DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information

GROW TO KNOW

001386076

(417) 881-6800

2747 E SUNSHINE ST
SPRINGFIELD
MO  65804-2046

SCHWEITZER UNITED METHODIST CHURCH



 

POTTS, SHERRI LYNN

growtoknow@schweitzer.church


ELAINE S COX

BIRTH - 12 YEARS

300

LICENSE EXEMPT PROGRAM

40 CHILDREN UNDER 24 MONTHS
 
Inspection Information

04/24/2024

N/A

N/A

N/A

COMPLIANCE VERIFICATION

2468953468


DocumentDocument-Date
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 03/07/2024
SANITATION INSPECTION 01/03/2024
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/02/2023




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

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
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Medical examination reports, including TB testing, were not on file for Caroline Kelly 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
4/24/2024
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
Doors to the bathroom or stalls did not meet requirements as evidenced by there was a latch on the bathroom stall.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 3 (C) states: Locks or latches shall not be used on bathroom or bathroom stall doors used by children below the first grade.
Correction Required
Doors to bathrooms or stalls, used by children below the first grade, shall not have locks or latches.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
4/24/2024
Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the presence of the ground under a concrete step on the large play area is eroding exposing jagged concrete and creating a gap over 3 1/2 inches.
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
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Compliance Date
4/24/2024
Violation
Sleeping equipment was not arranged to provide required spacing as evidenced by the aisle on the long side of the napping equipment was too narrow - the space measured less than 24 inches.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.090 Physical Plant, Space, Supplies and Equipment 5 (C) states: Sleeping equipment arranged to provide at least a two foot (2') aisle on one (1) long side of the equipment.
Correction Required
Caregivers shall provide a two foot (2') aisle on one long side of the napping equipment.

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Compliance Date
4/24/2024
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 210.201. Definitions. — As used in sections 210.201 to 210.257, the following terms mean:
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.
Compliance