Learning Tots Llc

Regulation: 3280.14/3280.20

Description: Pertinent Laws & Regulations/General Health and Safety

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed the policy for Shaken Baby Syndrome and Child Maltreatment did not address the identification and prevention of child maltreatment.

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: 3280.192(1)

Description: Name, address, and phone

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed 2 staff files and the file for staff #1 did not include an employee address.

Correction Required: A facility person's record shall include the name, address and telephone number of the facility person.

Regulation: 3280.192(2)(ii)/3280.192(2)(iv)

Description: Exp, educ., training prior to facility/Transcript, diploma and letters

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed 2 staff files and the file for staff #1 and staff #2 did not include a verification of childcare experience.

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 acceptable verification of experience, education or training is a transcript or a diploma or a letter signed by a representative of the experiential, educational or training entity.

Regulation: 3280.192(5)

Description: Two written references

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed 2 staff files and the file for staff #1 and staff #2 did not contain 2 written nonfamily 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: 3280.26(a)(1)

Description: Emergency plan

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed the facility files, and the emergency plan did not include information on how staff are to respond in the event of a lock down or shelter in place.

Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for shelter of children during an emergency including lock-down, shelter in place at the facility and shelter at locations away from the facility premises.

Regulation: 3280.26(a)(2)

Description: Emergency plan

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed the facility files, and the emergency plan did not include information on how staff are to respond in the event of an evacuation.

Correction Required: The facility shall have an emergency plan that provides for evacuation of children from the facility building and evacuation of children to a location away from the facility premises. The evacuation routes and evacuation plans to exit the building may be the same as those required by § 3280.94 (relating to fire drills).

Regulation: 3280.26(c)

Description: Training regarding plan

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed 2 staff files and the file for staff #1 and staff #2 did not contain a record of emergency plan training.

Correction Required: The operator shall assure that each facility person receives training regarding the emergency plan at the time of initial employment, on an annual basis and at the time of each plan update. The operator shall document the date of each training and the names of all facility persons who received the training.

Regulation: 3280.31(g)

Description: Documentation of professional development

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative reviewed 2 staff files and the file for staff #2 did not contain the required health and safety professional development training(s).

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 §3270.31(f) taken from September 30, 2016, forward satisfies this requirement.

Regulation: 3280.76/3280.77(a)

Description: Building Surfaces/No peeling paint or plaster

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative conducted a facility walk through and: 1. in the play area the electrical socket was loose and the plaster above the basement door and the corners of the wall separating the play area from the main area had cracked plaster. 2.There is exposed plaster/spackle in the bathroom by the toilet.

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

Regulation: 3280.91(a)

Description: Stairs, exits, etc. unobstructed

Noncompliance Area: During the initial inspection, certification representative did a facility walkthrough, and the rear egress door in the kitchen is hard to open and the door handle is loose.

Correction Required: Stairways, hallways, exits from rooms, exits from the facility and other means of egress serving as an exit shall be unobstructed.

Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 8/21/19, THE THERMOSTAT IN THE REFRIGERATOR READ 54.

Correction Required: A facility shall have an operable, clean refrigerator used to store potentially hazardous foods. The refrigerator shall be capable of maintaining food at 45 F or below. An operating thermometer shall be placed in the refrigerator.

Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 8/21/19, STAFF PERSON # 1 WAS UNABLE TO IDENTIFY ALL THE CHILDREN IN HER GROUP OF 8.

Correction Required: Each staff person shall be assigned the responsibility for supervision of specific children. The staff person shall know the names and whereabouts of the children in his assigned group. The staff person shall be physically present with the children in his group on the facility premises and on facility excursions off the facility premises.

Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 8/21/19, THERE WAS NO EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION IN THE CHILD CARE SPACE.

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.

Noncompliance Area: DURING THE RENEWAL INSPECTION ON 8/21/19, THERE WAS 3 PAINT CONTAINERS AT THE TOP LANDING OF THE STAIRS LEADING TO THE BASEMENT, TO THE LEFT IN THE INDOOR PLAYSPACE.

Correction Required: Cleaning materials and other toxic materials shall be stored in an original labeled container or in a container that specifies the content. Toxics shall be kept in a locked area or in an area inaccessible to children, and shall be stored away from food, food preparation areas and child care spaces.

Noncompliance Area: Observed rest equipment was not labeled.

Correction Required: Individual, clean, age-appropriate rest equipment shall be provided for preschool, toddler and infant children as agreed between the child's parent and the operator. The rest equipment shall be labeled for the use of a specific child and used only by the specified child.