Description: LOVING CARE LEARNING CENTER is a Five Star Center License in MONROE NC, with a maximum capacity of 43 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 1 through 12. The provider also participates in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023-06-02 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 523 | .0508(g)(3) |
| The activity plan did not include a daily gross motor activity which may occur indoors and outdoors. The activity plans that were posted did not include gross motor activities daily. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | 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 space 3, where the children ages 3 through 5 years of age there was one outlet that not covered. On the playground where the school age children play there was an outdoor outlet with the cover missing making the two receptacles accessible. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 828 | .0604 (m) |
| Air conditioning units were accessible or did not have a guard to keep objects from being thrown into the unit. The air conditioning unit was accessible, although had a guard still accessible for the children's to slide items in the guarded area as well as the pipes being accessible. Previously this area had been gated but the gate had been removed. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | 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. In the kitchen in an unlocked cabinet there was a aerosol can of spray cheese. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | 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 the classroom serving children one and two years old there were two plastic bags, one hanging at the diaper changing table and the other over a new toy in the creative dramatic center, both accessible to the children in care. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 1232 | 10A NCAC 09 .0514(f) |
| Each employee's personnel file did not contain an annual staff evaluation and a staff development plan. The one staff file that has been here since 2017 did not have a staff development plan available for review. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 1812 | .0607(c) |
| The center did not complete an EPR Plan within four months of completing the EPR in Child Care training and/or the Plan was not completed on a template provided by the Division. Although the plan was observed on the website there was no plan printed and in a Ready to Go file. The plan would not print from the website because it stated that there were missing fields which meant it was not completed. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | 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. All staff did not know where the Ready to Go file was located or there was not a review of the plan because it had not been completed or printed. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 1868 | .0605(m)(1-4) |
| When equipment on the outdoor learning environment met one of the exceptions outlined in .0605(m)(1-4), the protective surfacing did not meet the specifications in rule. The protective surfacing under the large play unit on the preschool/school age area there was compacted mulch and grass growing through the mulch which altered the materials specifications. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | 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. The medical authorization for the one child who had an epi pen on site had expired. There was no current medical authorization to treat. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | 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. The staff had not taken the approved Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment from Prevent Child Abuse NC. It was reported that they had taken eh ProSolutions training which doesn't meet the requirements. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 1898 | .1102(a) |
| Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. The staff did not have the certificates that proved that the had completed the Health and Safety trainings. | |||
| 2023-06-02 | Violation | 1921 | .2510(j) |
| Staff working in part-time, full-day or track out school age care programs required to complete BSAC training, did not complete it within three months of employment. Although it was reported that the three staff who worked with the school age children had completed the required BSAC training there were no Certificates to verify said training. | |||
| 2022-12-01 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
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