On Friday, Springfield police say, a tipster called and said someone at the center was acting "strange and erratic."

"When our officers arrived she was in a state of undress," Springfield Police Lt. Scott Leven said. "She had a t-shirt on and undergarments and that's about it."

The woman was taken to a hospital for observation. Police are not releasing her name because charges haven't been filed.

A parent, whose two children have been going to the childcare center for five years, told KY3 News off camera that police said the woman who was taken away was the owner. The mother also said the owner mentioned she had just lost custody of her three children.

Online court records show the woman identified as the owner not only lost temporary custody of her kids in a divorce case but also must submit to drug testing.

When parents were called to pick up their kids, they learned more unsettling news about the owner's health.

"She said she was being treated for a staph infection on her hands and feet," Lt. Leven said, "and there was some medication that we located there that is consistent with that story."

Lt. Leven added the medication was left out in the open where kids could get their hands on it.

Since their children could have been exposed to the bacteria on Friday, parents were told to take some precautions.

"Bathe them real well and that should remove any possibility," Lt. Leven said.

Police say, when they arrived at the childcare center on Friday, only two adults were supervising 22 children. Officers called the Department of Health and Senior Services' Bureau of Child Care, which closed the center after learning its business license at the secretary of state's office had not been renewed.

That non-renewal didn't affect the two-year child care license issued in the summer of 2007 by the Bureau of Child Care. Those are two separate processes and applications.