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25 | On July 26, 2024, an Informal Office Meeting was conducted at the Fresno South Regional Child Care Office. In attendance at the meeting was licensee, Eva Ramirez. Also present was Regional Manager, Alice Juarez, and Licensing Program Analyst, (LPA) Paul Garcia.
The following issue/violation was discussed:
Type A Deficiency cited on July 10, 2024
Type A Deficiency cited: 102423(a)(4) Personal Rights.
Based on interviews conducted during the IB investigation completed by Investigator Rippe with the Department of Social Services Community Care Licensing Investigations Branch (IB), children were placed in a highchair as a form of punishment by Licensee, Eva Ramirez.
Eva Ramirez was provided a copy of CCR 102423(a)(4) which states, “Each child receiving services from a family child care home shall have certain rights that shall not be waived or abridged by the licensee regardless of consent or authorization from the child's authorized representative. These rights include, but are not limited to, the following:
To be free from corporal or unusual punishment, infliction of pain, humiliation, intimidation, ridicule, coercion, threat, mental abuse, or other actions of a punitive nature, including, but not limited to:
interference with eating, sleeping or toileting; or withholding shelter, clothing, medication or aids to physical functioning.”
Continued on LIC809-C |