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25 | On January 16, 2024, Licensing Program Analysts (LPAs) Taityana Benson and Raymond Moorehead arrived at the facility to conclude the investigation in a separate matter, a previous inspection was conducted on October 24, 2023. LPAs met with Ramona Salazar, Director,
and conducted a tour of the facility inside and outside.
During interviews, it was revealed that on October 11, 2023, preschool children were transitioning from one classroom to another classroom and a child remained in the hallway alone without direct staff supervision for an undetermined amount of time. It was discovered during record review, the facility documented the incident on the Unusual Incident/Injury Report (UIR), LIC624 dated October 12, 2023. The facility did not contact the department via telephone or email to report the incident. Furthermore, the facility did not inform their assigned Licensing Program Analyst or the subject child’s parent(s) of the incident. The Director stated the UIR was submitted to the department via fax but does not recall the date nor has confirmation of submission. The department does not have a record of the facility submission of the UIR for the incident that occurred on October 11, 2023, Furthermore, it was disclosed that the subject child’s parent(s) became aware of the incident during the investigation.
SEE LIC809-D for Type A deficiency cited
An exit interview was conducted, and report was reviewed with Ramona Salazar, Director. |