Perez Family Child Care

ADMISSION PROCEDURES AND PARENTAL AND AUTHORIZED

Admissions Procedures & Parental & Authorized Representative's Rights 102419 (d)(1) At the time of acceptance of each child into care, the licensee shall provide the child's parent… (1)The licensee shall request the child's parent or authorized representative to sign and date the bottom portion of the notice form LIC 995A …The bottom portion of this form must be kept in the child’s file as proof that the parent or authorized representative has been notified of his or her rights and received a copy of the Caregiver Background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family Child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). Parent's Rights, LIC 995A (8/06), the Caregiver Background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above: 4 out of 12 children’s files were incomplete/not available, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CHILD'S RECORDS

Child's Records 102421(b) The licensee shall maintain, in each child's record, a copy of the emergency information card as requiredin Section 102417(g)(7)." Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above: 4 out of 12 children’s files were incomplete/not available, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

OPERATION OF A FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME

Operation of a Family Child Care Home 102417(a)The licensee shall be present in the home and shall ensure...Temporary absences shall not exceed 20 percent of the hours that the facility is providing care per day.This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above, Licensee is out of the state for a doctor's appoinment, left around 6:55am and then licensee stated would be coming back around 4:00pm or 5:00pm, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

OPERATION OF A FAMILY CHILD CARE HOME

Operation of a Family Child Care Home 102417(g)(4) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child... Poisons, detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines...shall be stored where they are inaccessible to children.This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, there were three (3) toiletries bottles on the bathtub in the children’s designated bathroom (No. 1), two of which had the lid opened and the third one was a pump, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

PERSONAL RIGHTS

Personal Rights(a)Each child receiving services from a family childcare home shall have certain rights…(4)To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation… This requirement is not met as evidenced by the licensee used inappropriate discipline of a day care child by using a cloth like material to inflict upon a child which inherently shows the child being intimidated. The licensee failed to ensure that children in daycare are treated with dignity in their personal relationship with staff members of the facility. This poses an immediate health and safety risk to children in care.