Step By Step Daycare and Learning Center

2025

1. Medium risk6/10/2025

   R381-100-6(12)(a)-(b) — Children's admission and health assessment reviewed, updated, signed, and on-site

   The provider was out of compliance with Rule R381-100-6(12)(a) by not ensuring that the admission and health assessment form was reviewed, updated, and signed or initialed by the parent at least annually. At the time of the inspection, the admission and health assessment form for one child had not been reviewed, updated, and signed or initialed by the parent at least annually. Inspection: Unannounced, Annual Inspection. Correction status: Correction Verified. Correction action: On 7/7/2025, the licensor verified that the director designee had the updated and signed admission and health assessment form for the child as stated in rule.

   Corrected 7/7/2025
2. Medium risk6/10/2025

   R381-100-14(6) — Semi annual disaster drills conducted

   The provider was out of compliance with Rule R381-100-14(6) by not conducting disaster drills at least once every six months. At the time of the inspection, the provider had not done a disaster drill at least once every six months. Inspection: Unannounced, Annual Inspection. Correction status: Correction Verified. Correction action: On 7/7/2025, the licensor verified that the director had conducted a make up disaster drill as stated in rule.

   Corrected 7/7/2025
3. Medium risk6/10/2025

   R381-100-13(7) — Plastic bags, latex gloves, and balloons inaccessible to under 5

   The provider was out of compliance with Rule R381-100-13(7) by not ensuring that empty plastic bags large enough for a child's head to fit inside were inaccessible to children younger than five years old. In the kitchen accessible to the 4 and older classroom, there were empty plastic bags large enough for a child's head to fit inside accessible in a drawer near the floor. This was a repeat rule noncompliance. Inspection: Unannounced, Annual Inspection. Repeat noncompliance. Civil money penalty: $150. Correction status: Correction Verified. Correction action: On 6/10/2025, the licensor verified that the director designee made the empty plastic bags inaccessible as stated in rule.

   Corrected 6/10/2025
4. Medium risk6/10/2025

   R381-100-19(14)(a)-(c) — Sand, gravel, shredded tires cushioning requirements

   The provider was out of compliance with Rule R381-100-19(14)(a)(b) by not ensuring that sand used as protective cushioning met the depth requirement in Table 2 and was checked periodically for compaction and loosened to the depth in Table 2. On the playground, the sand used as protective cushioning did not meet the depth requirement of six inches in the use zone. Inspection: Unannounced, Annual Inspection. Correction status: Correction Verified. Correction action: On 7/7/2025, the licensor verified that the director had loosened the sand so that the dug holes met the depth requirement of at least 6 inches in the use zone as stated in rule.

   Corrected 7/7/2025