Description: EAGLE'S NEST ELC & PRESCHOOL MURPHY is a Five Star Center License in MURPHY NC, with a maximum capacity of 65 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-04-21 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. Parent Authorization for one sunscreen, Equate Sunscreen SPF 50, expired on 4/8/2026. | |||
| 2026-04-21 | Violation | 115 | G.S. 110-102 |
| A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not posted in a prominent place in the center. Summary of Law was posted but not current it was dated 2019. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. The mulch surfacing measured between five (5) and six (6) inches deep in the fall zone areas around the climbing structure on outdoor space #1. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 1805 | G.S. 110-90.2 & .2703(r) |
| A child care operator did not notify the Division of any new child care providers, as defined in G.S. 110-90.2(a)(2), who were hired or moved into the child care facility within five business days. The child care operator has not notified the Division of any of the eleven (11) staff that are hired at the child care facility, as well as the legal operator. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | 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Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. There was A & D ointment in space #5, the classroom with two and three year old children, with a mediation authorization that expired on 10/9/25. There was a Ventolin inhaler in space #2, the classroom with three and four year old children, with a medication authorization that expired on 9/4/25. There was Little Remedies Gas Drops in space #4, the classroom with infant and one year old children, with a medication authorization expired 9/19/25. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. There was Parent’s Choice Gas Drops in space #4, the classroom with infant and one year old children, that had a medication authorization for topical administration and not oral administration. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | 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. The fence height for outdoor spaces #1 and #2 measured between three (3) feet, eight (8) inches, and three (3) feet, eleven (11) inches. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 721 | G.S. 110-91(6); .0601(b) |
| All equipment and furnishings were not in good repair. There was a large storage container on outdoor space #1 that was in poor repair, falling apart, and had sharp edges where it was broken. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 526 | 10A NCAC 09 .0901(b) |
| Menus for all meals and snacks were not current or posted where easily seen by parents and cook. A menu was not posted where it could be easily seen by parents. | |||
| 2025-10-30 | Violation | 523 | .0508(g)(3) |
| The activity plan did not include a daily gross motor activity which may occur indoors and outdoors. The activity plan in space #3, the classroom with two and three year old children, did not include a daily gross motor activity which may occur indoors or outdoors. | |||
| 2024-12-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-12-04 | 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 shelter in place was last done on 8/8/24. It has been four months since the last Shelter in place. | |||
| 2024-04-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
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