Description: LOVING CARE LEARNING CENTER is a Five Star Center License in MONROE NC, with a maximum capacity of 43 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 1 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
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2023-11-21 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
2023-11-21 | Violation | 524 | .0510(d)(2)(A-C) |
When children 3 years and older were in care, screen time was not used to stimulate a developmental domain; was not limited to 30 minutes a day and no more than a total of two and a half hours per week, per child; and/or was not documented on a cumulative log or the activity plan that is available for review. In the room that serves preschool age children they were using the screen for a short time in the morning and afternoon but there was not a screen time log. | |||
2023-11-21 | Violation | 858 | .0604(q) |
Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In the room that serves children ages one to two there were plastic bags accessible. | |||
2023-11-21 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. There was an emergency binder present but did not have pictures of the children. | |||
2023-06-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
2023-06-02 | Violation | 523 | .0508(g)(3) |
The activity plan did not include a daily gross motor activity which may occur indoors and outdoors. The activity plans that were posted did not include gross motor activities daily. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 812 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(c) |
Electrical outlets and power strips, not in use, which were located in space used by children did not have safety outlets or were not covered with safety plugs unless located behind furniture or equipment that cannot be moved by a child. In space 3, where the children ages 3 through 5 years of age there was one outlet that not covered. On the playground where the school age children play there was an outdoor outlet with the cover missing making the two receptacles accessible. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 828 | .0604 (m) |
Air conditioning units were accessible or did not have a guard to keep objects from being thrown into the unit. The air conditioning unit was accessible, although had a guard still accessible for the children's to slide items in the guarded area as well as the pipes being accessible. Previously this area had been gated but the gate had been removed. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 840 | .2820(b) |
All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. In the kitchen in an unlocked cabinet there was a aerosol can of spray cheese. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 858 | .0604(q) |
Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. In the classroom serving children one and two years old there were two plastic bags, one hanging at the diaper changing table and the other over a new toy in the creative dramatic center, both accessible to the children in care. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. The one staff file that has been here since 2017 did not have a staff development plan available for review. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 1812 | .0607(c) |
The center did not complete an EPR Plan within four months of completing the EPR in Child Care training and/or the Plan was not completed on a template provided by the Division. Although the plan was observed on the website there was no plan printed and in a Ready to Go file. The plan would not print from the website because it stated that there were missing fields which meant it was not completed. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 1824 | .0607(e) |
The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. All staff did not know where the Ready to Go file was located or there was not a review of the plan because it had not been completed or printed. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 1868 | .0605(m)(1-4) |
When equipment on the outdoor learning environment met one of the exceptions outlined in .0605(m)(1-4), the protective surfacing did not meet the specifications in rule. The protective surfacing under the large play unit on the preschool/school age area there was compacted mulch and grass growing through the mulch which altered the materials specifications. | |||
2023-06-02 | Violation | 1882 | .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) |
Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. The medical authorization for the one child who had an epi pen on site had expired. There was no current medical authorization to treat. |
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