Tamera Biby
A family day home in Chesterfield, Virginia 23832
4356 Ketcham Drive, Chesterfield, Virginia 23832. (804) 467-1547.
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The short answer
- 5 deficiencies in the last three years
- Feb 42026 the latest visit on record
- 12 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean4
- 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.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
9 inspections on record, the latest on Feb 4, 2026.
5 violations cited in the last three years.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
5 deficiencies in 4 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 2, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2023 | Dec | |||||||||||
| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each deficiency, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Feb 4, 2026: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-780-B
“Annually, the provider shall review with the parent the emergency contact information required in each child’s record to ensure the information is correct and shall obtain the parents signed acknowledgment of the review. Records for C1, C2, and C3 did not have a parent’s signature for an annual review of the emergency contact information. C1, C2, and C3 had been in care for over a year without any annual review.”
Oct 2, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“Repeat Violation A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for S1 was completed 9 days late.”
Mar 25, 2025: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-180-A
“A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. An updated TB screening for household member HHM3 was completed 30 days late.”
Nov 25, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-800-B
“The provider shall document the annual review of the emergency plan. The last review documented was dated 09/01/2023.”
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8VAC20-800-830-A
“The provider shall practice at least monthly the emergency evacuation procedures. There was no documentation of a October 2024 emergency evacuation drill.”
Jun 6, 2023: inspection1 deficiency
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8VAC20-800-90-A
“Based on record review the provider failed to ensure that before a child may attend the family day home, the provider shall obtain documentation that the child has been adequately immunized. Evidence: C2 began attending the family day home 05/31/2022 and the immunizations were received on 06/01/2023.”
Feb 14, 2023: inspection4 deficiencies
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22.1-289.036-A
“Based on staff record review, the provider failed to ensure that the provider and a household member underwent background checks every 5 years. Evidence: 1. The record for P1, contained a prior search of the Central Registry dated 08/23/2017. The file contained results of the repeat search of the Central Registry dated 01/12/2023. 2. The record for HM1, contained a prior search of the Central Registry dated 08/29/2017. The file contained results of the repeat search of the Central Registry dated 01/12/2023.”
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22.1-289.036-B-2
“Based on household member record review, the provider failed to ensure that a person 18 years of age or older must have background checks within 30 days of a person in the home becoming 18 years old. Evidence: HM2 became 18 years old on 08/12/2022. The national criminal background check was completed 01/26/2023.”
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Based on child record review, the provider failed to ensure that one of five records contained the required information. Evidence:
“The record for C5 enrolled 05/31/2022, failed to contain documentation of the parent’s signed acknowledgement of the receipt of the information required by 8VAC20-800-70-A.6”
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8VAC20-800-920
“Based on observation and interview, the provider failed to post the menu for meals provided by the family day home. Evidence: Provider reports she typically posts the lunch menu only during the summer months.”
Jun 15, 2022: inspection2 deficiencies
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8VAC20-800-350-E
“Based on observation, the provider did not ensure that hot water taps available to children shall be maintained within a range of 105 degrees to 120 degrees. Evidence: The water in the bathroom that the children use was 127 degrees.”
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8VAC20-800-90-A
“Based on observation, the provider did not ensure to obtain documentation that the child has been adequately immunized prior to the child’s first day. Evidence: Child #2, date of enrollment 05/31/2022, had an immunization record dated 06/01/2022.”
All 9 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Feb 4, 2026 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Oct 2, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Mar 25, 2025 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Nov 25, 2024 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Feb 8, 2024 | Inspection | No violations cited |
| Jun 6, 2023 | Inspection | 1 violation cited |
| Feb 14, 2023 | Inspection | 4 violations cited |
| Jun 15, 2022 | Inspection | 2 violations cited |
| Nov 23, 2021 | Inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Day Home: Two Year license, expires Feb 14, 2028.
- Ages: 2 years - 12 years 11 months.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Has Virginia acted against it?
- 0 complaint inspections on record.
- No complaint allegations published with findings.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations and Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
Who does the caring?
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.
Who owns it?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t list owners.
How is it rated?
- Virginia’s search doesn’t show a quality rating.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 165 child care providers in Chesterfield County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9; this one had 5.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Southside Church of the Nazarene | 7 |
| Ms. Donna Poling | 6 |
| Centralia Child Development Center, Inc. | 20 |
| The Goddard School | 5 |
| Childtime Learning Centers - Memory Lane | 77 |
| New Hope Lutheran Church | 1 |
| Woodlake United Methodist Church | 3 |
| Tamera Biby This child care provider | 5 |
| Faith of Life Daycare Center | 55 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Richmond- Winterpock | 9 |
| Young Mens Christian Association of Greater Richmond-Swift Creek | 10 |
| Childtime Learning Center | 36 |
What the record doesn’t say
- Virginia doesn’t grade how serious a violation is, so no severity is shown.
- Virginia publishes a complaint’s allegations and findings only when its inspection found a violation and the records are linked.
- Virginia doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.
- A plan of correction sent late, or not at all, isn’t online: Virginia says to ask the inspector.
- Virginia’s pages show about the last five years of inspections; for older ones, Virginia says to contact the licensing inspector.
- Virginia says this information may not be accurate, up to date or complete, and shouldn’t be the only source in choosing care.
Sources
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each complaint’s page, with its allegations and findings.
Checked Nov 2, 2026. Updated weekly. No open licence; Virginia allows non-commercial use, so Care Ledger shows it free.
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This copy of the record was made on Nov 2, 2026.
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