The new Fall Licensing Update is out. Please follow this link for a copy.
One of the items to follow in this update is the new proposal for inspections. Currently, CCLD's inspection protocol is to conduct compliance inspections of all facilities at least once every five years, with an additional annual 30 percent random sampling of all facilities receiving inspections. All of these inspections include a comprehensive review of compliance with all licensing laws and regulations. Due to budget constraints, the CCLD is unable to meet these inspection mandates and has made the proposal to align its resources with its mandates while also strengthening health and safety protections.
The "Strengthening Health and Safety Protections" proposal will require annual unannounced inspections of all facilities with the exception of family child care homes, which will receive a biannual inspection. Certain facilities will not be eligible for a key indicator inspection and will, therefore, receive an unannounced comprehensive health and safety compliance inspection. This would include facilities that are under a noncompliance plan, are on probation, or are pending administrative action. Facilities that do not fall within the parameters described above would receive an inspection using the Health and Safety Compliance Review Tool to review the key indicators of compliance and risk. The CCLD's annual compliance inspections would expand to a comprehensive review when warranted. The CCLD anticipates that inspections conducted using the Health and Safety Compliance Review Tool will take approximately half the time it currently takes to complete a health and safety compliance inspection.
We should always be ready for a visit from licensing. You can use the self inspection tools from licensing to prepare your facility for any inspection.
The first tool is the Facility Review Worksheet.
The second tool is the Administrative Assessment Tool which covers the whole facility operations.
http://www.ccld.ca.gov/res/pdf/RCFEAdministrativeAssessment.pdf
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