DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

GRACEFUL BEGINNINGS DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL II

002543804

(573) 719-3277

4112 HIGHWAY MM
HANNIBAL
MO  63401-6907

GRACE POINTE CHURCH

4116 HIGHWAY MM
HANNIBAL
MO  63401-6907

SPURGEON, SARAH

gracefulbeginnings2011@gmail.com


BETHANY C DUCKWORTH

24 MONTHS - 12 YEARS

17

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

10/05/2021

N/A

N/A

N/A

COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION

2409805872


DocumentDocument-Date
SANITATION INSPECTION 06/02/2021
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/13/2021
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 09/27/2021




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Open Violations: NA

 
19 CSR 30-60.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
Compliance
19 CSR 30-60.050 Staffing Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-60.060 Health Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Requirements for immunization reports on file were not met as evidenced by verification of required immunizations was not satisfactory in that updated immunization information was missing for one child (Child A).
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-60.060 Health Requirements (3) states: Child care facilities shall meet immunization requirements for children as defined by section 210.003, RSMo.
Correction Required
Child immunization requirements shall be on file as required.

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Compliance Date
9/24/2021
Violation
Requirements for children's medical examination reports were not met as evidenced by there was no medical examination report on file within 30 days of admission - the admission date(s) was/were 9-9-2020 (Child B).
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-60.060 Health Requirements (2) states: Within thirty (30) days following the admission of an infant, toddler or preschool child, a physical assessment report signed by a licensed physician or registered professional nurse shall be on file at the facility. The facility may use the department's physical assessment form, MO 580-1878 (6-94), or the facility may use its own form if it contains all the information on the department's form. The report shall have been completed not more than twelve (12) months before admission.
Correction Required
Children's physical assessment reports shall be on file as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
9/24/2021
19 CSR 30-60.070 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
19 CSR 30-60.080 Fire Safety Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-60.090 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-60.100 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Requirements for the outdoor play area were not met as evidenced by the fence was less than 42 inches high; the measured height was various heights from 35 to 36 inches on the north side to 40 inches on the East and West sides.
Licensing Rule Reference
19 CSR 30-60.100 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (A) states: An outdoor play area available on or adjoining the child care property. Facilities with a capacity of more than ten (10) children shall have a fenced play area. Play areas in facilities with a capacity of ten (10) or fewer children shall be fenced when necessary for the protection of children from traffic, water or other hazards. Fences shall be at least forty-two inches (42") high. Openings in fences shall be no greater than three and one-half inches (3 1/2").
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be on or adjoining the property and fenced as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
9/29/2021
19 CSR 30-60.110 Transportation and Field Trip Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-60.120 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Compliance
19 CSR 30-63.020 General Requirements
Compliance
19 CSR 30-63.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
RSMo 210.003 Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions--duties of administrator, report--notification of parents, when.
Compliance
RSMo 210.115 Reports of abuse, neglect, and under age eighteen deaths--persons required to report--supervisors and administrators not to impede reporting--deaths required to be reported to the division or child fatality review panel, when.
Compliance
RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually.
Compliance
RSMo 210.255 Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure - noncompliance after notice, prosecutor may act or attorney general.
Compliance
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Requirements for fire safety inspection were not met as evidenced by the inspection has not been conducted.
Licensing Rule Reference
RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized. 1. states: All buildings and premises used by a child-care facility to care for more than six children except those exempted from the licensing provisions of the department of health and senior services pursuant to subdivisions (1) to (15) of subsection 1 of section 210.211, shall be inspected annually for fire and safety by the state fire marshal, the marshal's designee or officials of a local fire district and for health and sanitation by the department of health and senior services or officials of the local health department. Evidence of compliance with the inspections required by this section shall be kept on file and available to parents of children enrolling in the child-care facility.
Correction Required
An approved sanitation and fire/safety inspection shall be kept on file and be available as required.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
9/27/2021