Five Star Center License
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Play Palace Preschool, Inc.
Shelby, NC
· Cleveland County
827 EARL ROAD,
Shelby, NC 28152
Quick Facts
Capacity
100 children
Age Range
0 through 12
Transportation
Yes
Subsidized Program
Participates
State Rating
5
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Licensed Five Star Center License
Active License
License Number
23000461
License Holder
PLAY PALACE PRESCHOOL, INC.
License Issued
May 20, 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 staff/child ratios minus 1
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About the Provider
PLAY PALACE PRESCHOOL, INC. is a Five Star Center License in SHELBY NC, with a maximum capacity of 100 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.
Hours of Operation
- Days of Operation Monday–Friday
Inspection/Report History
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-05 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2026-05-27 | Announced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2026-05-27 | 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. One child four years of age and enrolled in Space #5, had a medication permission documentation that was available for review had expired on March 10, 2026. Staff stated that the medication had not been administered to the child since the expiration date. | |||
| 2026-05-27 | 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. One staff member employed on April 20, 2026, health assessment documentation available for review was older than the required twelve months. The health assessment expired on June 9, 2023. | |||
| 2025-12-17 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2025-06-12 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-06-12 | 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 documentation available for review on the ABCMS Portal System had only fourteen staff members employed linked. One (1) staff member employed was not linked to the ABCMS Portal System and their information was not available for review. | |||
| 2025-01-07 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2025-01-07 | 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. One staff member employed on December 8, 2023, did not have available for review training documentation for completing the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment by the required due date of March 8, 2024. The training was completed on April 10, 204. | |||
| 2024-01-17 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-01-17 | 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. 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 member employed on November 2, 2022, did not have documentation on file for review of reviewing the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy prior to providing care to children. The documentation available for reviewing the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy was dated November 8, 2022. | |||
| 2023-08-28 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-07-13 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-07-13 | Violation | 828 | .0604 (m) |
| Air conditioning units were accessible or did not have a guard to keep objects from being thrown into the unit. At the right side of the building next to the front parking lot two air conditioning units are located, it was observed during the visit that fifteen (15) school-age children ages six (6) to eleven (11) years of age were existing Playground Space #2 and walked past two air conditioning units. These two air conditioning units are not fitted with either a mesh guard and/or it did not have a fenced area around them to make it inaccessible to children. | |||
| 2023-07-13 | 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 Space #1, One gallon of Zep Instend Hand Sanitizer Gel, with a written warnings keep out of reach of children, was stored on the floor in a locked storage closet with the key still in the lock in the door handle and was accessible to children. | |||
| 2023-07-13 | Violation | 1867 | .0605(k)(1-4) |
| The depth of the loose surfacing was not based on critical height of the equipment. In Playground Space #2, a climbing composite structure had two singular slides and one double slide that was measured for critical height and surfacing depth. It was observed one slide measured 3 feet in critical height and was measured to have 2 inches in surfacing depth, slide #2 measured 4 feet in critical height and was measured to have 1 inch of surfacing depth, and the double slide measured 3 feet in critical height and was measured to have 2 inches in surfacing depth. In Playground Space #2, it was observed the surfacing depth under the swings measured 3 inches in surfacing depth. In Playground Space #3, it was observed the surfacing depth under the swings measured 1 inch. In Playground Space #5, a climbing composite structure had one singular slide and one double slide that was measured for critical height and surfacing depth. It was observed the singular slide’s critical height measured 3 feet and it was measured to have 1 inch in surfacing depth and the double slide measured 3 feet in critical height and measured 2 inches in surfacing depth. | |||
| 2023-01-31 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-11-08 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2022-11-08 | 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. One new staff, C. Strickland, did not have a medical statement on file before beginning work. | |||
| 2022-05-12 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-03-09 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2022-02-24 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
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