Inspector’s narrative
What the inspector wrote
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An Annual Random inspection was conducted at the facility by Licensing Program Analyst (LPA) Mahnaz (Nancy) Malek. LPA met with licensees, Homeira Noori who was taking care of 3 children of whom one was under 24 months old. According to the licensee the infant is part time and stays couple of hours in her day care and does not nap. Licensee was operating within the licensed capacity as specified on license for Small Family Childcare Home.
A review of the Facility Personnel Report Summary on this date indicates all facility residents, staff, or other individuals who require caregiver background checks have received criminal record and child abuse index clearances or exemptions.
According to licensees, currently there are no other adults and minors living in the house other than the licensee. Licensee stated she is planning to have two more adults to live in the house. LPA provided LIC 279 to licensee to update the form when new adults are added. TB clearance and fingerprinting shall be also submitted for the adults living in the house. Day care hours of operation is Monday through Thursday from 7:30 am-5:30 pm but is open for extended day care and drop in for less than 24 hours a day.
During today\342\200\231s inspection, LPA and licensee toured the inside and outside areas identified in the facility sketch as accessible to childcare children. Off limits areas are made inaccessible by means of baby gate, and locks. The childcare area consists of living room only. Licensee stated they have moved the children's area (master bedroom) to living area. No bedrooms will be for children's use. Back yard and side yard are not for children's use. There is a baby gate installed between the kitchen and living room that has made the kitchen inaccessible to children. Fire place in the living room is all covered by plywood. LPA provided LIC 999 to licensee to reflect the changes on the sketch.
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There is crib available for infants and mats are available for older children for napping. Licensee stated the child who is under 24 months old is here for couple of hours and does not nap. Child comes as drop in.
This is a one story home, that consists of 3 bedrooms, 2 and half restrooms, living room, kitchen,
area, garage, back yard and side yard. The garage is accessible from outside the house.
There are working carbon monoxide, smoke detector, and fire extinguishers in the home that meet statutory and State Fire Marshall standards.
Detergents, cleaning compounds, medicines, and other items which could pose a danger to children were not readily available to children they were stored inaccessible to children, none were observed during inspection.
According to licensee, there is no firearm in the facility. There is one cat and two dogs in the house not in the children's area that the dogs would stay until the end of the week. LPA verified there is a working telephone service (cellular service). There is a back yard and side yard but they are off limit. No bodies of water observed.
The licensee does not have a current roster of children in care.
Fire Drill was not available. Children\342\200\231s records for children present during LPA\342\200\231s inspection were not reviewed. Licensee stated she moved from the children's area from master bedroom to living room and could not find the children's files. The log for every 15 minutes check on napping children under 24 months old were printed out and given to licensee for future enrollment. The licensees' Pediatric CPR/First Aid certifications are current. (Expires 9/17/2024).
Beginning September 1, 2016, Health and Safety (H&S) 1597.622 states, a person shall not be employed or volunteer at a family childcare home if he or she has not been immunized against influenza, pertussis, and measles. Proof of immunization against pertussis, measles for the licensee was within compliance.
Beginning March 31, 2018, H&S Code 1596.8662 requires all licensed providers and employees to complete mandated reporting training, and to renew the training every two years.
Mandated Reporter Training Certificate for the licensee is exempt since the training is not offered in the licensee's native language.
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Incidental Medical Services (IMS) policy was discussed. For information see
PIN 22-02-
CCP. When any IMS is provided, a Plan for Providing IMS must be submitted to the Department. The following information regarding ADA was provided: US Department of Justice (USDOJ) toll-free ADA Information Line at (800) 514-0301 (voice)/ (800) 514-0383 (TTY) and link to publication: Commonly Asked Questions about Child Care Centers and the ADA, available at:
https://www.ada.gov/resources/child-care-centers/
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The licensee understands they must be present in the facility and must ensure children in care are always supervised. Children are not to be left alone in parked vehicles. When the licensee is temporarily absent from the facility, arrangements must be made for a qualified substitute adult to care and supervise children while absent. The substitute adult must have the required criminal record, child abuse index clearances, immunization, Pediatric CPR/First Aid, and mandated reporter training.
Licensee was reminded that all adults 18 and over living in the home, persons who provide care and supervision to children, and staff who have contact with children, including employees and clearance or exemption, or transfer their existing clearance or exemption, prior to initial presence in a volunteers, except as specified in Health and Safety Code section 1596.871, must obtain a criminal record clearance before working in a licensed Family Child Care Home. A civil penalty of $100.00 minimum/day for a maximum of 5-days or, if the penalty is for a repeat violation, for a maximum of 30-days per person will be assessed if this regulation is violated.
LPA discussed the safe sleep regulations with Licensee Homeira Noori and discussed the Child Care Licensing Safe Sleep webpage at:
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/child-care-licensing/public-information-and-resources/safe-sleep
, as an additional resource. A copy of LIC 9227 (Individual Infant Sleeping Plan) was given as a reminder to licensee for children under 12 months old. A sample of every 15 minutes check on infant under 24 months old during nap time was given to licensees as a reminder for children under 24 months old.
LPA also informed Licensee, Homeira Tavakoli of the importance of checking for recalled
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infant devices on the United States Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) website at:
https://www.cpsc.gov/
, and recommended they register all infant devices with the CPSC to be notified of any recalls on their purchased equipment.
Licensee, Homeira Noori was informed of the MyChildCarePlan.org site, a consumer education website that helps families obtain child care by connecting them to child care providers and Resource and Referral Agencies (R&Rs) throughout California. Community Care Licensing Division (CCLD) regularly sends information to licensed facilities, providers, and stakeholders by way of Provider Information Notices (PIN), Program Quarterly Update Newsletters and other important information communication platforms. To receive important licensed related information to licensed facilities, visit the CCLD Important Information website at
https://www.cdss.ca.gov/inforesources/community-care-
licensing/subscribe and select the Child Care option to receive email communication. (The licensee is already signed up for this purpose).
In the areas that were evaluated, the following deficiencies were observed of the California Code of Regulations, Title 22, Division 12 on this inspection. Please refer to next page of LIC 809Ds for details of deficiencies.
A notice of site visit was given to licensee, Homeira Noori and must remain posted on, or immediately adjacent to, the interior side of the main door for 30 days. Failure to post will result in Civil Penalties of $100.00.
Exit interview conducted and report was reviewed with the licensee, Homeira Noori.
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