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Lockhart Child Development Center
Concord, NC
· Cabarrus County
525 LAKE CONCORD RD NE,
Concord, NC 28025
Quick Facts
Capacity
106 children
Age Range
0 through 5
Subsidized Program
Does not participate
State Rating
5
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Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
13000588
License Holder
LOCKHART CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER
License Issued
Mar 28, 2022
Issued By
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services
District Office
North Carolina Dept of Health and Human Services - Division of Child Development
License Conditions: Other - Meets enhanced ratios minus 1 child in each group.
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About the Provider
LOCKHART CHILD DEVELOPMENT CENTER is a Five Star Center License in CONCORD NC, with a maximum capacity of 106 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 5. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-06 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0626-288L |
| 2026-07-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-07-06 | Violation | 428 | GS 110-91(12); .0508(a) |
| A current activity plan was not posted for each group of children for reference. In space 104 there was no activity plan posted. | |||
| 2026-07-06 | 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 ABCMS roster has not been updated to include all of the staff members that is employed at the facility. | |||
| 2026-07-06 | Violation | 1882 | .0803(6)(a-i); .0803(7)(a-g); .0803(8)(a-d) |
| Medication authorization, giving the caregiver standing authorization did not meet the specifications in rule. There were 10 topical medication permission to administer forms that did not contain all of the required information, such as the amount of the medication to administer and the dates that the medications would expire. | |||
| 2026-07-06 | Violation | 1908 | .0608(b)(1-6) |
| A child's file did not have a statement with parent signature acknowledging receipt and explanation of the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy and/or the acknowledgement did not have all the required information. The Prevention of Shaken Baby and Abusive Head Trauma form for (2) children did not contain the children’s date of enrollment. | |||
| 2026-03-19 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-07-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-07-08 | 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 March 2024, and another inspection was not completed until May 2025. Operator did not submit the original approved report to DCDEE within one week of the inspection visit. | |||
| 2025-07-08 | Violation | 1054 | 10A NCAC 09 .1106(a) |
| Documentation of staff's on-going training was not on file and/or was not current. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have on-going training certificates on file and available for review. | |||
| 2025-07-08 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on 3/14/23 did not have a current staff development plan on file. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not have a current staff development plan or annual staff evaluation on file. | |||
| 2025-07-08 | 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. A staff member hired on 7/7/25 did not have a medical report on file. | |||
| 2025-07-08 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. A staff member hired on 6/13/22 did not complete all health and safety trainings. | |||
| 2025-03-13 | Unannounced Inspection | No | 0225-320L |
| 2025-03-11 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | 0225-320L |
| 2025-03-11 | Violation | 908 | .1803(b) |
| Discipline was not appropriate for the child's age and development. Two staff members stated that when a three year old child displayed challenging behaviors in the classroom, on more than one occasion the child was placed in a one year old classroom during rest time. | |||
| 2025-02-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-02-13 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 10/23/24 did not have a copy of a negative TB test on file or available for review. | |||
| 2025-02-13 | Violation | 1048 | .1102(c) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 7/31/23 did not have a First Aid certificate on file and available for review. | |||
| 2025-02-13 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 9/25/23, 5/11/22, 6/13/22 and 8/24/22 did not have a Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment certificate on file and available for review. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 541 | .0902(a) |
| The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103 one child's feeding plan did not have a parent's signature, and one child's feeding plan did not have the date the plan was received. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 608 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(c) |
| Children did not wash their hands upon arrival at the center, after each visit to the toilet, before eating, before and after water activity play, after outside play, and after handling animals or animal cages. In space 102 children's hands were not washed before meal time. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 609 | 15A NCAC 18A .2803(a) |
| Staff did not wash their hands thoroughly before beginning work, before/after handling food, before bottle feeding or serving to other children, after toileting or handling body fluids, after diaper changing and after handling soiled items. In space 102 teachers did not wash their hands before prepping and serving meals to children. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 847 | 10A NCAC 09 .0803(4)(6-9) |
| Parent's medication authorization did not include required information. In space 104 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 103 there was not a permission to administer form on file for three diaper creams. In space 102 there was not a permission to administer form on file for four diaper creams. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for one diaper cream. In space 101 there was not a permission to administer form on file for two medications. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 862 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the emergency medical care plan annually. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | 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 hired on 5/10/24 did not have a medical report on file. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a TB test on file. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1034 | .0701(a) |
| All staff, including the director, did not have an annual health questionnaire on file following the initial medical statement. A staff member hired on 10/18/23 and 5/10/24 did not have a health questionnaire on file. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1048 | .1102(c) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21, 2/26/24, and 10/18/23 did not have a current First Aid certification on file. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1049 | .1102(d) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current CPR certification on file. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. A staff member hired on on 1/3/21 did not have an annual staff evaluation on file. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1824 | .0607(e) |
| The trained staff did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information was current. The EPR plan has not been reviewed or updated since June 2022. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1825 | .0607(f) |
| All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. A staff member hired on 1/3/21 did not review the EPR plan annually. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1835 | .0801(b) |
| The medical action plan was not updated on an annual basis or when changes to the plan were made by the child's parent or health care professional. In space 101 an emergency medication had an expired emergency medical action plan. | |||
| 2024-07-09 | Violation | 1897 | .1102(g) |
| The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment. A staff member hired on 2/26/24 and 10/18/23 did not have a current Child Maltreatment training certificate on file. | |||
