DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

YMCA SOUTH COUNTY PRESCHOOL

000934350

(314) 849-9622

12736 SOUTHFORK RD
ST LOUIS
MO  63128

GATEWAY REGION YOUNG MEN'S CHRISTIAN ASSOCIATION



 


LAURIE.MCTEARNEN@GWRYMCA.ORG

Incorporated

DENISE ELAYNE KOCH

36 MONTHS - 5 YEARS

40

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

 
Inspection Information

11/09/2023

9:30 AM

11:20 AM

ANNOUNCED

ANNUAL

2459343364


DocumentDocument-Date
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 11/18/2022
SANITATION INSPECTION 10/10/2023




Inspection determined facility to be in compliance with rules.
Open Violations: 3
Attendance at Time of Inspection
Total Staff 3
Total Children 4
StaffChildClass AgeNote
1 0 NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE CHILD CARE DIRECTOR- JULIANA DAMMERICH, PRESENT WITH NO CHILDREN IN ATTENDANCE
2 4 PRESCHOOL TEACHERS CHRISTINA SCHMITT AND MELISSA BICE WERE PRESENT WITH FOUR (4) CHILDREN WHO WERE AGES THREE-YEARS-OLD TO FIVE-YEARS-OLD.

 
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
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Medical examination reports, including TB testing, were not on file for Melody Kahlo as evidenced by the medical examination was not signed by the required medical source.
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

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
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the presence of construction to the play area was observed. The approved play area was being reconstructed and was fenced off with orange construction fencing, with a sign that read, "hard hat 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
Submit Documentation

Compliance Date

Violation
Emergency numbers for the police, fire department, poison control, and ambulance were not posted near the telephone.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 2 (D) states: Police, fire department, poison control, ambulance and other emergency numbers posted near the telephone.
Correction Required
Emergency numbers shall be posted near the telephone.

Correction Verification
Corrected on Site

Compliance Date
11/9/2023
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 approved.
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