Girls Incorporated of Bristol

The center shall maintain a written record of children’s serious and minor injuries in which entries are made the day of occurrence. The record shall include the following: date and time of injury, name of child , type and circumstance of the staff present and treatment, date and time when parents were notified, future action to prevent recurrence of injury, staff and parent signatures and documentation of how parent was notified.

“Injury reports did not contain all the required information.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-550-P.

Each child shall have a physical examination by or under the direction of a physician before the child’s attendance or within 30 days after the first day of attendance.

“Child # 2 did not have a physical examination on record and had been in care over 30 days.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-140-A.

Centers are required to have resilient surfacing in the fall zone of climbing equipment.

“The rocket climbing equipment had between 2-3 inches of mulch in the fall zone. The required depth is 6 inches.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-330-B.

Medication shall be labeled with the child’s name, the name of the medication, the dosage amount, and the time or times to be given.

“Child # 6 had an over the counter medication and the dosage amount was not listed with the medication label.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-510-G.

Centers are required to have emergency contact information for each child and information on what action to take in case of an allergy reaction.

“Child #1 and #2 did not have addresses for the emergency contacts listed.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

8VAC20-780-160-C

“Based on record review, staff did not get a TB screening every two years. Evidence: Staff #1 last had a TB screening 8/1/2022.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-160-C.

8VAC20-780-330-B

“Based on observation and measurement, the center did not have the required depth of resilient surfacing. Evidence: The swing set area and the rocket piece of equipment had approximately 2-4 inches of resilient surfacing in the fall zones.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-330-B.

8VAC20-780-510-P

“Based on observation, the center had prescription medications and the authorizations had expired and it had been longer than 14 days, Evidence: 1. Child #1 had a medication and the authorization expired 6/5/2024. 2. Child #2 had a medication and the authorization expired 12/15/22. When an authorization expires, the parent shall be notified and needs to be picked up within 14 days or the parent must renew the authorization.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-510-P.

8VAC20-780-540-E

“Based on observation, the center did not have a working battery operated radio. Evidence: The center had a radio but did not have batteries for it.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-540-E.

8VAC20-780-330-B

“Based on a review of the playground the facility failed to ensure that, under climbing equipment or equipment moving parts, there is resilient surface material in accordance with the American Society for Testing and Materials requirements. Evidence: 1. Under the swings and slide there is 4-5 inches of mulch. Under the monkey bars there is 2-3 of the required 6 inches of resilient surface material.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-330-B.

8VAC20-780-350-A

“Based on observation upon arrival, the facility failed to ensure that staff -to-child ratios are met. Evidence: 1. There are 22 children on the playground with one staff member.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-350-A.

22.1-289.035-B-4

“Based on the review of four board officer’s records, the facility failed to ensure that all required background checks are conducted for each board member for each state in which they have lived in the last five years. Evidence: 1. There is no out-of-state central registry check on file for board officer #3 who indicated on the sworn statement that they lived outside Virginia within the last five years.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-4.

8VAC20-780-330-B

“Based on a tour of the playground, the facility failed to ensure that resilient surface material meets minimum standards. Evidence: 1. There are 2, of the required, 6 inches of resilient surface material under playground equipment”

Rule 8VAC20-780-330-B.