child care spaces

Noncompliance Area: The classroom at the entrance, which is licensed child care space, did not contain a first-aid kit.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit shall be in a child care space.

Regulation: 3270.77(a)

Description: No peeling paint or plaster

Noncompliance Area: The paint on the cinder blocks of the building in the outdoor play space contained peeling paint.

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

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

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

Noncompliance Area: Documentation of the testing of the fire detection system exceeded 30 days on the following occasions: 1/12/2022 to 2/12/2022, 3/12/2022 to 4/12/2022, 5/12/2022 to 6/12/2022.

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: 3270.131(d)(5)

Description: Immunization record

Noncompliance Area: The immunization record for child #1 lacked Hepatitis A and Hepatitis B in accordance with the ACIP.

Correction Required: A health report shall include a review of the child's immunized status according to recommendations of the ACIP.

Regulation: 3270.151(a)

Description: 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter

Noncompliance Area: The file for facility person #3 and facility person #4 lacked an initial 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.

Regulation: 3270.151(c)(2)

Description: Mantoux TB

Noncompliance Area: The file for facility person #3 and facility person #4 lacked a health assessment and tuberculosis screening.

Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include tuberculosis screening by the Mantoux method at initial employment. Subsequent tuberculosis screening is not required unless directed by a physician, physician's assistant, CRNP, the Department of Health or a local health department.

Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii)

Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility

Noncompliance Area: The file for facility person #4 lacked documentation 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.

Regulation: 3270.192(5)

Description: Two written references

Noncompliance Area: The file for facility person #4 contained 1 of the 2 required written references.

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

Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4)

Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information

Noncompliance Area: The disclosure statements for facility person #1 and #4 lacked a date of signature. The disclosure statements for facility person #2 and #3 lacked a date of signature and witness signature. The file for facility person #1, with a hire date of 8/12/21, had a National Sex Offender Registry certificate dated for 9/13/21. The file for facility person #2, with a hire date of 8/25/21, had a National Sex Offender Registry certificate dated for 9/14/21. The file for facility person #3, who had started at the facility, lacked a State Police Clearance, Child Abuse Clearance, FBI Clearance, and National Sex Offender Registry certificate. The file for facility person #4, with a hire date of 9/9/21, lacked a Child Abuse Clearance and National Sex Offender Registry certificate.

Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). LACKING REQUIRED HIRING DOCUMENTS: Facility Person #1, #2, #3, #4 -- may not work in a child care position at the facility. 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 Person #1, #2, #3, #4--- may not work in a child care position at the facility.

Regulation: 3270.66(a)

Description: Locked or inaccessible

Noncompliance Area: Hand sanitizer, accessible to the children, was sitting on the cabinet in the school age room.

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

Regulation: 3270.75(b)

Description: Inaccessible to children

Noncompliance Area: The first-aid kit in the multi-purpose room was accessible to the children in care.

Correction Required: A first-aid kit must be inaccessible to children.

Regulation: 3270.82(h)

Description: Handwashing signs

Noncompliance Area: It was observed that the 2 toilets in the entry room bathroom and the two toilets in the restrooms by the school age room lacked handwashing signs.

Correction Required: A facility person and an able child shall wash his hands after toileting and before eating. A sign on which this requirement is written shall be posted at each toilet, training chair, diapering area and sink in the facility.

Regulation: 3270.94(a)(1)

Description: Every 60 days

Noncompliance Area: Facility had no documented fire drills.

Correction Required: The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall conduct fire drills and ensure that fire drills are conducted at least once every 60 days.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

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

Noncompliance Area: Facility lacked proof of operability of the inter-connected smoke alarms. Facility lacked proof of purchase of the inter-connected smoke alarms.

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: 3270.75(c)

Description: Has all items

Noncompliance Area: First-aid kit in the school age room lacked nonporous gloves.

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.