Description: MS. BRENDA'S CHILD CARE SERVICES is a Five Star Family CC Home License in GASTONIA NC, with a maximum capacity of 8 children. The home-based daycare service 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-01-04 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 702 | .1719 (a) (1) |
| Potentially hazardous items, including but not limited to, power tools, nails, chemicals, propane stoves, lawn mowers, and gasoline or kerosene, whether or not intended for use by children were not stored in locked areas, removed from the premises, or otherwise inaccessible to children. On the outdoor learning environment, one propane tank was attached to the gas grill. One electric powered leaf blower was stored on the ground next to the riding toys used by children enrolled. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 705 | .1719(a)(5) |
| All medicines, including refrigerated and unrefrigerated, were not kept in locked storage. One tube of Neosporin was stored on the television stand located in the dining room area of the child care space, and used by children in care. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 706 | .1719 (a)(7) |
| Corrosive agents, pesticides, bleaches, detergents, cleansers, polishes, and products under pressure in an aerosol dispenser and any substance that may be hazardous to a child if ingested, inhaled, or handled were not kept in locked storage when children were in care. In the room the operator referred to as the "classroom," one bottle of Pine Sol, one bottle of Windex, and two aerosol cans of Disinfectant spray were stored on a small white cabinet at the back of the space, near the door that exits to the rear of the family child care home. The hazardous chemicals were accessible to children in care. On the outdoor learning environment, one gallon jug of antifreeze, and one gallon jug of high mileage motor oil, was located on the porch and accessible to children in care. One aerosol can of Krylon Spray Paint was located on the ground and near the gas grill. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 905 | .1721 (e )(2) |
| Record of monthly fire drills, giving the date, time of day and length of time to evacuate, and operator's signature, were not available. The fire drill log for August 2023, did not list the date, time of day, length of time to evacuate or the operator's signature. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 910 | GS 110-91(1); 10A NCAC 09.1721(a)(1) |
| Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. One child with an enrollment of June 28, 2022, did not have a health assessment on file. One child with an enrollment date of June 6, 2023, did not have a health assessment on file. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 911 | GS 110-91(1); .1721(a)(2) |
| Copy of each child's immunization record, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file. One child with an enrollment date of June 28, 2022, had an immunization record on file dated January 6, 2023. One child with an enrollment date of February 1, 2022, had an immunization record on file dated March 21, 2022. One child with an enrollment date of June 6, 2023, did not have an immunization record on file. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 921 | .1721(e)(6) |
| Operator did not maintain accurate daily attendance records including documentation of arrival and departure for all children in care, including the operator's own preschool children. On January 4, 2024, the arrival time for three children in attendance was not maintained. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 929 | G.S.110-91(12) & .1718(a)(6) |
| Developmentally appropriate activities for the ages of children in care, were not provided as planned on the written schedule and activity plan. The operator did not have an activity plan completed that listed developmentally appropriate activities for the ages of children in care. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 1704 | GS 110-102 |
| Summary of the NC Child Care Law was not given to each child's parent, guardian, or full-time custodian before the child was enrolled in the home and/or signed statement was not on file. One child with an enrollment date of June 6, 2023, did not have a signed statement on file that the parent had received the Summary of the NC Child Care Law. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 2032 | .1726(b)(1-6) |
| The signed statement regarding receipt of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy did not contain the required information. One child with an enrollment date of June 6, 2023, did not have a signed statement on file regarding receipt of the shaken baby syndrome and abusive head trauma policy. | |||
| 2024-01-04 | Violation | 2056 | 10A NCAC 09 .1714(c) & .1721(e)(1) |
| Documentation of the operator's Emergency Preparedness and Response plan was not completed and/or maintained on the template provided by the Division of Emergency Management. The Emergency Preparedness and Response plan was not available for review. | |||
| 2023-01-27 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-01-27 | Violation | 716 | 10A NCAC .1719(a)(27) |
| Electrical outlets not in use were not covered. One (1) electrical outlet in the living room, accessible to children in care was not covered with a safety cover. | |||
| 2023-01-27 | Violation | 910 | GS 110-91(1); 10A NCAC 09.1721(a)(1) |
| Copy of each child's health assessment, including the operator's own preschool child(ren), was not on file within 30 days of enrollment. One (1) child with an enrollment date/paperwork signed on September 12, 2022, did not have a health assessment on file. | |||
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