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A renewal inspection occurred at the facility. A review of staff files was conducted. See the code sheet for the staff's date of hire. The CPSL requires any staff that have lived in other states within the previous 5 years of their hire date to have the clearances of that/those state(s). The file of Staff #1 indicated this staff has lived out of state within the previous 5 years of their hire date and at the time of this inspection, the clearances of that state were not in the staff's file. Staff #1 was observed working in child care at the time of this inspection.

The emergency contact form in the emergency binder of the older toddler classroom was not updated in over 6 months for child # 1. The last update on the form for child # 1 is from 10/24/23.

During an incident investigation on 5/6/24, facility director reported to certification representative that an emergency incident was not reported to the regional office for more than 24 hours. The incident occurred on 4/12/24 at 2:11 PM and the regional office was notified on 4/15/24.

During an incident investigation on 5/6/24, facility director reported to certification representative that an emergency incident occurred on 4/12/24 requiring child # 1 to be taken to the emergency room because child # 1 was taking a seizure. Child # 1 was not released to a parent or guardian and was not escorted to the emergency room by facility staff. Facility staff # 1 released the child to the EMT's in the ambulance who stated it was ok.

During the renewal inspection, the walkway leading to the toddler playground had exposed tree roots posing a tripping hazard. On this same walkway and toddler playground, rubber mulch with less than a diameter of 1 inch was observed. The rubber mulch was coming through the fence from the preschool playground. This poses a hazard to infants and toddlers on the toddler playground.

During the inspection, child #1 did not have an annual influenza vaccine on file or an exemption letter written by the parent for the influenza vaccine.

During the inspection, on staff person #1's health assessment, it did not include an examination of communicable diseases and the results of the examination.

During the unannounced inspection, the health assessment on file for staff #1 did not include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination or the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide childcare.

During the unannounced inspection, the last documented manual monthly monitoring of the fire detection system was last recorded as 11/3/22 and not within the 30 day monitoring requirement.

During an onsite inspection on 7/20/22, staff person #1, a provisional hire, was observed to be caring for children unsupervised. Staff person #1 has not completed the following pre-service training required prior to caring for children unsupervised: Mandated Reporter Training

During an onsite inspection on 7/20/22, the operator did not have practice drills and volunteer emergency preparedness training in the emergency plan. The operator was not in compliance with federal requirements at 45 CFR § 98.41(a)(1)(vii) relating to health and safety requirements.

During an onsite inspection on 7/20/22, staff #5 did not have education on file to be qualified as a staff person.

During an onsite inspection on 5/17/22, the certification representative reviewed the file of staff #1. Staff #1 had a PA State Police clearance on file date 5/10/22. The previous PA State Police clearance on file was dated 12/15/16 and therefore expired on 12/15/21. This shows approximately a 5 month timeframe of when staff #1 did not have a current PA State Police clearance on file.

During an onsite inspection on 5/17/22, there was no documentation of an emergency drill occurring annually at the facility.

During an onsite inspection on 5/17/22, the operator did not have verification that the emergency plan was sent to the local municipality for review.