Description: RISING STARS ACADEMY is a Four Star Family CC Home License in CHARLOTTE 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 does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-04-05 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-04-05 | Violation | 1306 | .1703(a)(4) |
| Operator has not completed ITS-SIDS training every three years from the completion date of the previous ITS-SIDS training. I reviewed Ms. Pauley’s file. It was observed that her ITS-SIDS certification had expired on March 09, 2024 and she had not successfully completed recertification, as required. | |||
| 2024-04-05 | Violation | 1871 | .1705(b)(8) |
| The operator did not review the EPR Plan annually or when information in the plan changed to ensure all information is current. The facility’s EPR monitored and observed to not have been updated, as required. | |||
| 2024-04-05 | Violation | 1875 | .1714(d)(10) |
| The EPR Plan did not include the location of the Ready to Go File and/or required information. The facility’s Ready to Go information was monitored and observed to not have been updated, as required. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-12-19 | Violation | 701 | .1719(a)(1)&(17) |
| All indoor and outdoor areas used by the children were not kept clean, orderly, and free of items which are potentially hazardous to children including removal of items a child can swallow; the removal of loose nails or screws and splinters on inside; and use of outdoor equipment that is too hot to touch. In the childcare space it was observed that there was an electrical outlet beginning to separate from the wall. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Violation | 714 | 10A NCAC .1721(e)(5)(A-F) |
| Monthly check for hazards on the outdoor play area was not completed using a form supplied by the Division. Program records were monitored. It was observed that monthly outdoor inspections for July, August and November had not been completed as required. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | 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. Arrival and departure records were monitored and it was observed that this is not being documented consistently and maintained as required. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Violation | 1853 | .1719(a)(15) & .1721( e)(2) |
| The operator did not conduct a monthly fire drill. It was observed that a monthly fire drill had not occurred in March. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Violation | 1889 | .1719(a)(7) |
| Products that are labeled "keep out of reach of children" without any other warnings, were not stored on a shelf or in an unlocked cabinet that is five feet above the finished floor. In the hallway adjacent to the childcare space two (2) bottles of laundry detergents with the warning Keep out of the reach of children were observed being stored on top of a washing machine located in an unlocked laundry closet. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Violation | 1962 | 10A NCAC 09 .1718(a)(8)(A)(i-iv) |
| Activity plans did not include activities intended to stimulate the developmental domains, in accordance with NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development. In the childcare space it was observed that there was no completed activity plan posted or accessible. | |||
| 2023-12-19 | Violation | 2048 | 10A NCAC 09 .1719(a)(7) |
| Products that are labeled “keep out of reach of children” with an additional warning(s) on the label, were not kept in locked storage while children were in care. It was observed in the kitchen that two bottles of lighter fluid with the warning Keep out of the reach of Children accompanied by other warnings were being stored in an unlocked lower cabinet. | |||
| 2023-04-06 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 508 | .1703(a)(2) |
| Operator did not successfully complete a first aid course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) First aid training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification. First Aid certification expired February 2023. | |||
| 2023-04-06 | Violation | 511 | .1703(a)(3) |
| Operator did not successfully complete a CPR course as referenced in Rule.1702(b)(2) CPR training was not renewed on or before the expiration of the certification. CPR certification expired February 2023. | |||
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