Description: BRIGHT BEGINNINGS is a Five Star Center License in MARION NC, with a maximum capacity of 60 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-29 | Violation | 824 | GS 110-91(6); .0605((i) |
| Outdoor play area was not enclosed by fence with a minimum height of 4 feet. The top of the fence, less than six feet, was not free from protrusions. A section 12 foot section of fence measured less than 48 inches in height. One point of measure was 44 inches in height. | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. One infant, asleep during the visit, did not have documentation of sleep checks. A notation was not made when the infant was placed in the crib and twenty minutes passed without a sleep check being documented. | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One staff, employed on 12/24/23 did not have a medical report on file prior to employee. | |||
| 2024-02-29 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One staff, employed on 12/24/23, did not have a medical report on file prior to employee. | |||
| 2023-12-15 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-12-15 | Violation | 842 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(a & b) |
| A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child's parent or authorized health professional. One child, in space #5, had a diaper cream permission to administer medication form that expired on 12/1/23. | |||
| 2023-12-15 | Violation | 1032 | 10A NCAC 09 .0701(a) |
| Child care providers and uncompensated providers who are not substitute providers or volunteers, including the director did not have a medical report on file prior to employment that was signed by a health care professional and/ or the medical report was older than 12 months. One staff employed on October 18, 2023 did not have a medical assessment report on file prior to employment | |||
| 2023-12-15 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One staff employed on October 18, 2023 did not have a negative TB screening on file prior to the first day of work. | |||
| 2023-12-15 | Violation | 1048 | .1102(c) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff employed on July 31, 2023 did not complete training within the ninth day timeframe. | |||
| 2023-12-15 | Violation | 1049 | .1102(d) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. One staff employed on July 31, 2023 did not complete training within the ninth day timeframe. | |||
| 2023-03-16 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-12-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-12-19 | Violation | 106 | 10A NCAC 09 .0304(a) |
| Operator has not scheduled and obtained a fire inspection within 12 months of the previous inspection. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit on a form provided by the Division. The last fire inspection was conducted on August 16, 2021. | |||
| 2022-12-19 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. A fire drill was not conducted and recorded for the month of November 2022. | |||
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