Enchanting Tree Learning Center - Whiteville NC Three Star Center License

1779 NEW BRITTON HIGHWAY , WHITEVILLE NC 28472
(910) 642-5319

About the Provider

Description: ENCHANTING TREE LEARNING CENTER is a Three Star Center License in WHITEVILLE NC, with a maximum capacity of 100 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.

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 24000146
  • Capacity: 100
  • Age Range: 0 through 12
  • State Rating: 3
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: Yes
  • District Office: North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
  • District Office Phone: (919) 662-4499 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Violations Rule
2023-08-01 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-08-01 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. An uncovered electrical outlet was observed in Space #5.
2023-08-01 Violation 840 .2820(b)
All corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, any product which is under pressure in an aerosol dispenser, and any substance which may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not stored in a locked room or cabinet. Any other product that is labeled "keep out of reach of children" and does not have any other warnings on the label shall be kept inaccessible to children when not in use, but is not required to be kept in locked storage. For the purpose of Paragraphs (b), (c), and (d) of this Rule, a product shall be considered inaccessible to children when stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is mounted a minimum vertical distance of five feet above the finished floor. A container of disinfectant wipes was observed accessible to children in an open cabinet under the diaper changing table in Space #4.
2023-08-01 Violation 858 .0604(q)
Plastic bags, materials that could be torn apart and toy parts small enough to be swallowed were accessible to children under three years of age. A container of plastic trash bags was observed accessible to children under three years of age underneath the diaper changing table in Space #5.
2023-07-19 Unannounced Inspection No
2023-07-12 Unannounced Inspection Yes
2023-07-12 Violation 301 GS 110-91(7);.0713(a-e)
Minimum staff/child ratios and group sizes for the number and ages of children in care were not met. One staff member was observed alone on the playground with 24 children three to five years of age for a few minutes when the other staff member assigned to the group came inside.
2023-07-12 Violation 705 .0601(c)
Equipment and furnishings were not sturdy, stable and free of hazards. Two protruding bolts and ten nails with the pointed ends exposed were observed in equipment on the playground used by children two years of age.
2023-07-12 Violation 841 15A NCAC 18A .2820(d)
Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container. Two prescription eye drop bottles were observed in an unlocked cabinet in the kitchen.
2023-07-12 Violation 847 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9)
Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. An incomplete permission form for topical ointment was observed in Space #5.
2023-07-12 Violation 851 .0803(13)(a-e); .2318(3)
When medication was administered, documentation was not completed or maintained for 6 months and/or the documentation did not include the required information. Per staff member report, two children were given eye drops yesterday and it was not recorded.
2023-07-12 Violation 853 .0802(g)(1-6)
Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. Only one incident report has been logged since December 19, 2022. Two incident reports dated December 21, 2022 and March 6, 2023 were observed on file.
2023-07-12 Violation 856 10A NCAC 09 .0604(n)
The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. Several broken pieces of plastic toys were observed scattered around the playground used by children two years of age.
2023-07-12 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. A staff member who began employment July 11, 2023 did not have a medical report on file. (repeated from 8/23/22)
2023-07-12 Violation 1424 .2506(d)(1-3)
School-aged children were not adequately supervised. Shortly after the visit began, the staff member assigned to school age children left them unattended in Space #3 for several minutes. (repeated from 2/8/23)

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