Three citations are leveled against a Bakersfield foster home in the death of an infant in their care. The State Community Care Licensing Division found three deficiencies in the actions of the foster parents connected with the death of a baby last December.

Carl Deloney was five months old when he died while in the care of a foster home in the 6600 block of Eucalyptus. The foster home is certified through a foster family agency, and comes under the review of the state.

Eyewitness News has continued to check with the state. In an e-mail this week, Social Services spokesman Oscar Ramirez said the baby's injuries were found to be "an unfortunate accident," but the Community Care Licensing Division then found "deficiencies" with the foster father's response after that.

"The licensee's husband was moving the child to bed, tripped and dropped the child causing injury," reads the e-mail. "As a result, the child suffered a head injury and eventually died."

It's what happened next that resulted in what the department calls three "type A" citations, which they call serious.

"1. The husband failed to have nature of illness/injury determined by a physician when child showed signs of serious injury/illness. 2. Husband failed to get immediate medical attention for child. 3. Husband failed to provide accurate information to medical personnel for child in his care in a timely manner," continues the e-mail.

The child's mother is LaShawn Wandick. After the baby died, she told Eyewitness News the child had been placed in foster care at birth after drugs were found in his system. She had seen Carl at the hospital after he was injured on Dec. 15.

"When we saw him he looked normal," Wandick said. "But he had bruises all up along the side of his face."

The foster mother is listed is Luz Peralta and her husband is Oswaldo Peralta. Sheriff investigators had reported the husband did not call for medical aid after the baby was hurt, but called his wife -- and she called the ambulance.

The home was certified through a foster family agency, Pathway Family Services, Inc. A letter forwarded from state officials shows the agency de-certified the home on May 14, 2009. On Wednesday, Pathways president Rick Smith told Eyewitness News the home had been with his agency for only a short time.

"This is a very unfortunate accident," Smith said. "And as an organization, we've done a lot of internal review as far as how to work with families with very young children." But Smith also said the agency's attorney believes the citations against the foster parents are "very weak."

Smith also said when the home was certified it had no problems on its record, it passed all state clearances, and the agency found no problems when they made regular visits to the home.

State officials say they are looking at other action on the case. "The department is now evaluating for possible administrative action," reads the e-mail from Oscar Ramirez. Also from Social Services, Lizelda Lopez said those administrative actions could be possible action against the foster parents, but she declined to say what that could result in.

Lopez said her office is not considering any criminal action against the parents. she said however, the Type A citations will stay on the parents' permanent record -- which would show up if they wanted to become a foster home under a different agency.