| Date |
Regulation |
Description |
Compliance Status as of last inspection |
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Mar 22, 2024 |
418-1.5(ad) |
Pursuant to New York Public Health Law Section 2500-h, the program must comply with the anaphylaxis policy jointly issued by the Office and the New York State Department of Health and any amendments thereto. The program must notify the parent of any child in care of the anaphylaxis policy when the child is enrolled and annually thereafter. Notification shall include contact information for parents to engage further with the program to learn more about individualized aspects of the anaphylaxis policy. |
Corrected |
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Mar 22, 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 |
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Mar 22, 2024 |
418-1.11(c)(1) |
The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program's health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are: |
Corrected |
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Mar 22, 2024 |
418-1.15(b)(14)(v) |
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: communicable disease, |
Corrected |
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Dec 4, 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 |
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Dec 4, 2023 |
418-1.8(n) |
The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children's safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program. |
Corrected |
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Dec 4, 2023 |
418-1.11(b)(1)(ii) |
Staff and volunteers must each submit a medical statement on forms furnished by the Office or an approved equivalent from a health care provider: before such person has any involvement in child care work. |
Corrected |
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Sep 22, 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 |
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Sep 22, 2023 |
418-1.8(j) |
When a child care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to ensure the health and safety of the children in care. |
Corrected |
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Sep 22, 2023 |
418-1.8(k)(2)(ii) |
for children between ages 6 weeks old and 18 months old: the maximum group size is eight children. |
Corrected |
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Sep 22, 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 |
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Sep 22, 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 |
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Sep 22, 2023 |
418-1.8(j) |
When a child care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to ensure the health and safety of the children in care. |
Corrected |
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Aug 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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.9(b) |
The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.10(a) |
Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law. |
Corrected |
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Aug 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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.5(aa) |
The following items must be used and stored in such a manner that they are not accessible to children: handbags, backpacks or briefcases belonging to adults; plastic bags; and toys and objects small enough for young children to swallow. |
Corrected |
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Aug 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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.8(l)(5)(i) |
A written assessment of the child's developmental readiness is required to be kept on file. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.8(l)(11) |
Day care centers that have been approved to operate a school-age children component in their day care center may only mix school age children with pre-school children at the very beginning of the day and the very end of the day. School age children may never be mixed with pre-school children for the entire period of time they are in care at the center. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.8(m) |
There must be a director, group teacher or assistant teacher supervising all applicants, volunteers and persons in the process of approval. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.8(n) |
The use of any type of personal electronic media device for social or entertainment purposes, including but not limited to, listening to music on headphones, playing screen games, surfing the internet, sending e-mails, or making personal calls while supervising children is prohibited. The use of mobile phones is permitted as necessary to promote the children's safety and ensuring the orderly operation of the program. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.9(b) |
The staff must use acceptable techniques and approaches to help children solve problems. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.10(a) |
Any abuse or maltreatment of a child is prohibited. A day care center must prohibit and may not tolerate or in any manner condone an act of abuse or maltreatment by an staff, volunteer or any other person. An abused child or maltreated child means a child defined as an abused child or maltreated child pursuant to Section 412 of the Social Services Law. |
Corrected |
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Aug 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 |
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Aug 21, 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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.13(b)(3) |
Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: a sworn statement by the applicant indicating whether, to the best of the applicant's knowledge, such applicant has ever been convicted of a misdemeanor or felony in New York State or any other jurisdiction and fingerprint images as required to comply with the requirements of 413.4 of this Title; |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.13(b)(6) |
Child day care centers must review and evaluate the backgrounds of all applicants for staff and volunteer positions. All applicants whose backgrounds must be checked are required to provide the following: The information necessary to complete the criminal history review and background clearance requirements as outlined in this Part. This information must be submitted to the Office on forms provided by the Office. |
Corrected |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
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 |
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Aug 21, 2023 |
418-1.15(c)(11) |
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: personnel information including a list of all staff with job assignments and schedules; each staff and volunteer's final and, if applicable, provisional criminal history review and background check approval letter(s); staff resumes; medical statements; acceptable references and other information required by section 418-1.13 of this Subpart; |
Corrected |
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Jul 20, 2023 |
418-1.7(l) |
Except while sleeping, awaking or going to sleep, an infant must not be left in a crib, playpen or other confined space for more than 30 minutes at any one time. Other than at meals or snack time, a child must not be left in a high chair for longer than 15 minutes. |
Corrected |
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Jul 20, 2023 |
418-1.8(j) |
When a child care center is in operation, an adequate number of qualified teachers must be on duty to ensure the health and safety of the children in care. |
Corrected |
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Jul 20, 2023 |
418-1.8(l)(7) |
Except for Office approved continuity of care classrooms, infants may never be mixed with other age groups. |
Corrected |
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Jul 20, 2023 |
418-1.13(f) |
In child day care centers where the licensed capacity is 45 or more children, the administrative/fiscal management functions and supervision functions may not be performed by a group teacher or assistant teacher. |
Corrected |
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Jul 20, 2023 |
418-1.14(k) |
All child care programs must have at least one staff person who holds a valid certification in cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) and first aid on the premises of the program during the program's operating hours. |
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: Long Island Regional Office
Phone: (631) 240-2560
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