Findings cited on visits tied to this case
These are line items from OEC's compliance checklist — most centers accrue several per routine visit. Category labels are ours; the statute code and language are verbatim from the state record.
[19a-87b-6(e)]OtherMar 12, 2015
13-Qualifications of the Provider- Personal qualities
The applicant and provider shall have the personal qualities appropriate for working and communicating with children and their families.
[19a-87b-9(f)]Health & safetyMar 12, 2015
28-Physical Environment- Safe space
There shall be sufficient indoor and outdoor play space to ensure appropriate activities, safety and comfort for the day care children. The indoor and outdoor play space shall be neither isolated nor remote from the primary care areas. The outdoor play area shall be protected from traffic, bodies of water, gullies, and other hazards by barriers, in a manner safe for children. When there is a swimming pool or any other body of water at the facility or near enough to the facility to attract or be accessible to children at any time of the year, there shall be a sturdy fence/barrier, four (4) feet high or higher, with locked entrances, which totally and effectively bars access to the water by the day care children. Shallow wading pools that are not fenced shall be emptied after each use and shall not collect water.
[19a-87b-10(j)]PaperworkMar 12, 2015
48-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Child protection
The provider shall not engage in, nor allow, abusive, neglectful, physical, corporal, humiliating or frightening treatment or punishment, and shall not tie nor bind children and shall not restrain children except in appropriate circumstances for the protection and safety of the children or others. The provider or substitute shall notify the Office of Early Childhood within twenty-four (24) hours of the death of any child enrolled in the family child care home, if the child died while at the facility or if the child died of a contagious disease or any injury to a child that occurs while the child is at the facility which results in the child being admitted to a hospital or the child's death.
[19a-87b-10(h)]RatioJan 23, 2015
46-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Supervision
The provider shall be responsible for the supervision of the children at all times while the children are at the facility, indoors or outdoors or on excursions. It is done by a provider who is within effective sight or sound of the children. The provider's personal schedule shall ensure that the provider has sufficient rest for alert and competent attention to the children at the facility. The provider shall not engage in any activity while on duty during customary business hours that distracts his/her attention from providing family child care services. The provider shall give an injured, ill, or distressed child immediate appropriate attention. The provider shall not leave the presence of the day care children unless and until the substitute or emergency provider has assumed the provider's responsibilities and is actually present with the day care children.
[19a-87b-10(i)]PaperworkJan 23, 2015
47-Responsibilities of Provider & Substitute- Appropriate discipline practices
The provider shall use only developmentally appropriate behavior management methods such as positive guidance, redirection, and setting clear limits that encourage children to develop self-control, self-discipline, and positive self- esteem, while also protecting them from harm to themselves or others. The provider shall discuss behavior management methods used in the facility with the child's parents prior to enrollment and regularly during the period a child remains enrolled.