Description:
The Pa-Paw Patch is a childcare center in the heart of Vale, NC dedicated to providing quality childcare. The center is owned and operated by two generations of women who understand the importance of providing a safe environment for children to grow.
We want kids to feel like the Pa-Paw Patch is their second home!
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Four Star Center License
Where possible, ChildcareCenter provides inspection reports as a service to families. This information is deemed reliable, but is not guaranteed. We encourage families to contact the daycare provider directly with any questions or concerns, as the provider may have already addressed some or all issues. Reports can also be verified with your local daycare licensing office.
| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-08-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-08-05 | Violation | 1246 | GS 110-91(12); .10A NCAC 09 .2806(b) |
| All 5 of the following activity areas were not available daily to each group art/creative play, children's books, blocks/blockbuilding, manipulatives, family living/dramatic play. In space #4, I also observed there was no art center available for the children to access. The teacher stated the art materials were in her cabinet. The teacher created an art activity area in the classroom today using the materials she had available in the closet. | |||
| 2022-08-05 | Violation | 468 | .0510(d)(1) |
| When three year old children and older were in care, the materials and equipment in the activity area was not in sufficient quantity to allow at least three children to use the area regardless of whether the children choose the same or different activities. In space #4, for two-and- three-year old children, I observed in the language center the only activity available was books. You placed a flannel board and flannel characters, and puppets in the language center during my visit. | |||
| 2022-08-05 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. In the playground for used by the three and four-year old children, I observed a metal car climbing structure. The metal tunnel and frame of the car is rusted. You removed the rusted climbing structure out of the play area today. | |||
| 2022-08-05 | 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 space #6, for three-and four-year old children, I observed on a shelf in an unlocked cabinet an aerosol can of Lysol Disinfectant. The teacher placed the Lysol Disinfectant in the locked closet. | |||
| 2022-08-05 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. I observed one bottle of "Gripe Water" and one container of saline drops with the permission to administer written on the permission slip that is supposed to be used to diaper creams and other topical ointments. The medication permission forms the parents had completed for the Gripe Water and Saline Drops also indicated that the products be administered “as needed”. | |||
| 2021-09-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2021-09-09 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. Two (2) staff did not have an annual staff evaluation. | |||
| 2021-09-09 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Breast milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child's home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child. In space #1, three (3) children's bottles were not dated. | |||
| 2021-09-09 | Violation | 813 | 10A NCAC 09 .0604(d) |
| Electric fans were not mounted out of reach or did not have a mesh guard to prevent access. There was an electric fan in the foyer floor not mounted out of reach or with a mesh guard. | |||
| 2021-09-09 | 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 space #1, there were three (3) small bottles of hand sanitizer not located out of reach. In space #5, a staff purse was located in a closet with the key hanging in the door. | |||
| 2021-09-09 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space #2, one (1) permission to administer form for Aquaphor did not have the amount on it. | |||
| 2021-09-09 | Violation | 849 | .0803(12) |
| Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. In space #2, one tube of Boudraux Butt Paste expired 07/2021. In space #2, one diaper cream permission to administer expired on 7/15/2021, one diaper cream permission to administer expired on 6/20/2021 and one diaper cream to administer expired on 8/17/2021. One sunscreen permission to administer expired on 6/14/2021. | |||
| 2020-09-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2020-09-16 | 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 space #6, there were two (2) bottles of SCJ Refresh Antibac Foam hand cleaner with Keep out of Reach of Children with additional warnings located in an unlocked cabinet. | |||
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