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5 CSR 25-400.025 Organization and Administration
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5 CSR 25-400.045 Licensing Process
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5 CSR 25-400.055 Annual Requirements
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Violation
The annual sanitation inspection was not approved.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.055 Annual Requirements (2) (B) states: Evidence of compliance with local, state, or both, sanitation requirements.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual sanitation requirements.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
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Violation
The annual fire safety inspection was not approved.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.055 Annual Requirements (2) (A) states: Evidence of compliance with a fire and safety inspection as conducted by the State Fire Marshal or his/her designee.
Correction Required
The facility shall submit evidence of compliance with annual fire safety requirements.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
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5 CSR 25-400.085 Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home
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Violation
The fall-zone area under and around outdoor equipment where children might fall and be injured was not covered with impact-absorbing materials to cushion a fall as evidenced by no resilient material was present.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.085 Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home (3) (A) 6. states: The fall-zone area under and around outdoor equipment where children might fall and be injured shall be covered with impact absorbing materials which effectively cushions the fall of a child. This material may include sand, pea gravel, tanbark, shredded tires, wood chips, rubber matting or other approved resilient material. Grass may be an approved resilient material, but if grass becomes worn or sparse, the area must be covered with another approved resilient material.
Correction Required
The facility shall maintain approved resilient material in all fall-zone areas.
Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
8/26/2026
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Violation
The facility's outdoor space was not safe/well-maintained for children's activities as evidenced by large tree limbs on the ground from a recent storm. Large limbs from storm gone 2/10/26 but additional smaller limbs observed in the yard. Large pile and smaller pile of limbs observed in the yard 8/26/26.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.085 Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home (3) (A) 5. 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 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 had openings that were between 3.5 and 9 inches and allow entrapment - the openings measured greater than 3.5 inches at the bottom of the gate on the east side of the yard.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.085 Physical Requirements of the Family Day Care Home (3) (A) 1. states: An 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. It shall be fenced when necessary for the protection of children from traffic, water or other hazards. For family day care homes 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. 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 and provide a safe fence around the outdoor play area as required.
Correction Verification
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Compliance Date
8/26/2026
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5 CSR 25-400.086 Fire Safety
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5 CSR 25-400.090 Disaster and Emergency Preparedness
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5 CSR 25-400.095 Furniture, Equipment and Materials
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5 CSR 25-400.105 The Child Care Provider and Other Child Care Personnel
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Violation
The requirements for obtaining 12 clock hours each calendar year were not met. For the calendar year of 2025, the staff listed need the following information: Geralyn Cerveny stills needs 6.25 hours.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.105 The Child Care Provider and Other Child Care Personnel (4) (A) states: The provider shall obtain at least twelve (12) clock hours of child care-related training during each calendar year. Any assistant who works or volunteers more than five (5) hours per week shall meet the same training requirements. Clock hour training shall be approved by the department.
Correction Required
Required training hours shall be documented for each caregiver.
Correction Verification
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Violation
Safe sleep training was not completed within the past 3 years for the assistant(s), Ken Cerveny and Kendra Cerveny.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.105 The Child Care Provider and Other Child Care Personnel (5) (A) . states: Every three (3) years the provider, assistant(s), and volunteers in a family child care home licensed to provide care for infants less than one (1) year of age shall successfully complete department-approved training regarding the American Academy of Pediatrics (AAP) safe sleep recommendations contained in the American Academy of Pediatrics Policy Statement on sleep-related infant deaths. The Sleep-Related Infant Deaths: Updated 2022 Recommendations for Reducing Infant Deaths in the Sleep Environment, July 2022, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the American Academy of Pediatrics and available at https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article/150/1/e2022057990/188304/Sleep-Related-Infant-Deaths-Updated-2022 or as published in PEDIATRICS Volume 150, Issue 1, July 2022. A copy can also be obtained from the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, Office of Childhood, 205 Jefferson Street, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and at https://dese.mo.gov/governmental-affairs dese-administrativerules/incorporated-reference-materials. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
The child care provider and assistant(s) shall complete department-approved safe sleep training as required.
Correction Verification
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5 CSR 25-400.115 Child Care Family and Household
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5 CSR 25-400.125 Medical Examination Reports
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Violation
Requirements for infant-toddler/preschool child medical examination reports on file were not met as evidenced by there was no medical examination report on file within 30 days of admission - the admission date(s) was/were 5/10/26.
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.125 Medical Examination Reports (2) (A) states: The provider shall require, within thirty (30) days following the admission of each infant, toddler or preschool child, a medical examination report signed by a licensed physician or registered nurse who is under the supervision of licensed physician and completed not more than twelve (12) months prior to admission. The provider may use the department’s medical assessment form or the provider may use its own form if it contains all the information on the department’s form. The Child Medical Examination Report (Infant/Toddler/Pre-School), revised 2021, is incorporated by reference in this rule, as published by the Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, PO Box 480, Jefferson City, MO 65102-0480 and available by the department at https://dese.mo.gov/childhood/forms. This rule does not incorporate any subsequent amendments or additions.
Correction Required
Child medical requirements shall be completed and on file as required.
Correction Verification
Submit Documentation
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5 CSR 25-400.135 Admission Policies and Procedures
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5 CSR 25-400.145 Nighttime Care
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5 CSR 25-400.155 Overlap Care of Children
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5 CSR 25-400.165 Emergency School Closings
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5 CSR 25-400.175 Child Care Program
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5 CSR 25-400.185 Health Care
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Violation
Requirements for immunization reports on file were not met as evidenced by one immunization record(s) was/were not on file .
Licensing Rule Reference
5 CSR 25-400.185 Health Care (4) (A) states: No child shall be permitted to enroll in or attend any day care facility caring for ten (10) or more children unless the child has been adequately immunized against vaccine preventable childhood illnesses specified by the department in accordance with recommendations of Immunization Practices Advisory Committee (ACIP). The parent or guardian of the child shall provide satisfactory evidence of the required immunizations. Satisfactory evidence means a statement, certificate or record from a physician or other recognized health facility or personnel, stating that the required immunizations have been given to the child and verifying the type of vaccine and the month, day and year of administration.
Correction Required
Child immunization requirements shall be completed and on file as required.
Correction Verification
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5 CSR 25-400.190 Nutrition and Food Service
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5 CSR 25-400.200 Transportation and Field Trips
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5 CSR 25-400.210 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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RSMo 210.252. Fire, safety, health and sanitation inspections, procedures - variances to rules granted when - rules authorized.
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