Description: Thakkar, Smita is a Registered Family Child Care Home in Gaithersburg 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.02.03B(2) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist did not observe an updated fire inspection. Fire permit expired in 2019. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.03.02A | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialists did not observe an updated emergency form for D.F 4/5/2019. The form on record was not on a current form. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.03.02B | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed 2 children aged 4 and 3 with no lead screening and 2 children age 3 who do not have their second lead test. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.03.03B | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialists did not observe current daily attendance. The last attendance record observed was on 1/23/23. The attendance was not verified by the parents. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.03.03F | Corrected |
| Findings: The Licensing Specialist did not observe completion the monthly fire drills or biannual emergency disaster drill. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.01B | Open |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed a missing ceiling tile and a falling ceiling tile in the lower level bedroom. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.04A(2) | Open |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed a missing ceiling tile in the lower level bedroom and a ceiling tile was falling. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.04A(3) | Open |
| Findings: Licensing Specialists observed a treadmill in the family room and an exercise bike in the lower level bedroom. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.04B(1) | Open |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed electrical sockets in Family room. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.04B(2) | Open |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe protective barriers to the stairs upstairs or to the stairs going down to the family room. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.04B(3) | Open |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe child proof devices on drawers in the family room or lower level bathroom. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.05.06F | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialists observed a blanket in the portable crib and loose fitting sheets. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.10.02 | Open |
| Findings: Licensing Specialists observed lotion, hand sanitizer, and scissors in the family room. There is a tread mill in the family room and an exercise bike in the rear lower level bedroom. There is a bug trap in the rear lower level bedroom. | |||
| 2023-02-16 | Full | 13A.15.12.01D | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing Specialist observed 2% milk in the refrigerator that is served to the children. | |||
| 2022-01-21 | Mandatory Review | 13A.15.03.04A(1) | Corrected |
| Findings: Licensing specialist did not observe any evidence of the provider maintaining emergency information for two children enrolled. Child A was missing information on persons authorized to pick up child daily and emergency pick up person's address. Child B was missing street addresses for emergency pick up persons. | |||
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