DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

BLESSINGS OF LIFE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

002005387

(816) 790-3381

5705 HIGHWAY Z
EDGERTON
MO  64444

MT ZION BAPTIST CHURCH

PO BOX 175
EDGERTON
MO  64444-0175

DENNEY, SHARON ANN

SHARON.DENNEY@MZLIFE.ORG


MARY C MALOID

6 WEEKS - 12 YEARS

48

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

08/17/2023

9:45 AM

10:57 AM

ANNOUNCED

ANNUAL

2452800261


DocumentDocument-Date
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 07/07/2022
SANITATION INSPECTION 07/26/2022
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/18/2022




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations: 2
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 4
Total Children 18
StaffChildClass AgeNote
1 4 INFANTS AND TODDLERS Room 303 - Infants and Toddlers - Caregiver Audrey Chenoweth with four children under the age of 2
1 9 MIXED Room 308 - Four - eight years - Caregiver Angela Stubbs with none children all 4-8 years of age
1 5 MIXED Room 310 - twos and threes - Caregiver Jen Dewald with five children with two 2 year olds and three 3 year olds
0 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Room 312 - twos and threes napping room - no children in attendance
0 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Room 306 - Play room - no children in attendance
1 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Room 305 - Dining room and Kitchen - Cook Denise Steiner in kitchen
0 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE Director Sharon Denney with no children present

Compliance List
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
Compliance
5 CSR 25-300.050 Health Requirements
Compliance
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
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Hazardous items as follows were accessible to children: bathroom cleaner. The item(s) was/were located in unlocked cabinet in men's bathroom in gym area.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 1 (D) states: Hazardous materials such as cleaning supplies, poisonous materials, medicines, alcoholic beverages or hazardous personal care items shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related materials.
Correction Required
Hazardous material(s) shall be inaccessible to children and stored to prevent cross-contamination of food and food-related items.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
8/17/2023
Violation
Equipment in the outdoor play area, the picnic table, was not in good condition as evidenced by chipped paint on seat.
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
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
The facility did not meet requirements for child enrollment and health information on file as evidenced by one child did not have home phone numbers child files did not have the full name of the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian, home address, employers’ name and address, work schedule and home and work telephone numbers.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records 2 (B) states: The full name of the parent(s), guardian or legal custodian, home address, work schedule, home and work telephone numbers, and employer's name and address.
Correction Required
An individual file with required information for each child shall be maintained.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
8/17/2023
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 elementary and secondary education 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 elementary and secondary education or the department's designee, including officials of 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
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date