June 29, 2023
What Happened
Case management visit inspecting above-ground pool installation. Pool was installed without required fencing or cover while facility was providing care to children. Civil penalties will be issued.
Observations
- Above-ground pool installed without required fencing or cover while providing care to children
- Licensee initially claimed facility was closed for summer but continued to provide care
- Licensee placed on Inactive Status, then requested to return to Active Status to drain pool
Inspector Focus
Citations Issued
(5) All licensees shall ensure the inaccessibility of pools (in-ground and above-ground),fixed-in-place wading pools, hot tubs, spas, fishponds and similar bodies of water through a pool cover or by surrounding the pool with a fence. Based on observation, and interview, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in making the above ground pool present in the backyard inaccessible to childcare children which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to persons in care.
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