Petitioner: LIL` ANGELS CHRISTIAN PRE-KINDERGARTEN
Respondent: DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILY SERVICES
Judges: BARBARA J. STAROS
Agency: Department of Children and Family Services
Locations: McIntosh, Florida
Filed: Aug. 06, 2004
Status: Closed
Settled and/or Dismissed prior to entry of RO/FO on Wednesday, August 18, 2004.
Latest Update: Dec. 22, 2024
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: ; ! Jeb Bush
FLORIDA DEPARTMENT OF : Governor
CHILDREN Jerry Regier
& FAMI LI ES Secretary
Revocation of Child Care Facility License
STATE OF FLORIDA
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES
IN THE MATTER OF:
A Civil Penalty Against
Margaret Mackay .
Lil’ Angels Christian Pre-kindergarten O
20098 North Hwy 441
McIntosh, FL 32664
ADMINISTRATIVE COMPLAINT
NATURE OF THE CASE
4. This case arises from the Respondent's failure to comply with Sect ons 4C2.301-
402.319 et seq., Florida Statutes with respect to licensure requirements.
2. This is an administrative action for imposition of civil penalties per known incident(s) of
occurrence as authorized in section 402.310, Florida Statutes.
3. Petitioner, State of Florida, Department of Children and Families is the administrative
agency of the State of Florida, charged with the duty to enforce and administer the provisions of
Chapter 402, Florida Statutes.
4. On January 2, 2004, the facility was notified by certified mail that Lil!’ Angels Christian
Pre-kindergarten Child Care Facility was in violation of $.402.305 (2)(f), Florida Statutes and 65C-
22.003 (7)(a), Florida Administrative Code in that documentation of your director credential had
not been provided to the Department. The facility was given 10 business days from the date of
the letter to provide documentation (a copy) of the director credential certificate or training
transcript. The facility was advised that failure to comply with documentation requirements will
result in the immediate issuance of a provisional license for a period not to exceed six months.
5. -On January 16, 2004, the Department had not received documentation of the facility's
director credential, therefore the facility was issued a provisional license for the period January 2,
2004 through July 2, 2004. As part of the corrective action, the Department requested monthly” -
updates on the facility's progress towards earning a director credential or hiring a director with the
appropriate credential, to be given to the licensing representative by mail or telephonically.
These updates were due by the 15" of each month.
6. On June 2, 2004, the facility was notified by certified mail advising the facility of the
continued noncompliance and that documentation must be received by the Department or action
to revoke the provisional license will be initiated.
1601 West Gulf Atlantic Hwy Wildwood, Florida 34785
The Department of Children and Families is committed to working in partnership with local
communities to ensure safety, well-being and self-sufficiency for the people we serve.
Therefore, you are hereby notified of the Department's intent to revoke your license to
operate Lil’ Angels Christian Pre-kindergarten.
This decision is based on the facility's failure to comply with 5.402.305 (2)(f) and 65C-22.003
(7)(a), Florida Administrative Code, which state in part, respectively:
“By January 1, 2004, the (director) credential shall be a minimum
standard for licensing”.
“Pursuant to Section 402.305 (2)(f), Florida Statutes, every child
care facility director must have a director credential by.
January 1, 2004, which consists of the foundational level or the
advanced level. As of January 1,2004, every applicant for a license
to operate a child care facility or a license fora change of ownership
of a child care facility must document that the facility director has a
director credential prior to issuance of the license to operate the facility”.
NOTICE OF RIGHTS
Ayes See
This decision constitutes final agency action unless a person who is substantially affected by it
submits a written request for hearing that is received within twenty-one days from the date on
which he or she first receives this notice. The request for hearing must also meet the
- requirements of Section 120.562, Florida Statutes (F.S.), and either Rule 28-106.201 or Rule 28-
406.301, Florida Administrative Code, or else it will be dismissed as required by Section
120.569(2)(c), F.S.
That law and those rules require the written request for hearing to include the following -
information: :
4, The name and address of each agency affected and each agency's file or identification
number if known;
2. The name, address and telephone number of the person who is asking for the hearing
(the petitioner);
3. The name, address, and telephone number of the petitioner's representative, if any;
4. An explanation of how the petitioner's substantial interests are or will be affected by
the agency decision,
5. Astatement of when and how the petitioner received notice of the agency decision;
6. Astatement that the petitioner does not dispute the facts upon which the agency relied
but that it wants to exercise the right to be heard anyway OR a statement that the
petitioner does dispute the facts upon which the agency relied and a list of the facts
in dispute;
7. Aconcise statement of the facts as the petitioner perceives them to be, including the
specific facts set out by the agency that the petitioner wants the agency to -everse or
change;
8. Astatement of the specific rules or statutes that the petitioner believes requires the
agency to reverse or modify its decision, and
9. Astatement specifying what action the petitioner wants the agency to take in the matter.
Failure to request a hearing in writing and within the time frames required in this notice or failure
to provide the information required by the law and rules governing requests for Chapter 120
hearings constitutes 4 complete waiver of any right that a substantially affected person may have
to challenge this decision.
The request must be received by the following persons at the following addresses on or before
twenty-one (21) days of the date on which this notice was first received by the person requesting
the hearing:
Shane DeBoard Paul Flounlacker, Agency Clerk
Assistant General Counsel Department of Children & Families
Department of Children & Families Office of the General Counsel
1601 W. Gulf Atlantic Hwy. 4323 Winewood Blvd., Bldg. 1, Suite 407
Wildwood, FL 34785 Tallahassee, FL. 32301
STATE OF FLORIDA,
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN AND FAMILIES |
CERTIFICATION OF SERVICE
{ HEREBY CERTIFY that a true and correct copy of the foregoing has been furnished by
U.S. Certified Mail #70993400000574733228, Return | Receipt Re uestad, in accordance
with ss. 120.60(3), Florida Statutes, this )__ day of gett, za
STATE OF FLORIDA,
DEPARTMENT OF CHILDREN & FAMILIES
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Docket for Case No: 04-002782