Description: DAY DREAM LEARNING CENTER is a Five Star Center License in GASTONIA NC, with a maximum capacity of 12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-04 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-02-06 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-12-15 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-12-15 | Violation | 811 | .0604(a) |
| Potentially hazardous items including but not limited to power tools, nails, chemicals, propane stoves, lawn mowers, gasoline, or kerosene were not stored in locked areas, removed from the premises, or made inaccessible to children. On the playground, the storage shed was unlocked and accessible to children. Hazardous materials with written warnings, such as keep out of reach of children were located in an unlocked storage shed. The following hazardous materials included Thompson Water Seal Clear Multi-Surface Water Proofer and one propane tank of Blue Rhino. | |||
| 2023-06-07 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-01-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-01-05 | 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. This facility received an approved fire inspection on November 1, 2022. The fire inspection did not occur within 12 months of the previous inspection, which was conducted on October 11, 2021, and approved fire inspection form was not received within one week. The approved fire inspection was received on January 9, 2023, via email from the provider. | |||
| 2023-01-05 | Violation | 852 | .0802 (e) |
| Incident reports were not completed each time a child was injured, it did not include all the information required in rule, it was not signed by the parent and/or it was not maintained in the child's file. An incident report dated December 5, 2022, was not completed fully and had two missing sections. The incident report was missing the witness to the incident and medical treatment that was provided to the child sections. | |||
| 2023-01-05 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. A lockdown drill was not documented every three months. Documentation recorded that the lockdown drill occurred on April 7, 2022, and again on September 12, 2022. This documentation showed that five months had occurred between the lockdown drills. | |||
| 2022-06-16 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-06-16 | Violation | 9995 | |
| A violation was found for which there is no item number. There was one pile of dog waste on the playground accessible to children. This is a violation of sanitation rule 15A NCAC 18A .2831 ANIMAL AND VERMIN CONTROL (a) Unrestrained animals, except those used in supervised activities or pet therapy programs, shall not be allowed in a child care center, including the outdoor learning environment. When animals are on the premises, copies of vaccination records required by North Carolina law and local ordinances shall be available for review. Any animals kept as pets shall be examined by a veterinarian to determine that they are free from vermin, such as mites, lice, fleas, and ticks, and pathogens that could adversely affect human health. Turtles, iguanas, frogs, salamanders, and other reptiles or amphibians are not allowed to be kept as pets on the premises. Animals shall not be allowed in or kept at the entrances to food preparation areas. Animal cages shall be kept clean and waste materials shall be bagged, sealed, and immediately disposed of in the exterior garbage area in a covered container. Animals belonging to child care owners, employees, volunteers, visitors, and children shall not be allowed in child care centers or on the premises unless the above requirements are met. | |||
| 2022-03-22 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-03-22 | Violation | 1890 | .0701(d) |
| Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member's individual personnel file. One staff employed on March 14, 2022, had a Medical Report, Health Questionnaire and TB test documentation forms stored in her personnel file rather than her medical file. | |||
| 2022-03-22 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. A current activity plan was not completed and posted for the preschool and school age children. | |||
| 2022-03-22 | 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 March 14, 2022, had a medical on file dated March 15, 2022. | |||
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