complaint·September 8, 2021

Page 2 present on 08/23/21 were not available for interview. The investigation found; On 08/23/21 Child#1(C1) sustained a small red mark to his/her head and no one from the facility brought it to C1's parent's attention. Interview with C1's parent On 08/24/21; C1's parent noticed mark, which " had red mark which began to look like it was a scab" after pick up. Parent was not notified of any injury or issue on 08/23/21, only after 08/24/21 pick up and only after she brought it to the Licensee's attention. On 09/08/21 at 9:00am licensee reported that she had spoken with Child #1's Parent about incident that occurred on 08/23/21. Licensee admitted C1;s Parent is the person who brought the issue to light and she had not spoken to C1's parent until 08/24/21 about the incident. Licensee reports after speaking with her staff it was it was found that C1 had complained to staff about having issue with C2. Per licensee her staff stated, the mark sustained was small and red on Monday but on Tuesday it had little red dots. Furthermore licensee stated that staff did not advise her nor parent of issue. Review of Child's file on 09/08/21 at 9:30 did not show any documentation of incident that occurred on 08/23/21. On 09/08/21 from approximately 9:40 to 10:40 LPA and Licensee reviewed video recordings of daycare designated area inside and outside directly in front of outside entrance into designated area. The video inside the designated area was unable to play back from 4:55pm to 6:00pm . Portion of recordings viewed by LPA and Licensee showed C1 having normal interaction with other children in facility. Based on LPAs observations and interviews which were conducted record review(s), the preponderance of evidence standard has been met, therefore the above allegation is found to be substantiated. California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 12 and Chapter 1 is being cited on the attached LIC 9099D. Appeal Rights and the appeal rights process was discussed with the licensee. The licensee was informed all appeals must be in writing and received by the licensing office within 15 business days. The Notice of Site Visit was posted and discussed as required by H&S Code Sec. 1596.817. Notice of Site Visit must be posted for 30 consecutive days. Failure to post will result in civil penalties of $100.00. The Notice of Site Visit must be posted on or adjacent to the door.