Abc Academy

Regulation: 3270.111(a)/3270.124(e)

Description: Written plan/Written emergency plan posted

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/10/25. There was not a written plan of daily activities and routines posted or a written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency was not displayed conspicuously in the downstairs school age classroom.

Correction Required: A written plan of daily activities and routines, including a time for free play shall be established for each group. The plan shall be flexible to accommodate the needs of individual children and the dynamics of the group. A written plan identifying the means of transporting a child to emergency care and staffing provisions in the event of an emergency shall be displayed conspicuously in every child care space and shall accompany a staff person who leaves on an excursion with children.

Regulation: 3270.67(a)

Description: Trash removed once a day

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/10/25. The garbage cans in the downstairs school age classroom and in the school age bathroom were full and have not been emptied. The operator acknowledged that it has been a while since the classroom was last used.

Correction Required: Trash shall be removed from the facility at least once per day.

Regulation: 3270.74

Description: Emergency Numbers Posted

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/10/25. Downstairs in the school age classroom, the telephone numbers of the nearest hospital, police department, fire department, ambulance and poison control center were not posted by the telephone.

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(c)

Description: Has all items

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/10/25. The first aid kit in the downstairs classroom did not contain disposable, 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.

Regulation: 3270.76

Description: Building Surfaces

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/10/25. In the downstairs school age classroom, there are 12 water damaged ceiling tiles and two ceiling tiles missing exposing the metal piping.

Correction Required: Floors, walls, ceilings and other surfaces, including the facility's outdoor play space surfaces shall be kept clean, in good repair and free from visible hazards.

Regulation: 3270.78/3270.91(a)

Description: Lighting/Stairs, exits, etc. unobstructed

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/10/25. The stairway going downstairs to the school age classroom did not have lightening at the top of the steps and leading down the steps. At the top of the stairwell entrance were several vacuums and at the bottom of the steps was a rolled-up piece of carpet. The hallway leading into the school age classroom from the steps was dark with no lightening and had several cardboard boxes stacked high narrowing the entrance into the hallway.

Correction Required: Rooms, hallways, stairways, outside steps, porches and ramps shall be lighted by artificial or natural light. Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed.

Regulation: 3270.123(a)(6)

Description: Admission date

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/21/24. Child #4's fee agreement did not contain the child's date of admission.

Correction Required: An agreement shall specify the date of the child's admission.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7)

Description: Name/address/phone release person

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/21/24. Child(ren) #2, #4, #5 and #6's emergency contact form did not include the release persons address.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.

Regulation: 3270.166(1)

Description: Written statement

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/21/24. Child(ren) #1-3 did not have a written statement giving the formula and feeding schedule from the parent.

Correction Required: A written statement giving the formula and feeding schedule for an infant shall be obtained from the parent.

Regulation: 3270.181(c)

Description: Emergency info/agreement updated 6 mos

Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 11/21/24. Child #5's fee agreement and emergency contact form have not been updated in the last 6 months. Child #5 had a fee agreement and emergency contact form dated 3/19/24.

Correction Required: A parent is required to review and update the emergency contact information and the financial agreement at least once in a 6-month period or as soon as there is a change in the information.

Regulation: 3270.192(2)(ii)/3270.192(5)

Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Two written references

Noncompliance Area: An unannounced inspection was conducted on 7/24/24. Staff #1 was observed providing childcare (see code sheet for DOH). The staff file does not contain educational and childcare experience. Staff #1 has only one non-family reference.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include verification of child care experience, education and training prior to service at the facility. 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: 3270.94(a)(1)/3270.94(a)(9)

Description: Every 60 days/Written record

Noncompliance Area: An unannounced inspection was conducted on 7/24/24. The fire drill log indicates that the last fire drill was conducted on 3/10/24. The operator reported that fire drills were conducted every 30 days and were not documented.

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. The Director or designated staff person who is responsible for compliance with this chapter shall conduct fire drills and ensure that a written record is maintained on file at the facility indicating the specific time of day of the drill, the hypothetical location of the fire, the evacuation time, and the names of the facility persons and the number of children who participate in the fire drill.

Regulation: 3270.95(a)/3270.95(b)

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

Noncompliance Area: An unannounced inspection was conducted on 7/24/24. The fire drill log indicates that the alarms are tested during each fire drill. The log indicates the alarms were tested more than 30 days apart. The last alarm test was conducted on 3/10/24. The operator reported that the alarms are tested every 30 days and were not documented.

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: 3270.121(a)/3270.121(b)

Description: Review policies and procedures/Given parents in writing

Noncompliance Area: Facility did not have a supervision policy that is given to parents at time of application.

Correction Required: The operator shall review with the parent, at the time of application, the facility's general daily schedule, hours for which care is provided, fees, responsibilities for meals, clothing, health policies, supervision policies, night care policies, dismissal policies, transportation and pick-up arrangements. At the time of enrollment, a parent shall receive in writing the facility's general daily schedule, hours for which care is provided, fees, responsibilities for meals, clothing, health policies, supervision policies, night care policies, dismissal policies, transportation and pick-up arrangements.

Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7)

Description: Name/address/phone release person

Noncompliance Area: Emergency Contact Form for Child # 1 did not contain address of release persons.

Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the individual designated by the parent to whom the child may be released.