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5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
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Violation
A copy of the Notice of Parental Responsibility form was not filed annually, during the month of August, with the department.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures (6) (D) states: A child care facility operated by a religious organization shall file the Notice of Parental Responsibility form with the department annually during the month of August.
Correction Required
The Notice of Parental Responsibility form shall be filed annually, during the month of August, with the department.
Correction Verification
Corrected on Site
Compliance Date
2/21/2023
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5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements
Violation
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Violation
Background screening information received by the provider was not available for review as evidenced by Laccie Caffey and Wanda Millbrooke.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements (8) states: Background screening information received by the provider shall be retained in the individual’s file in a confidential manner and made available for review when requested by the department.
Correction Required
Background screening information shall be retained in the individual file, kept confidential, and made available for review when requested by the department.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Violation
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Violation
TB reports on file were older than 24 months for Ella Bingham, Carolyn Sledge, and Marcia Fowler.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) 3. states: After the initial physical assessment, all caregivers working in a facility during child care hours shall be tested for tuberculosis at least every two (2) years. Caregivers with previously positive tuberculin tests shall be under the management of a physician.
Correction Required
Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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Violation
Medical examination reports, including TB testing, were not on file for Kathryn Jaquess and Laccie Caffey as evidenced by a medical examination was not on file within 30 days of an individual beginning to work with children.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements (1) (D) . states: All caregivers working in a facility during child care hours shall be in good health. They shall have a physical assessment, including a tuberculosis status assessment by a licensed physician or registered professional nurse. A physical assessment report, signed by a licensed physician or registered professional nurse, shall be on file at the time of employment or within thirty (30) days following employment.
Correction Required
Medical/TB reports shall be on file as required.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
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5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Violation
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Violation
The facility's evacuation/emergency plan is posted but does not include instructions for infants/nonambulatory children.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements (5) (A) states: An emergency plan for fires and tornadoes shall be posted conspicuously and shall include the route for the drills and special instructions for nonambulatory infants and children.
Correction Required
Evacuation/emergency plan must be posted/complete as required.
Correction Verification
Corrected on Site
Compliance Date
2/21/2023
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5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
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5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Violation
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Violation
Requirements for the outdoor play area were not met as evidenced by the opening measured 3 1/2 to 4 inches from the bottom of the fence and could be a hazard to children.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 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
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the presence of pieces of a busted balloon were observed in the play area.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (C) states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities. It shall be well-maintained and free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, barbed wire, open wells, rocks and other debris, and shall have good drainage.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be clean, safe and well-maintained as required.
Correction Verification
Corrected on Site
Compliance Date
2/21/2023
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Violation
The equipment, a jungle gym and house, that is over 24 inches high, does not have sufficient impact absorbing material present as evidenced by the black lining cloth material could be observed under the wood chips directly under the play structures.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (D) states: The fall-zone area under and around outdoor equipment over twenty-four inches (24") high covered with impact-absorbing materials that will effectively cushion the fall of a child. Materials may include sand, pea gravel, tanbark, shredded tires, wood chips, rubber matting or other approved resilient material.
Correction Required
Impact absorbent materials shall be in the fall zone for any equipment over 24 inches high.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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Violation
Equipment in the outdoor play area, the scooter, was not in good condition as evidenced by the handle bar was broken off the toy.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 4 (G) states: Outdoor equipment shall be safely constructed, in good condition, and free of sharp, loose or pointed parts. Stationary equipment such as swings, slides and climbers shall be anchored securely.
Correction Required
Play equipment shall be well maintained, safely constructed, free of sharp, loose or pointed parts; stationary equipment shall be anchored.
Correction Verification
Corrected on Site
Compliance Date
2/21/2023
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5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Violation
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Violation
The facility's admitting procedure did not include an individualized special care plan for a child with special needs to ensure that those needs were being met as evidenced by one child has a diagnosis of speech delay and no plan of action was found in the file.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records 1 states: The facility director shall have an admitting procedure for each child in care that includes a plan for caring for the child if s/he becomes ill or needs emergency medical treatment. The director shall maintain an individual file on each child in order to communicate with the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian. The director shall have a plan for any child with special health needs, identified through a physical assessment by a licensed physician or an advance practice nurse, to ensure that those needs are met during care.
Correction Required
The facility shall have an admitting procedure for each child in care which includes a plan for ill children, emergency medical care, and special health needs.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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Violation
The facility did not meet requirements for child enrollment and health information on file as evidenced by one child files did not have the name, address and telephone number of another individual (friend or relative) who might be reached in an emergency.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records 2 (C) states: Full name, address and phone number of a friend or relative who might be reached in an emergency when a parent, guardian or legal custodian cannot be reached.
Correction Required
An individual file with required information for each child shall be maintained.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
Compliance Date
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5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Compliance
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5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
Compliance
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RSMo 210.003 Immunizations of children required, when, exceptions--duties of administrator, report--notification of parents, when.
Compliance
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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.
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RSMo 210.254 Religious organization operating facilities exempt under licensing laws required to file parental notice of responsibility and fire, safety inspections annually.
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RSMo 210.255 Religious organizations operating facility in violation, procedure - noncompliance after notice, prosecutor may act or attorney general.
Compliance
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RSMo 252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
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