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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 | Regulations | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022-05-23 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2019-11-18 | Violation | 418-1.11(c)(1) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: | |||
| 2019-11-18 | Violation | 418-1.8(a) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. | |||
| 2019-09-13 | Violation | 418-1.15(b)(14) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the death, serious incident, serious injury, serious condition, communicable illness, or transportation to a hospital, of a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program. A serious incident includes any event in which a child requires medical attention other than routine illness, is left without competent supervision for any period of time, or leaves the program without an approved teacher or designated person. | |||
| 2019-08-09 | Violation | 418-1.8(l)(6) | Corrected |
| Brief Description: When preschool children ages three years to five years are cared for in one group throughout the day, the teacher to child ratio and maximum group size applicable to the age of the majority of children must be followed. | |||
| 2018-10-18 | 418-1.11(b)(1) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: | |||
| 2018-09-06 | 418-1.4(h) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The director or a designated qualified staff member must conduct monthly inspections of the premises to observe possible fire or safety hazards. Any such hazard must be corrected immediately. | |||
| 2018-05-02 | 418-1.5(a) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. | |||
| 2017-12-14 | 413.3(g)(3)(i) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The Office shall require the child day care program to immediately post upon receipt in a prominent place at the program that is visible to parents a copy of the most recent inspection report issued to the program by the Office. | |||
| 2017-12-14 | 418-1.10(a) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law. | |||
| 2017-12-14 | 418-1.11(b)(9) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Consumption of or being under the influence of an illegal drug by any staff person or volunteer is prohibited during child day care hours. | |||
| 2017-12-14 | 418-1.15(b)(14) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the death, serious incident, serious injury, serious condition, communicable illness, or transportation to a hospital, of a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program. A serious incident includes any event in which a child requires medical attention other than routine illness, is left without competent supervision for any period of time, or leaves the program without an approved teacher or designated person. | |||
| 2017-12-14 | 418-1.8(b) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. | |||
| 2017-03-22 | 418-1.9(j) | Corrected | |
| Brief Description: Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. | |||
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