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25 | On January 20, 2023, at 10:00 am Licensing Program Analyst, (LPA) Carolyn Tuba conducted an unannounced inspection to follow-up on an ongoing complaint investigation. A Covid-19 risk assessment was conducted prior to entering the facility. LPA was guided on a tour of the facility at 10:15 am where there was a census of 47 children and 5 staff in care. The Director, Roxanne Gonzales arrived approximately around 11:15 am. and LPA identified herself.
Brief Summary of incident: On 12/22/2022 at 10:00 am, during outside time on the playground, Child #1 (C1) was playing on the slide and went down head first and hit her chin on a rock, causing her to split her chin open. Child cried and teacher placed pressure and cleaned her chin up. Mother works at the facility in the Infant room and took C1 for medical attention, which required child needing 5 stitches.
After investigating further with office support staff and there was a call placed by the facility stating that they were having issues faxing the Unusual Incident Report (UIR) to the department's fax number. The Assistant Director provided LPA a copy of the email sent to LPA, Jennifer Hua dated December 22, 2022, and LPA provided the Assistant Director during the initial visit of 12/28/2022 and provided the Director with the email of MPROincidentreports@dss.ca.gov to send UIRs in the future. This means that the facility meets the following regulation 101212(d)(1), 101212(d)(2) and 101212(1)(B).
101212 Reporting Requirements Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition, a written report containing the information specified in (d)(2) below shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. |