| 2023-08-08 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-07-31 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-31 | 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. In space 101 and space 103 there were plastic bags in a cabinet accessible to children. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 862 | 10A NCAC 09 .0802(a) |
| The EMC plan was not reviewed with all staff annually and whenever the plan was revised. One staff did not have information on file showing that the Emergency Medical Care Plan was reviewed annually. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | 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 did not have a medical on file prior to employment. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One staff did not have a TB test or screening prior to employment. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. One staff did, date of employment 10/18/22, not have information on file showing that a staff development plan and an annual staff evaluation has been completed. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1323 | 10A NCAC 09 .0302(d)(2) |
| Each child was not immunized as per Article 6 of Chapter 130A and an immunization record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. One child did not have an immunization record on file. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1324 | .1804(c) |
| Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. Five children’s files did not have information showing that the discipline policy was reviewed and discussed with the parent at enrollment. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1329 | .0801(a)(1-7) |
| Application for enrollment did not include all required information. Three children’s applications did not include all required information. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1825 | .0607(f) |
| All staff did not review the center's EPR Plan during orientation and/or on an annual basis with the trained staff. Documentation of the review was not maintained on file. One staff did not have information on file showing that the EPR Plan was reviewed annually. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1874 | .0608(d)(1-4) |
| The Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was not reviewed with new staff prior to providing care with children and/or a signed acknowledgement with all the required information was not maintained in the staff person's file. One staff did not have information on file showing that the Prevention of Shaken Baby Policy was reviewed prior to being in the classroom. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. One staff, date of employment 10/18/22, did not complete health and safety trainings within one year of employment. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 319 | .0713(a)(10), (c) & (f)(3); .2818(e) |
| Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. In space 101, the classroom staff to child ratio sheet was completed based upon enhanced staff/child ratios instead of enhanced staff/child ratios minus one. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 541 | .0902(a) |
| The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103, there were three feeding plans that have not been signed by the parent. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 604 | 15A NCAC 18A .2818(a) |
| Lavatories were not kept clean, in good repair and kept free of storage. In space 102, there were various items and materials stored in the bathroom. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. The last fire drill was conducted on May 19, 2023. There was not record of a fire drill being conducted in June 2023. | |||
| 2023-07-31 | Violation | 807 | 10A NCAC 09 .0601(a) |
| A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children. In space 101 and space 102 there were batteries in an unlocked cabinet. In space 104, there was a box of Scrub Buddies Quick Erasers in an unlocked cabinet. In space 104 there was a bottle of hand sanitizer that was sitting on a shelf accessible to children. On playground 1, if facing the parking lot, on the right-hand side of the fence there is a hole in the fence. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-02-28 | 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 conducted on November 19, 2021. There was not record of a current fire inspection being conducted. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | Violation | 541 | .0902(a) |
| The written feeding plan did not include the child's name, parent signature, and/or was not dated when received by the center. In space 103, a written feeding plan was not signed and dated by the parent. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | Violation | 1067 | .1101(a)(b) |
| Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. Six hours of orientation was not completed within the first two weeks of employment for one staff. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | Violation | 1301 | GS 110-91(9) |
| Center did not maintain a record of daily attendance The attendance was not completed on February 27, 2023, in room 100. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | 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. There is not record of a shelter-in-place and/or lock down drill being conducted since July 21, 2022. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | Violation | 1826 | .0607(g) |
| Substitutes and volunteers counted in ratio were not informed of the center's EPR Plan and its location. Documentation of this notice was not maintained on file or in a file designated for emergency preparedness and response plan documents. There was not documentation showing that the Emergency Preparedness and Response Plan was reviewed with one staff. | |||
| 2023-02-28 | Violation | 1914 | .0802(b)(1-2) |
| The person identified as the person or alternate person responsible for carrying out the emergency medical care plan was not on the premises at all times and/or did not accompany children for off premise activities. The Emergency Medical Care Plan that is posted is not current. The previous director is still listed on the form, and they are no longer employed at the facility. | |||
| 2022-09-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-09-08 | Violation | 319 | .0713(a)(10), (c) & (f)(3); .2818(e) |
| Staff/child ratios applicable to a classroom, were not posted in each classroom. In space 100, the classroom staff to child ratio sheet indicated that the youngest age child is a 3-month-old. The youngest age child is a two-year-old. | |||
| 2022-09-08 | 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. Two staff did not have medical prior to employment. | |||
| 2022-09-08 | Violation | 1067 | .1101(a)(b) |
| Each new employee did not complete, within the first two weeks of employment, six clock hours of training in required topic areas. Three staff did not have information showing that six clock hours of orientation was completed within the first two weeks of employment. | |||
| 2022-09-08 | Violation | 1324 | .1804(c) |
| Signed and dated statement by parent that discipline policy received and explained at enrollment was not in child's file. Three children's files did not have information showing that the discipline policy was received and explained at enrollment. | |||
| 2022-09-08 | Violation | 1329 | .0801(a)(1-7) |
| Application for enrollment did not include all required information. Three children’s applications did not have all required information. | |||
| 2022-05-09 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-03 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-02-03 | Violation | 1321 | GS110-91(1) |
| Medical exam or health assessment record was not on file before or within 30 days after admission. I observed one child's file that did not have a health assessment on file within 30 days of enrollment. | |||
| 2022-02-03 | Violation | 114 | GS 110-102 |
| A summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to a parent of every child enrolled in the center. I observed one child's file that did not have documentation of receipt of the NC Child Care Law upon enrollment. | |||
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