STAFFING: 12160 - CCLR s.20(1) - The licensee must not permit a person over the age of 12 to be ordinarily present on the premises of a community care facility while children are present, unless the person is of good character and the licensee has obtained a criminal record check for that person.
Observation: An ordinarily present individual's CRC expired in Jul/2022.
Corrective Action(s): This individual's CRC must be obtained.
Date to be Corrected: 13/Dec/2022
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: 13010 - CCLR s.22(1)(a) - A licensee must (a) ensure that a community care facility has (i) emergency exits that meet the requirements of the BC Building Code, and (ii) a fire drill system that is approved as definedby section 31 of the Fire Services Act.
Observation: The fire extinguisher required servicing in Aug/2022.
Corrective Action(s): Servicing is required for the fire extinguisher.
Date to be Corrected: 13/Dec/2022
POLICIES AND PROCEDURES: 13020 - CCLR s.22(1)(b) - A licensee must: (b) have an emergency plan that sets out procedures to prepare for, mitigate, respond to and recover from any emergency.
Observation: The 72-hour emergency kit had old water or juice bottles for storing water.
Corrective Action(s): Water bottles must be new & not expired for the emergency kit.
Date to be Corrected: 13/Dec/2022
PROGRAM: 18060 - CCLR s.44(3)(4)(5) - A licensee, other than a licensee providing a care program described as Occasional Child Care, must provide each child with daily outdoor play periods unless weather conditions would make it unreasonable to do so. (4) Despite subsection (1), a licensee who provides a care program described as Occasional Child Care need not provide a program of outdoor activities. (5) Despite subsection (3), that subsection applies to a licensee who provides a care program described as Child-minding only if the program provides care for 3.5 hours or more each day.
Observation: Children were not provided w/ daily outdoor active play yesterday or today.
Corrective Action(s): Unless the weather is inclement (severe/harsh) & the ground surfacing is hazardous, children must be provided w/ ≥ 1 hour of daily outdoor active play. This may be accumulated through ≥ 15 minute portions of time throughout the day or continuously. These are requirements under the Director of Licensing Standard of Practice: Active Play (https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/health/about-bc-s-health-care-system/child-day-care/active_play_june_2016.pdf).
Date to be Corrected: 07/Dec/2022
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