Division of Administrative Hearings, Florida
Latest Update: Oct. 30, 1978
Whether or not on or about November 8, 1977, a licensing worker of the Petitioner visited and encountered several violations of the staff ratios in the facility of the Respondents, (among these, five infants completely unsupervised in one room, and eighteen children in two connecting rooms without supervision), in violation of Rule 10C-10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on January 24, 1978, the visit by an employee of the Petitioner to the facility of the Respondents disclosed that the infant area was short one staff member, in violation of Rule 10C-10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on March 8, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner visited the Respondents' facility and found seventeen infants, eleven of whom were under one year of age, supervised by only one staff worker, in violation of Rule 10C- 10.22-(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on March 8, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner visited the Respondents' facility and discovered one child alone in a room in the facility completely unsupervised, in violation of Rule 10C-10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on March 15, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner in a visit to the Respondents' facility found two children in a room completely unsupervised, in violation of Rule 10C-10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Cede. Whether or not on March 15, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner visiting the licensed facility of the Respondents found eleven infants in one room supervised by one staff person, in violation of Rule 10C-10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on March 15, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner while visiting the Respondents' facility discovered on the outside part of the premises, four infants with a group of about fifteen older children being supervised by only two staff persons of the Respondents, in violation of Rule 10C-10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not subsequent to March 15, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner visited the Respondents' facility on three separate occasions and found less than the minimum required staff on duty in violation of Rule 10C- 10.22(2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on April 5, 1978, an employee of the Petitioner visited the Respondents' facility and found nine infants completely unattended in the infant area of Respondents' licensed premises, in violation of Rule 10C-10.22 (2)(e), Florida Administrative Code. Whether or not on that same date, an employee of of the Petitioner visited the facility of the Respondents and discovered that a mattress and springs of one of the cribs had become dislodged in one corner, so that the corner of the mattress and springs had fallen to the floor causing one of the nine infants that was in the crib to be trapped between the mattress and the bottom of the crib.Respondents repeatedly understaffed in violation of law. Revoke license, but stay revocation for satisfactory completion of a two-year probation.