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5 CSR 25-500.032 Organization and Administration
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5 CSR 25-500.042 Licensing Process
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5 CSR 25-500.052 Annual Requirements
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5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers
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Violation
The facility did not have a fenced outdoor play area that was on or adjoining the day care property and was accessible without hazard as evidenced by the fence was not in good condition in that the bottom of the fence on the north end of the play yard has come loose from the landscape timbers on the outside of the fence, this allows the fencing to be pulled forward which creates an entrapment.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 1. states: A fenced outdoor play area shall be available on or adjoining the day care property. The play area shall be located so it is convenient and the children can gain access to it without hazard. For facilities initially licensed after the effective date of these rules or for the installation of new fences in existing facilities, the fence shall be at least forty-two inches (42") high. An outdoor play area used exclusively for school-age children shall not be required to have a fence. Fences shall be constructed to prevent children from crawling or falling through or becoming entrapped.
Correction Required
The outdoor play area shall be accessible without hazard.
Correction Verification
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Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by protruding nails in area on the storage shed with missing trim accessible to the children.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 4. states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities, well-maintained, free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, rocks or 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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Violation
The observed surface area under swings, slides and dome climber, from which a child might fall consists of bare soil.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 8. states: Concrete, asphalt, carpet, grass or bare soil is not an acceptable surface under outdoor equipment from which children might fall and be injured.
Correction Required
The facility shall not use concrete, asphalt, carpet, grass or bare soil under equipment from which a child might fall.
Correction Verification
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Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by exposed sharp rock in the fall zone of one of the swings on the north end of the play yard.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 4. states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities, well-maintained, free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, rocks or 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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Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe for children's activities as evidenced by the railing around the deck to the play yard is loose and no longer stable, and has a protruding nail.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.082 Physical Requirements of Group Day Care Homes and Day Care Centers (6) (A) 4. states: The play area shall be safe for children's activities, well-maintained, free of hazards such as poisonous plants, broken glass, rocks or 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
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5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety
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Violation
Requirements of 19 CSR 30-62.087 Fire Safety were not met as evidenced by the disaster and tornado drill was not held at least one time every three months.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety (2) (F) states: Child care staff shall conduct at least one (1) fire drill each month and a disaster drill at least every three (3) months. The disaster drills shall include tornado drills. The provider shall maintain a written record at the facility of the date, type of drill, time required to evacuate the building, and number of children present during the drill.
Correction Required
Fire, tornado, and other disaster drills shall be completed and recorded as required.
Correction Verification
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Violation
Requirements of 19 CSR 30-62.087 Fire Safety were not met as evidenced by fire drills were not held at least one time each month.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.087 Fire Safety (2) (F) states: Child care staff shall conduct at least one (1) fire drill each month and a disaster drill at least every three (3) months. The disaster drills shall include tornado drills. The provider shall maintain a written record at the facility of the date, type of drill, time required to evacuate the building, and number of children present during the drill.
Correction Required
Fire, tornado, and other disaster drills shall be completed and recorded as required.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
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5 CSR 25-500.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
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5 CSR 25-500.092 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
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5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel
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Violation
The director is not routinely on duty, as evidenced by director is working in the Springfield location today, when asked how many hours does Caitlyn Southworth work in the facility during child care hours, caregiver Judy Mohesky stated about 20 hours a week.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.102 Personnel (2) (A) 2. states: Center directors and group child care home providers routinely shall be on duty during the hours of highest attendance a minimum of forty (40) hours per week. If the facility operates less than forty (40) hours per week, the center director or group child care home provider shall be on duty at least fifty percent (50%) of the operating hours.
Correction Required
The director/group home provider shall be routinely on duty, as required.
Correction Verification
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5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios
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Violation
Group size requirements were not met as evidenced by 21 children, ages 2-years-old to 10 year-old., were cared for by 3 adult caregiver(s).
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.112 Staff/Child Ratios (1) (A) states: The staff/child ratio and group size shall be followed as outlined in the below chart unless it meets an exception in subparagraphs (1)(B)-(G) below: Infants, toddlers, and 2-year-olds shall have one caregiver for every four children with no more than eight children per group; Groups composed solely of children 24 to 36 months shall have one caregiver for every eight children with no more than 16 children per group; Groups composed solely of children 3 to 4 years shall have one caregiver for every 10 children with no more than 20 children per group; Groups composed solely of children 5 years or older shall have one caregiver for every 16 children with no more than 32 children per group; A mixed group of children consisting of no more than four children age 2 years, and at least one child older than 3 years shall have one caregiver for every 10 children with no more than 20 children per group; A mixed group of children consisting of more than four children ages 24 to 36 months, and at least one child older than 36 months shall have one caregiver for every eight children with no more than 16 children per group.
Correction Required
Staff/child ratios and group sizes shall be maintained at all times.
Correction Verification
Corrected on Site
Compliance Date
7/13/2026
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5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports
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Violation
Medical examination report(s) was/were not on file for Elizia Ahu 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 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (A) states: All persons working in a child care facility in any capacity during child care hours, including volunteers counted in staff/child ratios, shall be in good physical and emotional health with no physical or mental conditions which would interfere with child care responsibilities. These persons shall have a medical examination report, signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of a licensed physician, on file at the facility at the time of initial licensure or within thirty (30) days following employment.
Correction Required
Medical reports shall be on file as required.
Correction Verification
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Violation
A medical examination report did not include either a Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis form or a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) for the following staff: Elizia Ahu.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-500.122 Medical Examination Reports (1) (B) . states: Medical examination reports shall include either a Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment form, completed and signed by a health care professional, or a negative tuberculin skin test (TST) completed not more than twelve (12) months before beginning work in the facility. The Tuberculosis (TB) Risk Assessment form, revised March 2014, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services, PO Box 570, Jefferson City, MO 65102 and available by the Missouri Department of Health and Senior Services at https://health.mo.gov/living/healthcondiseases/communicable/tuberculosis/tbmanual/pdf/RiskAssessmentform.pdf. If the person has signs or symptoms of tuberculosis, or risk factors for tuberculosis, then testing for tuberculosis shall occur.
Correction Required
Medical examination reports shall include Risk Assessment for Tuberculosis forms or negative tuberculin skin test (TST) as required.
Correction Verification
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5 CSR 25-500.132 Admission Policies and Procedures
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5 CSR 25-500.142 Nighttime Care
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5 CSR 25-500.162 Overlap Care of Children
Not Observed
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5 CSR 25-500.172 Emergency School Closings
Not Observed
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5 CSR 25-500.182 Child Care Program
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5 CSR 25-500.192 Health Care
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5 CSR 25-500.202 Nutrition and Food Service
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5 CSR 25-500.212 Transportation and Field Trips
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5 CSR 25-500.222 Records and Reports
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5 CSR 25-600.020 General Requirements
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5 CSR 25-600.040 Background Screening Findings
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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 — report made to another state, when. —
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RSMo 210.211. License required - exceptions - written notice of licensure status, when.
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