Description: BUSY BEE ACADEMY is a One Star Center License in CHARLOTTE NC, with a maximum capacity of 158 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 12. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-01-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 620 | 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) |
| All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. In space #3B, there were two places with chipping paint on the wall. In space #6, there was peeling paint under the window pane and two places on the wall. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. Pieces to a storage building that has not been put together was observed on the infant/toddler and young preschool playground. A temporary fence with wooden posts had been placed on the playground to make the building materials inaccessible to the children however, I observed that the wooden post and material used are not stable and would not prevent the children from having access. There was an opening at the bottom of the fence in three different places on the infant/toddler and young preschool playground. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | 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 #2B, two electrical outlets were not protected with safety covers. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 1045 | .1101(a) |
| New staff, who had contact with children, did not receive at least 16 hrs. orientation within first 6 weeks. Two new staff member's did not have verification on file that all requirements for orientation had been completed. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | 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 member's First Aid training expired December 7, 2023. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | 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 member's CPR certification expired December 7, 2023. | |||
| 2023-11-30 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-07-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-11 | Violation | 601 | 15A NCAC 18A .2806(j)(2) |
| Refrigerator(s) did not maintain a temperature of 45 degrees F. or below. Space 1A and 1B infant room refrigerators read 50 and 58 degrees. | |||
| 2023-07-11 | Violation | 620 | 15A NCAC 18A .2825(a) |
| All walls and ceilings including doors and windows were not kept clean and in good repair. The wall under the window seal in the dramatic play area of Space 5 was observed with a large crack running down the wall. In the same room the cabinet door under the handwashing sink was observed cracked and the countertop by the sink is broken leaving a sharp edge. | |||
| 2023-07-11 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. Indoors I observed in Space 3B, serving toddler/two's, the carpet in dramatic play area in poor repair, raveling and foam interior exposed and a book with pictures torn out. Foam blocks in Space 6, serving three year olds, were observed with bite marks. Outdoors I observed two toy cars missing steering wheels and two battery operated interactive riding toys that did not have batteries to allow the interactive portion of the toy to be used. A shed, that has not been put together, was observed stored on the Infant/Toddlers/Young preschool children playground. | |||
| 2023-07-11 | 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. While monitoring medication in Space 3B, I observed a child's sunscreen without written permission. | |||
| 2023-07-11 | Violation | 843 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(1)(d) |
| A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date. One diaper cream permission in Space 4 was signed 6/28/22, permission expired on 6/28/23. | |||
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