Santa Clara · Licensed family home

Patel, Minal

At a glance

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

What the state has found

The state cited rules at 1 of its 3 licensing inspections since June 2023.

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Licensing inspections

Jun 20, 2025Nothing cited
Jan 13, 20253 citations
- CCR 102421(a)(1)Type B
  “(a) The licensee shall maintain, in each child's record, the signed and dated notice form required in Section 102419(d). (1) The licensee shall keep the signed and dated notice form for at least three years following termination of service to the child. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in C4(15 minute safe sleep checks), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 102421(a)(1)
- CCR 102417(g)(7)Type B
  “(7) An emergency information card shall be maintained for each child and shall include the child's full name, telephone number and location of a parent or other responsible adult to be contacted in an emergency, the name and telephone number of the child's physician and the parent's authorization for the licensee or registrant to consent to emergency medical care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. C1-C3 were missing form in File, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 102417(g)(7)
- CCR 102419(d)(1)Type B
  “(d) At the time of acceptance of each child into care, the licensee shall provide the child's parent or authorized representative with a copy of the notice Family Child Care Home Notification of Parent's Rights, LIC 995A (8/06), the Caregiver Background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). (1) The licensee shall request the child's parent or authorized representative to sign and date the bottom portion of the notice form LIC 995A (8/06), which acknowledges that the parent or authorized representative has received and read the LIC 995A. The bottom portion of this form must be kept in the child’s file as proof that the parent or authorized representative has been notified of his or her rights and received a copy of the Caregiver background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family Child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. C1-C3 did not copies of form in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.”
  CCR 102419(d)(1)
Jun 20, 2023Nothing cited

The state cited rules at 1 of this home's 3 inspections. Most Bay Area family homes inspected 3 times had fewer: 57% of 798 had none cited.

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%This home
2 of 311%
All 33%

Read every record and the state’s reports

State record — California CDSS Community Care Licensing

Last visit: June 20, 2025
On file: 3 visits since June 2023 — 2 cited nothing
Most serious: Type B — (a) The licensee shall maintain, in each child's record, the signed and dated notice form required in Section 102419(d). (1) The licensee shall keep the signed and dated notice form for at least three years following termination of service to the child. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in C4(15 minute safe sleep checks), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care. · January 13, 2025

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.

Jun 2025 Licensing visit nothing cited

Jan 2025 Licensing visit 3 findings

Licensing visit · January 13, 2025

CCR 102421(a)(1) · Type B

(a) The licensee shall maintain, in each child's record, the signed and dated notice form required in Section 102419(d). (1) The licensee shall keep the signed and dated notice form for at least three years following termination of service to the child. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in C4(15 minute safe sleep checks), which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102417(g)(7) · Type B

(7) An emergency information card shall be maintained for each child and shall include the child's full name, telephone number and location of a parent or other responsible adult to be contacted in an emergency, the name and telephone number of the child's physician and the parent's authorization for the licensee or registrant to consent to emergency medical care. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. C1-C3 were missing form in File, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

CCR 102419(d)(1) · Type B

(d) At the time of acceptance of each child into care, the licensee shall provide the child's parent or authorized representative with a copy of the notice Family Child Care Home Notification of Parent's Rights, LIC 995A (8/06), the Caregiver Background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). (1) The licensee shall request the child's parent or authorized representative to sign and date the bottom portion of the notice form LIC 995A (8/06), which acknowledges that the parent or authorized representative has received and read the LIC 995A. The bottom portion of this form must be kept in the child’s file as proof that the parent or authorized representative has been notified of his or her rights and received a copy of the Caregiver background Check Process, LIC 995E (6/05), and the Family Child Care Consumer Awareness Information, LIC 9212 (10/05). This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. C1-C3 did not copies of form in file, which poses/posed a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.

State report

Jun 2023 Licensing visit nothing cited

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Details

Phone: (408) 510-1911
Area: Santa Clara, 95054
License: 434417340

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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.