Growing Years Daycare and Pre-K

Repeat violation Then sponsor shall maintain public liability insurance for bodily injury for each center site with a minimum limit of at least $500,000 each occurrence and with a minimum of $500,000 aggregate.

“The center did not have current liability insurance. The center’s liability insurance expired a year ago.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-H.

Children three years of age or younger may not be offered foods that are considered to be potential choking hazards

“There were 4 children in the toddler class (all 2 years of age). The children were served grapes for lunch that were not cut to prevent a potential choking hazard.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-560-F-4.

Repeat violation Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child’s name.

“There was a lunchbox with four formula prepared infant bottles in the classroom. There was no labels or date on the lunchbox or the bottles.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-570-E.

Each building that was built before 2015 and that houses a child day program that is licensed and serves preschool-age children shall be equipped with at least one carbon monoxide detector.

“The center has 2 buildings that did not have carbon monoxide detectors installed.”

Rule 22.1-289.058.

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

“Child #1 who has been enrolled for over a year did not have documentation of a physical examination in the child’s record.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-140-A.

Each staff member shall submit at the time of employment and completed within 30 days of employment, documentation of a negative tuberculosis screening.

“Staff #3 employed for 5 months did not complete their TB skin test/screening within 30 days before employment.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-160-A.

Staff shall complete annually a minimum of 16 hours of training appropriate to the age of children in care.

“Staff #1 employed for over 1 year did not complete 16 hours of annual training for 2025. Staff #4 employed for over 2 years did not complete 16 hours of annual training for 2025. Staff #5 employed for over 2 years did not complete 16 hours of annual training for 2025.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-245-A.

The center shall develop and implement a written policy and procedure that describes how the center will ensure that each group of children receives care by consistent staff or team of staff members.

“Center has not developed continuity of care policy and procedures.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-350-F.

The sponsor shall maintain public liability insurance for bodily injury for each center site with a minimum limit of at least $500,000 each occurrence and with a minimum limit of $500,000 aggregate.

“The center did not have current liability insurance. The center’s liability insurance expired 7/15/2025.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-H.

The center shall develop written procedures for prevention of shaken baby syndrome or abusive head trauma, including coping with crying babies, safe sleeping practices, and sudden infant death syndrome awareness.

“Center has not developed written procedures for prevention of shaken baby syndrome, abusive head trauma, safe sleeping practices and sudden infant death syndrome awareness.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-40-K.

Prepared infant formula shall be refrigerated, dated and labeled with the child’s name.

“In the infant classroom refrigerator, the Licensing Inspector observed 2 infant bottles that were not dated.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-570-E.

Staff who work directly with children shall in addition to preservice and orientation training annually complete the department’s health and safety update course.

“Staff #1 who has been employed for more than 1 year did not complete the department’s 2025 health and safety update course. Staff #5 who has been employed for more than 2 years did not complete the department’s 2024 & 2025 health and safety health and safety update course.”

Rule 8VAC20-790-600-F.

Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee’s first day of employment.

“Staff #4, who had been employed for one months, did not have a completed national criminal background check.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-2.

Providers must ensure no person shall be hired for compensated employment prior to requesting the results of the central registry search and the provisional hire shall not be alone with children until the results of the central registry search have been obtained as required by the Code of Virginia.

“Staff #3, who had been employed for six month, did not have a central registry search on file and were working alone during the inspection. Staff #4, who had been employed for one month, did not have a central registry search on file and were working alone during the inspection.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-B-3.

Documentation of at least 2 references to character, reputation, and competency are to be checked prior to employment.

“Staff #4, who has been actively working at the center for the past month, had references on file that were eight days past the required timeframe.”

Rule 8VAC20-770-70-A.

Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled that contains all of the required information.

“The record for Child #2, enrolled for six weeks, was missing the following required components: Addresses for both emergency contacts.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

22.1-289.035-A

“All employees shall undergo a background check every five years. The most recent Virginia criminal background check for Staff 2 was approximately one month overdue.”

Rule 22.1-289.035-A.

8VAC20-780-350-B-1

“The staff-to-children ratio is required whenever children are in care. The ratio for birth up to 16 months is one staff for every four children. There was one staff member and six children in the baby room.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-350-B-1.

8VAC20-780-60-A

“Each center shall maintain and keep at the center a separate record for each child enrolled which shall contain the following information: documentation of child updates and confirmation of up-to-date information in the child’s record [annual review of parent information and emergency contacts]. The record for Child 1 was last updated 12/5/2021 and the record for Child 3 was updated 12/14/2022.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-60-A.

Based on observation, the center failed to be maintained in a clean, safe, and operable condition.

“EVIDENCE: Two floor tiles next to the wall between the kitchen and a bathroom door are coming loose and represent a trip hazard.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-280-A.

Based on record review, the facility failed to obtain a copy of the physical examination for a child within 30 days of a child’s attendance.

“EVIDENCE: Child 5 began attendance 4/14/2023 and the physical was done 5/23/2023.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-140-A.

Based on record review, the center failed to ensure that a physical examination form for a child was signed by a physician, physician’s designee, or official of a local health department.

“EVIDENCE: The physical exam form for child 4 was dated 4/27/2023 and was not signed by physician, physician’s designee, or official of a local health department.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-150-B.

Based on staff record review, the center failed to have documentation showing that references for a new staff person were checked before employment.

“EVIDENCE: The record for Staff 3, who started 9/12/2023, had no documentation to show that references were checked.”

Rule 8VAC20-780-70.