Patricia Dianne Sheppard
An unlicensed/unregistered FDH in Newport, Virginia 24128
103 Old Newport Road, Apt 3, Newport, Virginia 24128. (540) 818-3446.
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The short answer
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?
4 inspections on record, the latest on Dec 18, 2025.
9 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
When those deficiencies happened
9 deficiencies in 2 months of the last 36. Last cited Dec 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 5, 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 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
Dec 18, 2025: subsidy health and safety inspection6 deficiencies
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22.1-289.035-A
“REPEAT VIOLATION The vendor is required to undergo a background check every five years. The most recent central registry check for vendor #1 was overdue by one year. The most recent fingerprint-based background check was overdue by 10 months.”
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8VAC20-790-250-D-1
“Current certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care. Caregiver #1 CPR certification expired a month ago.”
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8VAC20-790-250-D-2
“Current certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care. Caregivers certification in first aid expired a month ago.”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Caregivers who work directly with children shall annually attend at least 16 hours of training. Vendor #1 had 8 hours of annual training.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-2
“The emergency response drills shall be practiced as follows: Shelter-in-place procedures practiced twice a year. The vendor did not practice the shelter-in-place drills twice a year.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-3
“The emergency response drills shall be practiced as follows: lockdown procedures shall be practiced at least annually. The vendor did not practice lockdown procedures once a year.”
Dec 16, 2024: subsidy health and safety inspection3 deficiencies
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22.1-289.040-A
“The center is required to have employees undergo a background check every five years. The most recent central registry check and sworn statement for vendor #1 was overdue by one day.”
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8VAC20-790-210-B
“REPEAT VIOLATION A tuberculosis (TB) screening is required every two years from the last screening. Vendor #1 updated screening was due in 2021. The updated screening has not yet been completed.”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“REPEAT VIOLATION Vendor shall complete a minimum of 16 hours of training annually, appropriate to the age of children in care. Vendor #1 obtained four of the 16 required hours in 2024.”
Nov 2, 2023: subsidy health and safety inspection7 deficiencies
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8VAC20-790-210-B
“Based on record reviews the vendor failed to ensure that caregivers shall undergo TB screenings at least every two years from the date of the initial screening, or more frequently if recommended by a physician. Evidence: The vendors TB screening was dated 10/4/2019.”
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8VAC20-790-250-D-1
“Based on record reviews the vendor failed to ensure that certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) appropriate to the ages of children in care, was current. Evidence: CPR certification expired 10/29/2023.”
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8VAC20-790-250-D-2
“Based on record reviews the vendor failed to ensure that certification in first aid appropriate to the ages of children in care was current. Evidence: The vendors first aid certification expired 10/29/2023.”
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8VAC20-790-250-F
“Based on record reviews the vendor failed to ensure that annually caregivers attend at least 16 hours of training, to include the department’s health and safety update course. Evidence: The vendor has 14 hours of annual training.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-2
“Based on interviews and record reviews the vendor failed to ensure that shelter-in-place procedures shall be practiced twice a year. Evidence: The vendor did not practice the shelter-in-place procedures twice a year.”
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8VAC20-790-430-A-3
“Based on interviews and record reviews the vendor failed to ensure that lockdown procedures shall be practiced at least annually. Evidence: The vendor had not practiced the lockdown procedures annually.”
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8VAC20-790-430-B
“Based on interviews and observation the vendor failed to maintain a record of the dates of the practice drills for one year. Evidence: The vendor did not maintain a record of the dates of the practice fire drills.”
All 4 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Dec 18, 2025 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 6 violations cited |
| Dec 16, 2024 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 3 violations cited |
| Nov 2, 2023 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | 7 violations cited |
| Oct 13, 2022 | Subsidy health and safety inspection | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Unlicensed/Unregistered FDH: Unlicensed/Unregistered FDH, expires Dec 18, 2026.
- A current subsidy provider.
- Capacity: Not given.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each facility’s page. Checked Nov 5, 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 5, 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 9 child care providers in Giles County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 9.
Virginia Department of Education, Search for Child Day Care: each inspection’s page, with its violations. Checked Nov 5, 2026. Updated weekly.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| Patricia Dianne Sheppard This child care provider | 9 |
| Lauretta Estienne | 2 |
| New River Community Action- Pearisburg | 1 |
| Riverview Baptist Church | 0 |
| First Christian Church | 2 |
| Giles Health and Family Center | 4 |
| The Imagination Station | 4 |
| Giles Health and Family Center - Deep River | 2 |
| Tia Wilcox | 0 |
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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 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 5, 2026.
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Replies
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