Berks Nature Preschool
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About the Provider
Hours of Operation
- Monday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Tuesday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Wednesday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Thursday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Friday7:30 AM - 5:30 PM
- Saturday Closed
- Sunday Closed
Inspection/Report History
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| Inspection Date | Reason | Description | Status |
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| 2026-07-23 | Swimming | 3270.14/3270.21 - Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.14/3270.21 Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety Noncompliance Area: Staff person #1 has completed the health and safety course titled Get Started with Center-Based Care: Building Blocks for Quality (10 hours) dated 7/1/2018 -10/31/2022 but has not completed the required health and safety update course titled Pennsylvania Health and Safety Update 2022 (1 hour) training. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Due to the 1 hour update being no longer available, Megan Rusonis will complete the 2 part (3 hours each) Heath and Safety Trainings to keep current. |
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| 2025-10-07 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(7) - Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(7) Description: Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 10/7/2025. At that time, a sample of children's files were reviewed. Emergency contact form for child #1 did not include a release person's 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director will ask family to provide address for release person by 10/17. Once the address is recorded, the director will scan and send the information to our DHS representative. |
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| 2025-10-07 | Renewal | 3270.131(d)(5)/3270.131(e)(3) - Immunization record/Dismissal policy | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.131(d)(5)/3270.131(e)(3) Description: Immunization record/Dismissal policy Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 10/7/2025. At that time, a sample of children's files were reviewed. Immunization summaries on file for child #1 and child #2 do not reflect that children received a second dose of the Hep A Vaccine. First dose of Hep A vaccine for child #1 was administered on 6/14/2022. First dose of Hep A vaccine for child #2 was administered on 2/23/2023. There were no exemption letters on file. Child #1 and child #2 are preschool aged (see LIS code sheet for dates of birth). 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). Child #1 and child #2 must be dismissed from care by close of business 10/7/2025 and may only return to care when the immunization record is updated or when a parent provides a written, signed exemption letter. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Director will obtain exemption letters from child #1 and child #2 and put the letters in the appropriate files. |
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| 2025-10-07 | Renewal | 3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) - Exam communicable disease/Physician/CRNP assessment | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.151(c)(3)/3270.151(c)(5) Description: Exam communicable disease/Physician/CRNP assessment Noncompliance Area: A renewal inspection was conducted on 10/7/2025. At that time, a sample of staff files were reviewed. Initial health assessment on file for staff person #1 does 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 child care. Correction Required: An adult health assessment must include an examination for communicable diseases and the results of that examination. An adult health assessment must include the physician's or CRNP's assessment of the person's suitability to provide child care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Staff person #1 will receive another health assessment using the DHS Staff Health Form in order to make sure that all necessary areas are addressed. |
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| 2025-07-17 | Swimming | Swimming | Compliant - Finalized |
| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(2) - Physician name, address, phone | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(2) Description: Physician name, address, phone Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted on 11/5/2024, emergency contact form for child #1 was missing the address and phone number of child's physician. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the name, address and telephone number of the child's physician or source of medical care. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I reached out to the family asking them to provide the address and phone number of their physician. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.124(b)(3)/3270.124(b)(7) - Parent home/work address, phone/Name/address/phone release person | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(b)(3)/3270.124(b)(7) Description: Parent home/work address, phone/Name/address/phone release person Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted 11/5/2024, the following information was missing from children's emergency contact forms: Child #1: Release person's address. Child #4: Parents' work addresses and work telephone numbers. Correction Required: Emergency contact information must include the home and work addresses and telephone numbers of the enrolling parent. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I reached out to the parents of child # 1 and #4 asking them to complete the missing information on their Emergency Contact form. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.124(c) - Each child care space | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.124(c) Description: Each child care space Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted on 11/5/2024, emergency contact form was not present in the child care space for child #1 in Miss. Joan's group and an emergency contact form was not present for child #2 in Miss Shelby's group. Correction Required: When children are in the facility, emergency contact information shall be present in a child care space for children receiving care in the space. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I added the Emergency Contact forms for child #1 and #2 into Ms. Joan and Ms. Shelby's First Aid bags. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.131(a)/3270.131(b)(2) - Health information/Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.131(a)/3270.131(b)(2) Description: Health information/Toddler/preschool: updated health report every 12 months Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted 11/5/2024, initial health assessment for child #1 is dated 7/27/2023, which is past 12 months. Initial health assessment for child #4 is dated 8/3/2023, which is past 12 months. 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. The operator shall require the parent to provide an updated health report at least every 12 months for an older toddler or preschool child. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I reached out to the family of child #1 requesting an updated Health Assessment for child #1. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.151(a) - 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.151(a) Description: 12 months prior to service and every 24 months thereafter Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted 11/5/2024, initial health assessment on file for staff person #7 is dated 8/4/2023 and TB test is dated 8/2/2023, which is more than 12 months prior to start date (see LIS code sheet for start date). 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Mariah received an updated physical and TB Test on 11/18/24. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) - Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.182(3)/3270.182(5) Description: Consent for emergency medical care required prior to admission/Consent for administration of minor first-aid required prior to admission Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted 11/5/2024, emergency contact form for child #1 was missing signed parental consent for emergency medical care and signed parental consent for minor first-aid. Correction Required: A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for emergency medical care for the child. Written consent is required prior to admission. A child's record shall contain signed parental consent for administration of minor first-aid procedures by facility staff. Written consent is required prior to admission. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) I contacted the family of child #1 and asked them to sign the missing parental consent boxes on the Emergency Contact form. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) - Fire safety - 1 yr. | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.31(e)(4)(ii) Description: Fire safety - 1 yr. Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted 11/5/2024, fire safety training certificates for the following staff members were dated 6/7/2023 and 9/11/2024, which is past 12 months: Staff person #1, staff person #2, staff person #3, staff person #4, staff person #5, and staff person #6. 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. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The Preschool staff participated in Fire Safety training on 9/11/24. Fire safety training certificates on file are current. |
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| 2024-11-05 | Renewal | 3270.34(a)(6) - Staff evaluations | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.34(a)(6) Description: Staff evaluations Noncompliance Area: During renewal inspection conducted 11/5/2024, staff evaluations for the following staff persons were conducted past 12 months: Staff person #3: Staff evaluations on file are dated 12/13/2022 and 2/5/2024. Staff person #4: Staff evaluations on file are dated 12/14/2022 and 1/24/2024. Staff person #5: Staff evaluations on file are dated 12/8/2022 and 2/8/2024. Correction Required: A director is responsible for written evaluation of staff persons on a regular basis, a minimum of one evaluation every 12 months. |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) The staff members noted above were evaluated in February 2024, which are current. |
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| 2024-10-02 | Unannounced Monitoring | 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) - Comply with CPSL/CPSL information | Compliant - Finalized |
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Regulation: 3270.32(a)/3270.192(4) Description: Comply with CPSL/CPSL information Noncompliance Area: During unannounced monitoring conducted 10/2/2024, mandated reporter training certificates on file for staff person #1 are dated 7/2/2019 and 8/14/2024, which is past 60 months. Correction Required: The operator shall comply with the CPSL and with Chapter 3490 (relating to protective services). 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 |
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Provider Response: (Contact the State Licensing Office for more information.) Mandated reporter training certificate on file for staff person #1 is current. Provider will make sure that mandated reporter training certificates for all staff members are completed within 60 months. |
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| 2024-08-22 | Change in Location Capacity | Change in Location Capacity | Compliant - Finalized |
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