Description: LITTLE MARK CHILD CARE CENTER is a Child Care Center in PINETOPS NC, with a maximum capacity of 42 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-04-02 | 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. A fire inspection was completed on January 15, 2026; however, the inspection was not sent to the child care consultant within seven days of the completion of the fire inspection. | |||
| 2026-04-02 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. In the outdoor learning environment, there is a piece of climbing equipment, and the highest critical height measured 3 feet and 2 inches. You had sand as the fall zone; however, the sand measures 1 inch in depth in front of both slides. There were lots of grass roots growing through the sand. | |||
| 2025-11-18 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 1125-030L |
| 2025-10-29 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-10-29 | Violation | 1124 | 10A NCAC 09 .1003(d) |
| Emergency and identifying information, including the child's name, photograph, emergency contact information and/or a copy of the emergency medical care information form was not in the vehicle for each child being transported. Each child being transported did not have a picture attached to the child's application. | |||
| 2025-10-29 | Violation | 1125 | .1003(i)(j) |
| Before children were transported, written permission from a parent was not obtained that included when and where the child was to be transported, expected time of departure and arrival, and the transportation provider. One child who began enrollment on September 3, 2024, had a permission to transport form on file; however, the form was dated September 3, 2024. The form should have been renewed and completed on or prior to September 3, 2025. | |||
| 2025-08-14 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-08-14 | 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. A fire inspection was completed on January 8, 2025; however, the inspection was not sent to the child care consultant within one week of the completion of the fire inspection. | |||
| 2025-08-14 | 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 room number two (2) there was an electrical outlet that did not have a protective cover on it. | |||
| 2024-11-22 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2024-11-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-11-19 | Violation | 201 | GS 110-91(6); .1401(f) |
| A room was occupied by more children than the space allowed at 25-sq. ft. of floor space per child. There was a total of sixteen (16) children in space number two (2). The room's capacity is fourteen (14). | |||
| 2024-11-19 | Violation | 303 | .1801(a)(1-5) |
| Children were not adequately supervised at all times. In space number three (#3) the teacher left the children unattended to go into the kitchen to get some food for one of the children. There were four (4) children from ages six (6) months to 15 months in the classroom. | |||
| 2024-11-19 | Violation | 315 | .0713(a)(1) |
| When combining age groups, the staff/child ratios for the youngest child in the group was not maintained for the entire group. There was one (1) teacher and a total of sixteen (16) children in space number two (2); which consisted of the following: two (2) one-year-olds, five (5) two-year-olds, seven (7) three-year-olds, and two (2) four-year-olds. | |||
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