San Jose · Licensed family home

Patel, Bharvi

At a glance

Full-size family home, licensed for up to 14 children.

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 2 of its 3 licensing inspections since November 2022.

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Licensing inspections

Nov 18, 20251 citation
- CCR 102425(j)(2)(D)(c)Type B
  “Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: Time of each 15-minute check. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 infants which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Licensee stated that she thought the 15 minute sleep checks need to be conducted for children only until they are one year old. LPA informed Licensee of the requirement to conduct the checks until infants are 2 years of age.”
  CCR 102425(j)(2)(D)(c)
Apr 17, 20244 citations
- HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A)Type A
  “Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The licensee’s adult son residing in the home did not have background clearance, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A)
- CCR 102417(g)(9)(A)Type B
  “(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The licensee did not have fire drill every 6 month, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 102417(g)(9)(A)
- CCR 102425(j)(2)Type B
  “The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: The provider shall check and document the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. 15 min. sleeping check logs for infants under 2 years old were not maintained in children’s files (C4 and C9), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 102425(j)(2)
- CCR 102425(c)Type B
  “An Individual Infant Sleeping Plan [LIC 9227 (3/20)] shall be completed for each infant up to 12 months of age the provider has in care and included in the infant's file at the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Sleeping plan was not maintained for infant C10, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 102425(c)
Nov 1, 2022Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 2 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 86% of 798 had rules cited at 1 or none.

How all 798 Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times compare

Of the 798 Bay Area family homes the state inspected 3 times, how many of those inspections cited a rule:

None57%
1 of 329%
2 of 311%This home
All 33%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit: November 18, 2025
On file: 3 visits since November 2022 — 1 cited nothing
Most serious: Type A — Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The licensee’s adult son residing in the home did not have background clearance, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · April 17, 2024

California CDSS publishes the full investigation narrative for a complaint, including its disposition, and classifies a citation Type A — an immediate risk to a child — or Type B.

Nov 2025 Licensing visit 1 finding

Licensing visit · November 18, 2025

CCR 102425(j)(2)(D)(c) · Type B

Documentation shall be maintained in the infant’s file and be available to the Department for review. Documentation shall include the following: Time of each 15-minute check. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on interview and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 2 infants which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. Licensee stated that she thought the 15 minute sleep checks need to be conducted for children only until they are one year old. LPA informed Licensee of the requirement to conduct the checks until infants are 2 years of age.

State report

Apr 2024 Licensing visit 4 findings

Licensing visit · April 17, 2024

HSC 1596.871(c)(1)(A) · Type A

Subsequent to initial licensure, a person specified in subdivision (b) who is not exempt from fingerprinting shall obtain either a criminal record clearance or an exemption from disqualification, pursuant to subdivision (f) of this section or Section 1522.7, from the State Department of Social Services prior to employment, residence, or initial presence in the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The licensee’s adult son residing in the home did not have background clearance, which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102417(g)(9)(A) · Type B

(g) The home shall be free from defects or conditions which might endanger a child. Safety precautions shall include but not limited to: (9) Each family child care home shall have a written disaster plan of action prepared on a form approved by the Department. All children, age and ability permitting, and the provider, the assistant provider, and other members of the household, shall be instructed in their duties under the disaster plan. As their age and ability permit, newly enrolled children shall be informed promptly of their duties as required in the plan. (A) Each family child care home shall conduct fire drills and disaster drills at least once every six months. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The licensee did not have fire drill every 6 month, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102425(j)(2) · Type B

The provider shall supervise infants while they are sleeping and adhere to the following requirements: The provider shall check and document the following: This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. 15 min. sleeping check logs for infants under 2 years old were not maintained in children’s files (C4 and C9), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102425(c) · Type B

An Individual Infant Sleeping Plan [LIC 9227 (3/20)] shall be completed for each infant up to 12 months of age the provider has in care and included in the infant's file at the facility. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. Sleeping plan was not maintained for infant C10, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Nov 2022 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone: (408) 667-2986
Area: San Jose, 95132
License: 434413410

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All checked November 2026.

State record

From California CDSS Community Care Licensing’s published reports, last checked November 5, 2026.

Details

Phone, License ccld.dss.ca.gov

Full-size means licensed for 14 children, the most any Bay Area family home holds; 442 of Bay Area’s 466 licensed family homes are. Small is 10 to 13.