Description: FIRST GRACE ACADEMY is a Child Care Center in CHARLOTTE NC, with a maximum capacity of 92 children. This child care center helps with children in the age range of 0 through 5. The provider does not participate in a subsidized child care program.
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| Date | Type | Violations | Rule |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-02-28 | Unannounced Inspection | Yes | |
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 533 | 15A NCAC 18A .2804(d) |
| Human milk, formula and other bottled beverages including sippy cups, sent from child's home were not fully prepared, dated, and labeled for the appropriate child. Bottles were labeled but not dated. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 805 | .0604(t); .0302(d)(5) |
| Fire drills were not practiced monthly and/or the drill record was incomplete. A fire drill was not documented for December 2023. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 887 | .0606(g) |
| Caregivers did not document compliance with visually checking on sleeping infants aged 12 months or younger and/or the documents were not maintained for a minimum of one month. Safe sleep checks were not documented every fifteen (15) minutes as stated on the safe sleep policy. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | 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 (1) new employee hired 12/4/23 had a medical report dated 2/21/24. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1033 | .0701(a) |
| On or before the first day of work, all staff, including the director and individuals who volunteer more than once per week did not provide results indicating that they were free of active TB and/or TB test or screening was older than 12 months. One (1) new employee's TB screening was not signed by a physician. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1048 | .1102(c) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in First Aid appropriate to the age of children in care. Verification of staff completion of First Aid training from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. First Aid certification expired on 2/19/24 for two (2) employees. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1049 | .1102(d) |
| All staff did not successfully complete certification in CPR training appropriate to the age of the children in care. Verification of staff completion of the CPR course from an approved training organization was not in the staff file. CPR certification expired on 2/19/24 for two (2) employees. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1311 | .0802(c) |
| Emergency medical care information was not on file in the center on the child's first day of attendance and/or was not updated as changes occurred or at least annually for each child. One (1) child's EMC information was not updated annually. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1757 | G.S. 110-90.2(b) & (d) & .2703(e) |
| A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility. One (1) new employee did not have a qualification letter on file for review. I verified a current qualification on the ABCMS portal. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | Violation | 1811 | .0604(u);.0302(d)(8) |
| Shelter-in-place or lockdown drills were not practiced every three months and/or drill record was incomplete. The last shelter-in-place or lockdown drill was completed in August 2023. | |||
| 2024-02-28 | 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. One (1) new employee did not sign the Prevention of Shaken Baby Syndrome and Abusive Head Trauma policy prior to caring for children. | |||
| 2023-10-09 | Announced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-09-19 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
| 2023-06-02 | Unannounced Inspection | No | |
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