DHSS MO
MISSOURI DEPARTMENT OF ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION

OFFICE OF CHILDHOOD

INSPECTION REPORT
Facility Information






 




 








 
Inspection Information








DocumentDocument-Date
SANITATION INSPECTION 05/06/2025
FIRE/SAFETY INSPECTION 03/17/2025
NOTICE OF PARENTAL RESPONSIBILITY 08/23/2024




Compliance Licensing Rules
Open Violations:
NOTE
The licensee is responsible for compliance with all licensing rules, including but not limited to the rules listed on this compliance report form.

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
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the presence of there were two loose fence wires with a sharp metal edge attached to the fence and accessible to children.
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
5/12/2025
Violation
Requirements for the outdoor play area were not met as evidenced by the fence had openings that were greater than 3 1/2 inches and allow entrapment - the openings measured one opening measured 7 inches by 5 inches and the other measured 14 inches by 9 inches. Both gaps were on the playground directly connected to the facility.
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
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Compliance Date
5/12/2025
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 1 child's file did not have a parent signature.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-300.110 Admission Procedures and Required Reports and Records 4 (A) states: S/he has been informed of the required health and safety inspections and that the inspection forms are available for review.
Correction Required
An individual file with required information for each child shall be maintained.

Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
5/13/2025
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.
Violation
 Provider Comments
Violation
Requirements for sanitation 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
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Compliance Date
5/6/2025