Bright Ideas Enrichment Center - Midlothian
14330 Sommerville Court
Midlothian, VA 23113
(804) 897-9050
Current Inspector: Jaime Harris (804) 807-3278
Inspection Date: Nov. 18, 2024
Complaint Related: No
- Areas Reviewed:
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8VAC20-780 Administration.
8VAC20-780 Staff Qualifications and Training.
8VAC20-780 Physical Plant.
8VAC20-780 Staffing and Supervision.
8VAC20-780 Programs.
8VAC20-780 Special Care Provisions and Emergencies
8VAC20-780 Special Services.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSE.
8VAC20-820 THE LICENSING PROCESS.
8VAC20-820 HEARINGS PROCEDURES.
8VAC20-770 Background Checks (8VAC20-770)
20 Access to minor?s records
22.1 Background Checks Code, Carbon Monoxide
63.2 Child Abuse & Neglect
- Comments:
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An unannounced renewal inspection was completed on 11/18/2024. The on-site
inspection began at approximately 10:26 a.m. and ended at 2:00 p.m. The inspector reviewed compliance in the areas listed above. There were 66 children present and15 staff supervising. The inspector reviewed 5 child records and 6 staff records on-site. This inspection included document review, tour of the facility, interviews, and observations.
Information gathered during the inspection determined non-compliance with applicable standards or law, and violations are documented on the violation notice issued to the program.
Please complete the plan of correction (POC) and date to be corrected sections for each violation cited on the violation notice. Specify how the violation will be or has been corrected. Submit your POC within five (5) business days from today, which will be the close of business on 12/17/2024. A POC submitted after this date will not appear on the public website.
- Violations:
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Standard #: 22.1-289.035-B-2 Description: Repeat violation
Providers must obtain a completed national criminal background check prior to the employee's first day of employment. S1, S2, S3, S4, S5, and S6 completed center orientation and training prior to a completed national criminal background check being received.Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-770-60-C-2 Description: Repeat violation
For staff hired before July 1, 2024, providers must obtain the results of a central registry search for an employee, within 30 days of service. S6 did not have central registry search results until after being employed for over 4 months.Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-160-A Description: Documentation of a negative tuberculosis (TB) screening must be submitted at the time of employment, before coming into contact with children, and shall have been completed within the last 30 days of the date of employment. S2 employed for less than 1 month had no documentation of a negative TB screening. S3 screening was dated 3 weeks after the time of employment. Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-270-A Description: The center shall ensure that areas and equipment of the center, inside and outside, are maintained in a clean, safe and operable condition. A ceiling tile in the Infant II room was observed to be bowed and off the track. Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-270-C Description: The center shall ensure that the inside areas occupied by children the temperature shall be maintained no lower than 68 degrees Fahrenheit. The thermostat in the 3-year-old room registered the classroom temperature at 66 degrees. Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-280-B Description: Hazardous substances shall be kept in a locked place using a safe locking method that prevents access by children. Air freshener was observed under the sink in the hallway staff bathroom accessible to children with the warning ?Keep out of Reach of Children?. Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-290-A-3 Description: In areas used by preschool age or younger children, electrical outlets shall have protective covers. Two power strips in the 4?5-year-old room did not have protective covers. Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-550-P Description: The center shall maintain a written record of children?s serious or minor injuries that contain all the required information. 9 of 36 injury reports in September, 2 of 36 injury reports in October, and 3 of 8 injury reports in November did not document future actions to be taken to prevent recurrence of the injury. Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Standard #: 8VAC20-780-560-G Description: When food is brought from home the food containers must be clearly dated. Multiple
lunch containers were not dated in the 2-year-old classroom.Plan of Correction: Not available online. Contact Inspector for more information.
Disclaimer:
A compliance history is in no way a rating for a facility.
The online compliance history includes only information after July 1, 2003. In addition, the online compliance history includes information regarding adverse actions that may be the subject of a pending appeal. An adverse action is not final until a provider has exhausted or waived all due process rights. For compliance history prior to July 1, 2003, or information regarding the status of pending adverse actions, please contact the Licensing Inspector listed in the facility's information. The Virginia Department of Social Services (VDSS) is not responsible for any errors in or omissions from the compliance history information.
