HabiTots of Medford - Medford NY Day Care Center

703 E Patchogue Yaphank Road , Medford NY 11763
(631) 345-3200

About the Provider

Description: HabiTots of Medford is a Day Care Center in Medford NY, with a maximum capacity of 178 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of Total Capacity: 178;Infants: 16;Toddlers: 44;Preschool: 76;School-Age: 42;. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.

Additional Information: There has been enforcement actions since 2003;

Program and Licensing Details

  • License Number: 857315
  • Capacity: 178
  • Age Range: Total Capacity: 178;Infants: 16;Toddlers: 44;Preschool: 76;School-Age: 42;
  • Enrolled in Subsidized Child Care Program: No
  • Schools Served: South Country School District
  • Initial License Issue Date: Feb 19, 2020
  • Current License Issue Date: Feb 19, 2020
  • District Office: Long Island Regional Office
  • District Office Phone: (631) 240-2560 (Note: This is not the facility phone number.)

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Inspection/Report History

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Date Type Regulations Status
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.5(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.5(a)(1)(i) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must take suitable precautions to prevent the following: serious injury of a child while in care at the program or being transported by the program; and
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.8(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.10(c) Corrected
Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.11(b)(13) Corrected
Brief Description: Staff must be aware of each child's special health care needs identified in the child's individual health care plan. This includes, but is not limited to, allergies, disabilities and medical conditions.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.11(c)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.11(c)(2)(x) Corrected
Brief Description: guidelines and procedures to be followed for the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis that comply with the anaphylactic policy for child day care providers jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health; and
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.12(an) Corrected
Brief Description: Staff must take steps to prevent a child's exposure to the foods to which the child is allergic.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.15(a)(1)(ii) Corrected
Brief Description: Each child day care center must operate in compliance with the regulations of the Office and all other applicable laws and regulations.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.5(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.5(a)(1)(i) Corrected
Brief Description: The program must take suitable precautions to prevent the following: serious injury of a child while in care at the program or being transported by the program; and
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.8(a) Corrected
Brief Description: Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.10(c) Corrected
Brief Description: In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner:
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.11(b)(13) Corrected
Brief Description: Staff must be aware of each child's special health care needs identified in the child's individual health care plan. This includes, but is not limited to, allergies, disabilities and medical conditions.
2021-11-02 Violation 418-1.11(c)(1) Corrected
Brief Description: The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

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