Balance Early Learning Academy

All staff members must submit to the center a medical statement, signed and dated by a physician or other health care provider, verifying that they are in good mental, physical, and emotional health appropriate for the position for which they have been hired. This statement must be dated no more than six (6) months prior to employment or within thirty (30) calendar days after the first date of employment. Subsequent self-reported health histories must be submitted annually.

Rule 2.212.G. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 5, 2025.

All staff must complete a Department-approved standard precautions training prior to working with children. This training must be renewed annually and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

Rule 2.213.B. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 5, 2025.

Statements of health status of children less than two (2) years of age must be updated as required in writing by the health care provider, or in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care schedule at https://downloads.aap.org/AAP/PDF/periodicity_schedule.pdf, (4th ed. American Academy of Pediatrics; (2017) herein incorporated by reference. No later editions or amendments are incorporated. These recommendations are available at no cost from https://www.aap.org/. These recommendations are also available for public inspection and copying at the Colorado Department of Early Childhood, 710 S. Ash St., Bldg. C, Denver, CO 80246, during regular business hours.

Rule 2.219.B.3. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 5, 2025.

Health statements for children over two (2) years of age to seven (7) years of age must be updated in accordance with the American Academy of Pediatrics Recommendations for Preventive Pediatric Health Care schedule for routine well child exams.

Rule 2.219.B.4. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Mar 5, 2025.

The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.

Rule 2.223.A.2. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 5, 2025.

Indoor and outdoor equipment, materials, and furnishings must be sturdy, safe, and free of hazards.

Rule 2.230.B. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 5, 2025.

Pursuant to section 19-3-304, C.R.S., any caregiver or staff member in a child care facility who has reasonable cause to know or suspect that a child has been subjected to abuse or neglect or who has observed the child being subjected to circumstances or conditions that would reasonably result in abuse or neglect shall immediately upon receiving such information report or cause a report to be made of such fact to the county department of human or social services, the local law enforcement agency, or through the child abuse hotline reporting system as set forth in section 26-5-111, C.R.S.

Rule 2.126.B. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Feb 5, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Feb 10, 2025.

A “toddler program” provides care for children between the ages of twelve (12) months (when walking independently or with a health care provider’s statement indicating developmental appropriateness of placement in a toddler program) and thirty-six (36) months.

Rule 2.204.B.4. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Over-the-counter medication must be kept in the originally labeled container and be labeled with the child’s first and last name.

Rule 2.220.D. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

The time a child arrives and leaves the center each day must be recorded. Staff members must complete written attendance verification periodically throughout the day, including during transitions.

Rule 2.223.A.2. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Clothing sacks or other clothing designed for sleep must be worn in lieu of blankets if needed for additional warmth. Clothing must not restrict the movement of the child’s arms or legs.

Rule 2.223.C.19.a. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Infant Program. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Toys, including mobiles and other types of play equipment that are designed to be attached to any part of sleeping equipment, must be kept away from sleeping infants and out of sleep environments, including hanging toys. Blankets and other items must not be hung from or draped over the sides or any part of sleeping equipment.

Rule 2.223.C.4. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Infant Program. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Items labeled “keep out of reach of children” must be inaccessible to children.

Rule 2.229.C. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Sharp tools and instruments must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

Rule 2.229.H. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Toys, toy parts, furnishings, equipment, and any materials accessible to children under than three (3) years of age must not be a choke hazard or able to be inhaled. Any area of the facility accessible to children less than three (3) years of age must be free of any choke or inhalation hazards.

Rule 2.229.L. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

A variety of material and equipment from the following categories must be available: Music

Rule 2.229.R.7. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

All pieces of playground equipment must be designed to guard against entrapment and strangulation. Any openings in gross motor equipment above ground must be smaller than three and one half (3 ½) inches or greater than nine (9) inches to prevent entrapment.

Rule 2.230.C.6. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Buildings must be kept in good repair and maintained in a safe condition.

Rule 2.237.B. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 12, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jul 19, 2024.

Within twenty four (24) hours, excluding weekends and holidays, of the occurrence of a critical incident at the facility or within twenty four (24) hours of a child’s return to the facility the licensee must report in writing to The Office of Early Childhood, Division of Early Care And Learning the following critical incidents involving a child in the care of the facility or a staff member on duty: Any allegation of physical, sexual, or emotional abuse or neglect to a child that results in a mandatory report to law enforcement, or a county department of human or social services agency, or the child abuse reporting hotline as described in Section 19-3-304, C.R.S.

Rule 7.701.52.B.1.d.. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Nov 8, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Nov 9, 2023.