Date |
Regulation |
Description |
Compliance Status as of last inspection |
Dec 11, 2024 |
418-1.14(c)(1) |
Each staff person and volunteer must complete a minimum of thirty (30) hours of training every two years. The required thirty (30) hours of training every two years is subject to the following conditions: Fifteen (15) of the required thirty (30) hours of training must be obtained during the person's first six months at the program. |
Corrected |
Oct 2, 2024 |
418-1.13(a) |
Staff members must be qualified by training and experience to carry out their respective functions in the administration, operation and maintenance of the child day care center. |
Corrected |
Sep 23, 2024 |
418-1.5(b)(4) |
Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance. |
Corrected |
Sep 23, 2024 |
418-1.5(y) |
Protective caps, covers or permanently installed obstructive devices must be used on all electrical outlets that are accessible to children. |
Corrected |
Sep 23, 2024 |
418-1.15(c)(31) |
The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation from service personnel licensed by the New York State Department of State to perform fire alarm systems maintenance, repair and testing which shows that the fire alarm and detection systems have been inspected, tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building Code of New York State; |
Corrected |
Aug 6, 2024 |
418-1.5(s)(3) |
Egress doors from the center must be able to be opened from the inside without using a key. Child protective door knob covers may not be used on egress doors. |
Corrected |
Aug 6, 2024 |
418-1.9(j) |
Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. |
Corrected |
Aug 6, 2024 |
418-1.10(c)(1) |
Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides. |
Corrected |
Aug 6, 2024 |
418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) |
The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, |
Corrected |
Jun 18, 2024 |
418-1.8(b) |
The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. |
Corrected |
Jun 18, 2024 |
418-1.9(a) |
The program must establish and follow a written plan for behavior management that is acceptable to the office. This plan must include how the staff will approach challenging behaviors, help children solve problems and encourage acceptable behaviors. |
Corrected |
Jun 18, 2024 |
418-1.9(b) |
The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. |
Corrected |
May 7, 2024 |
418-1.11(a)(1) |
No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment. |
Corrected |
May 7, 2024 |
418-1.11(b)(13) |
Staff must be aware of each child's special health care needs identified in the child's individual health care plan. This includes, but is not limited to, allergies, disabilities and medical conditions. |
Corrected |
Jan 29, 2024 |
418-1.8(a) |
Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. |
Corrected |
Jan 25, 2024 |
418-1.8(b) |
The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. |
Corrected |
Jan 25, 2024 |
418-1.9(j) |
Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. |
Corrected |
Jan 19, 2024 |
418-1.8(b) |
The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. |
Corrected |
Jan 19, 2024 |
418-1.9(j) |
Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. |
Corrected |
Jan 19, 2024 |
418-1.15(b)(14)(ii) |
The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident, |
Corrected |
Jan 19, 2024 |
418-1.8(b) |
The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. |
Corrected |
Jan 19, 2024 |
418-1.9(j) |
Corporal punishment is prohibited. For the purposes of this Subpart, the term corporal punishment means punishment inflicted directly on the body including, but not limited to, physical restraint, spanking, biting, shaking, slapping, twisting or squeezing; demanding excessive physical exercise, prolonged lack of movement or motion, or strenuous or bizarre postures; and compelling a child to eat or have in the child's mouth soap, foods, hot spices or irritants or the like. |
Corrected |
Jan 19, 2024 |
418-1.9(m) |
Methods of discipline, interaction or toilet training which frighten, demean or humiliate a child are prohibited. |
Corrected |
Dec 5, 2023 |
418-1.3(h) |
Peeling or damaged paint or plaster must be repaired. |
Corrected |
Nov 21, 2023 |
418-1.8(a) |
Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher's range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child's age emotional, physical, and cognitive development. |
Corrected |
Nov 21, 2023 |
418-1.8(b) |
The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children. |
Corrected |
Nov 21, 2023 |
418-1.10(c) |
In accordance with the provisions of Sections 413 and 415 of the Social Services Law, child care center staff must immediately report any suspected incidents of child abuse or maltreatment concerning a child receiving child care to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment, or cause such a report to be made, when such staff have reasonable cause to suspect that a child coming before them in their capacity as child care center workers is an abused or maltreated child. This must be done in the following manner: |
Corrected |
Nov 21, 2023 |
418-1.11(f)(21) |
In the case of medication that needs to be given on an ongoing, long-term basis, the authorization and consent forms for children under the age of 5 years of age must be reauthorized at least once every six months. Any changes in the medication authorization related to dosage, time or frequency of administration shall require a program to obtain new instructions written by the licensed authorized prescriber. All other changes to the original medication authorization require a change in the prescription. |
Corrected |
Nov 21, 2023 |
418-1.15(b)(14) |
The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.4(a) |
Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions which may contribute to or create a fire hazard. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.5(a) |
Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.5(b)(4) |
Each program must hold two shelter-in-place drills annually during which procedures and supplies are reviewed. Parents must be made aware of this drill in advance. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.7(m) |
Children may not sleep or nap in car seats, baby swings, strollers, infant seats or bouncy seats unless otherwise prescribed by a health care provider. Should a child fall asleep in one of these devices, he or she must be moved to a crib/cot or other approved sleeping surface. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.8(c) |
The child day care center must provide supervision of the staff responsible for the care of children. Workloads and assignments must be arranged to provide consistency of care to children and to allow staff to fulfill their respective responsibilities. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.11(a)(2) |
The written medical statement from the health care provider must also state whether the child is a child with special health care needs and, if so, what special provisions, if any, will be necessary in order for the child to participate in child day care. When the written statement from the health care provider advises the day care program that the child being enrolled is a child with special health care needs, the day care program must work together with the parent and the child's health care provider to develop a reasonable health care plan for the child while the child is in the child day care program. The health care plan for the child must also address how the day care program will obtain or develop any additional competencies that the staff will need to have in order to carry out the health care plan for the child. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.11(b)(2) |
A medical statement will be required when an event or condition reasonably calls into question a staff person or volunteer's ability to provide safe and suitable child care. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.11(c)(2)(x) |
guidelines and procedures to be followed for the prevention of anaphylaxis and during a medical emergency resulting from anaphylaxis that comply with the anaphylactic policy for child day care providers jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health; and |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.11(h)(3) |
Rectal thermometers may not be used. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.11(i)(14) |
Individual drinking cups or disposable cups must be provided daily. Once a drinking cup or eating utensils have been used by a child they may not be used by another child unless they are washed first. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.12(d) |
Food must be prepared and stored in a safe and sanitary manner and served at appropriate intervals. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.12(z) |
All containers or bottles of, breast milk, formula or other individualized food items must be clearly marked with the child's complete name. |
Corrected |
Apr 13, 2023 |
418-1.15(c)(22) |
The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation from the local health department or the New York State Department of Health showing that the facility has been approved in accordance with the requirements of the New York State Department of Health; |
Corrected |
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Violations are listed here as 'Corrected' after the Office has verified corrections with the provider,
and a letter confirming the corrections has been mailed to the provider.
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For additional information on this program and compliance history, contact |
Office: Syracuse Regional Office
Phone: (315) 423-1202
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