DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

RHYME AND REASON PRESCHOOL OF THE ARTS

002519680

(913) 205-0699

205 W 65TH ST
KANSAS CITY
MO  64113-1704

RHYME AND REASON PRESCHOOL OF THE ARTS, LLC

229 WARD PKWY APT 202B
KANSAS CITY
MO  64112-2193

HELD, ASHLEY LAUREN; MARGOLIES, BRITTANY RENEE

TEACHER@RHYMEREASONSCHOOL.COM


ROBYN EMBREE

24 MONTHS - 5 YEARS

35

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

03/31/2023

N/A

N/A

N/A

COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION

2444141201


DocumentDocument-Date
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 02/07/2023
SANITATION INSPECTION 03/03/2023




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

 
5 CSR 25-300.020 Application for Annual Fire Safety and Health and Sanitation Inspections and Inspection Procedures
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Background screening information received by the provider was not available for review as evidenced by Rachel Kaseff and Annie Case.
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
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Compliance Date
3/31/2023
Violation
The facility did not meet requirements for requests/results of a check of the Family Care Safety Registry. A background check on file is older than two years for the following staff member(s): Ashley Held and Brittany Margolies.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.040 Staffing Requirements (7) states: A check of the Family Care Safety Registry shall be conducted for all child care staff members of nursery schools every two (2) years.
Correction Required
Required requests/results of background checks shall be on file.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
3/30/2023
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Medical examination reports, including TB testing, were not on file for Rachel Kaseff 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
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Compliance Date
3/31/2023
5 CSR 25-300.060 Responsibilities of Caregivers
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.070 Fire Safety Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.080 Sanitation Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
Compliance
5 CSR 25-600.040 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 was not kept on file.
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
3/30/2023