Karissa Taylor
A registered child development home B in Jefferson, Iowa
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The short answer
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean3
- Inspection (survey)
- A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
- Deficiency, citation, violation
- What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
- Licence status
- Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
Iowa lists 6 reports: 4 compliance reports and 2 regulation checklists, the latest dated Sep 22, 2026.
On its 2 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 45 rules not met, 6 of them on the latest, on Sep 4, 2026.
What its other reports found is in each one, linked with it; this page doesn’t count it.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports and Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Sep 4, 2026: regulation checklist6 deficiencies
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A signed medical consent from the parent authorizing emergency treatment.
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For infants and preschoolers: An admission physical examination, on the first day of attendance, including past health history, status of present health, allergies and restrictive conditions, and recommendations for continued care when necessary. The date of the exam is not more than 12 months before the child’s first day of attendance.
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For infants and preschoolers: A statement of health signed by a physician submitted annually.
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A signed and dated immunization certificate provided by the state Department of Public Health.
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Documentation signed by the parent which names persons authorized to pick up the child, their telephone number, and relationship to the child.
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Written permission from the parent(s) for their child to attend activities away from the child development home.
Oct 24, 2025: regulation checklist39 deficiencies
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Conditions in the home shall be safe, sanitary, and free from hazards.
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Emergency numbers posted for police, fire, ambulance, and poison information center.
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Number for each child’s parent, a person who can be reached when the parent cannot and child’s physician is written on paper and readily accessible by the working telephone.
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All accessible electrical outlets are safely capped or are tamper-resistant electrical outlets.
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Each smoke detector has been installed according to manufacturer’s recommendations.
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Each smoke detector is tested monthly, and a record is kept for inspection purposes.
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Has a minimum of one single-station, battery-operated, UL-approved smoke detector in each child-occupied room and at the top of every stairway.
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Nonsmoking signs are posted at every entrance of the home and in every vehicle used to transport children. Signs include telephone number for reporting complaints, and www.iowasmokefreeair.gov.
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All dogs and cats have annual examinations. Records of the exams are on file and must verify that routine immunizations are current and animal is free of endo and ecto parasites. Form 470-5153, Pet Health Examination Veterinary Health Certificate, is on file.
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The provider has written policies about caring for mildly ill children and the exclusion of children due to illness, and informs parents of policies.
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The provider has written policies about responding to health-related emergencies.
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Certificate of registration is displayed in a conspicuous place.
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The first-aid kit shall, at a minimum, include adhesive bandages, bottled water, disposable tweezers, and disposable plastic gloves.
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Fire and tornado drills are practiced monthly and documentation kept on file for the current year and previous year.
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The plans shall clearly map building evacuation routes in case of fire, a safe place indoors in case of tornado, and flood shelter areas.
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Within six months of becoming registered, a physical exam report documented on form 470-5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report, for all household members over the age of 18. Physical exams should be repeated every three years.
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Within six months of becoming registered, children 18 years of age or younger residing in the household must have: •Admission physical exam report. •Immunization certificate. For school age: Documentation of physical exam completed at time of school enrollment or since that time.
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Documentation from the Department confirming record checks have been completed and authorizing or limiting the person’s involvement with child care.
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Documentation from the Department confirming record checks have been completed and authorizing or limiting the person’s involvement with child care.
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Within six months of approval, a Physical exam report documented on form 470-5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report, which is repeated at least every three years.
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Certification of two hours of approved training relating to identification and reporting of child abuse within six months of employment.
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Documentation from the Department confirming record checks have been completed and authorizing or limiting the person’s involvement with child care.
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Within six months of approval, a Physical exam report documented on form 470-5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report, which is repeated at least every three years.
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Certification of two hours of approved training relating to identification and reporting of child abuse within three months of employment.
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Certification in infant and child first-aid that includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation. If they are unable to locate first aid training that includes mouth-to-mouth resuscitation, they must complete both a first aid course and CPR.
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Certification or other documentation that minimum health and safety training as identified in 110.10(1)“a” has been completed within three months or prior to providing substitute care, whichever occurs first.
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Identifying information including, at a minimum, the child’s name, birth date, parent’s name, address, telephone number, special needs of the child, and the parent’s work address and telephone number.
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Emergency information including where the parent can be reached, the name, street address, city, and telephone of the child’s regular doctor, and the name, telephone number, and relationship to the child of another adult available in case of emergency.
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A signed medical consent from the parent authorizing emergency treatment.
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For infants and preschoolers: An admission physical examination, on the first day of attendance, including past health history, status of present health, allergies and restrictive conditions, and recommendations for continued care when necessary. The date of the exam is not more than 12 months before the child’s first day of attendance.
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For infants and preschoolers: A statement of health signed by a physician submitted annually.
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For school aged children: An annual statement of health condition signed by the parent or legal guardian, annually from date of statement of health or admission physical.
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A signed and dated immunization certificate provided by the state Department of Public Health.
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Written emergency plans for children with allergies. Must accompany child if away from facility.
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Documentation signed by the parent which names persons authorized to pick up the child, their telephone number, and relationship to the child.
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Written permission from the parent(s) for their child to attend activities away from the child development home.
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A provider file is maintained and contains:
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An individual file is maintained for each staff assistant:
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An individual file is maintained for each child and updated annually or when there are changes. Each file contains:
All 6 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Sep 22, 2026 | Homes Evaluation and Recommendation | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Sep 4, 2026 | Regulation checklist | 6 rules marked not met |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Homes Evaluation and Recommendation | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Oct 24, 2025 | Regulation checklist | 39 rules marked not met |
| Nov 13, 2024 | CDH Preinspection and Compliance Letter | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
| Dec 14, 2023 | CDH Preinspection and Compliance Letter | Findings are in Iowa’s report |
Is it licensed?
- Registered Child Development Home B, Iowa provider number 45578.
- Category B.
Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.
Has Iowa acted against it?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show enforcement actions; any are written in the reports themselves.
Who does the caring?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show staffing. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t name owners.
How is it rated?
- Iowa’s quality rating (IQ4K) isn’t in its report list, so it isn’t shown here.
How does it compare nearby?
- Providers aren’t compared: Iowa’s checklists don’t cover every visit, and complaint findings aren’t on them.
| Place | |
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| Karissa Taylor This child care provider | Not given |
What the record doesn’t say
- Findings here are the rules Iowa’s regulation checklists from the last three years mark as not met, in the checklists’ own words. What evaluations, letters and complaint investigations found is in those reports, linked with each one, and isn’t counted here.
- Iowa lists a report once it is written up: most within two weeks of the visit, some six weeks or more after it, so a recent visit may not be listed yet.
- Each report is dated the day Iowa created it, which can be weeks after the visit; a checklist is dated the day of the inspection it records.
- Iowa’s report list gives only a provider’s city and county, not its street address, ZIP code or phone number.
- Iowa’s report list doesn’t show quality ratings (IQ4K), capacity, ages served, hours, owners or enforcement actions.
- Iowa’s lists show checklists for child development homes only from July 2025; earlier visits to homes have letters, linked but not counted.
Sources
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports.
Checked Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily. No licence stated.
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This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.
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