KinderCare Learning Centers #301537

8VAC20-780-160-A

Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. The TB for Staff #2 was dated four months prior to date of employment. Staff #2 has been employed for one week.

8VAC20-780-160-C

A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. The updated screening for Staff #2 was completed 3 weeks past due.

8VAC20-780-240-C

Staff are required to receive orientation training appropriate to the age of children in care and include all facility specific topics. Staff #3 did not complete facility-specific orientation training upon transferring to the child day center. Staff has been employed at the center for three months.

8VAC20-790-540-B-3

The vendor shall maintain and keep at the center a record for each enrolled child that includes all required information. The records for Child #1, 3, 4, and 5 did not include the address for each custodial parent's place of employment or school attendance as required.

8VAC20-780-350-A

Maximum group size limitations shall be followed whenever children are in care. The maximum group size for ages birth-16 months is 12 children. There were 13 children in care in the infant room during the inspection.

8VAC20-780-510-P

When an authorization for medication expires, the parent shall be notified that the medication needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization. Medications that are not picked up by the parent within 14 days are required to be disposed of by the center. The authorization for a medication for Child #9 expired more than three months prior to the date of the inspection. The authorization for a medication for Child #11 expired 6 months prior to the date of the inspection. The authorization for a medication for Child #13 expired two months prior to the date of the inspection. The medications for Child #8, 10, and 12 were not picked up by a parent and were not disposed of as required.

8VAC20-780-70

Centers are required to maintain a record for each staff person which contains all required information. Staff #1 was identified as the lead teacher in the classroom. The record for Staff #1 did not contain documentation to demonstrate that the individual possesses the education, certification, and experience required by the job position.

8VAC20-780-130-A

The center shall obtain documentation that each child has received the immunizations required by the State Board of Health before the child can attend the center. The immunizations for Child #3 were obtained a month after the child began attending the center.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Centers are required to maintain a record for each child enrolled that contains all required information. The record for Child #6 did not contain the name, phone number and address for 1 of 2 designated people to call in an emergency if a parent cannot be reached.

8VAC20-780-420-E-3

Staff shall request at least annually parent confirmation that the required information in the child's record is up to date. Up-to-date information is required to be requested from the parent for each child's record at least annually. The information in the record of child #8 had not been updated in over two years.

8VAC20-780-440-E

Centers are required to ensure there are at least 12 inches of space between occupied cots. Multiple occupied cots in two classrooms were observed placed closer than 12 inches apart.

8VAC20-780-550-G

Documentation must be maintained of emergency evacuation, shelter in place, and lockdown drills and include all required information. Documentation of emergency drills did not contain documentation of the following information: The method used for notification of the drill; The number of staff participating; Any special conditions simulated; Problems encountered, if any; and For emergency evacuation drills only, weather conditions.

8VAC20-780-240-B

Staff are required to complete orientation training prior to working alone with children and no later than seven days of the date of assuming job responsibilities. The orientation documentation in the record for Staff 4, who has been employed for 3 weeks, was blank.

8VAC20-780-240-A

Staff are to complete the VDOE sponsored online orientation course within 90 days of hire. The completed training in the record for Staff #2, who is working with children, was more than three months overdue.

8VAC20-780-90-A

Child Day Centers are required to obtain a written agreement between the parent and the center which shall be in each child's record by the first day of the child's attendance. The written agreement in the record for Child #5 was dated 10 days after the child's first day. The written agreement in the record for Child #8 was dated 5 weeks after the child's first day.

8VAC20-780-60-A

Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information. The records for Child #1 (enrolled for over 1 year), Child #3 (enrolled for 6 weeks), and Child #7 (enrolled for 7 months), were missing the work phone number and place of employment for one parent.

8VAC20-780-40-G

Child Day Centers are required to view the child's proof of identity and age within seven business days of the child's initial attendance. The proof of identity documentation for Child #3 was viewed one month after the child's first day. The proof of identity documentation for Child #5 was viewed two months after the child's first day. The proof of identity documentation for Child #7 did not contain the date the documentation was viewed. Child #8 has been attending the center for 8 weeks. Proof of identity documentation has not been provided by the parents for Child #8.

8VAC20-780-550-P

The center is required to maintain a written record of children's serious and minor injuries that contain all of the required information. Three injury reports reviewed did not contain documentation of future actions to prevent recurrence of the injury, and method and time parents were notified. One injury report was missing required signatures of one staff and a second staff signature or parent signature. One injury report was missing a second required signature from a staff member or parent.