Evergreen Christian Academy

The written policies and procedures must be developed, implemented, and followed, and must include at a minimum the following information: The procedure, including notification of parent(s)/guardian(s), for handling children’s illnesses, accidents, and injuries

Rule 2.206.B.10. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 24, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

All staff at the center must demonstrate knowledgeable decision-making, judgment, and concern for the proper care and well-being of children.

Rule 2.212.A. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Personnel. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

All climbing equipment eighteen (18) inches or higher must have resilient surfacing of at least six (6) inches in the use zone surrounding the equipment.

Rule 2.230.C.1.a. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

Preschool and school-age climbing equipment must have a six (6) foot use zone surrounding the equipment. For slides exceeding six (6) feet in height, the use zone from the base of the slide must be as long as the slide height.

Rule 2.230.C.3.c. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Outdoor Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

In rooms used by children, all electrical outlets that are accessible to children must have protective covers, or safety outlets must be installed.

Rule 2.237.H. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Indoor/Safety Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Sep 10, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Sep 23, 2026.

The following background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five years, prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes:

Rule 2.121.J.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 4, 2026.

The center must maintain and update annually and upon changes, a record on each child that includes: A copy of the child’s health statement completed by a health care provider

Rule 2.209.B.4. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 21, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 4, 2026.

Medications must be kept in the original labeled bottle or container. Prescription medications must contain the original pharmacy label.

Rule 2.220.C. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 4, 2026.

If a medication is out of date or left over, the parent(s)/guardian(s) is responsible for picking up the medication. If the parent(s)/guardian(s) do not respond, the center must dispose of the medications as required by the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment.

Rule 2.220.J. CDEC’s category: Health/Medication. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 4, 2026.

Prior to the original license being issued, following the renovation of the facility that would affect the licensing of the facility and at least every two (2) years thereafter, all child care facilities except family child care homes and Neighborhood Youth Organizations must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local department of health or the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and from the local fire department. These reports must be maintained at the facility and be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

Rule 2.122.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 21, 2026. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 27, 2026.

The following background check requests must be submitted and successfully completed for each state an individual has resided in, in the past five years, prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes:

Rule 2.121.J.1. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 6, 2025.

An early childhood teacher, assigned responsibility for a single group of children and working under the supervision of a director, must be at least eighteen (18) years of age and meet at least one (1) of the following qualifications:

Rule 2.216.A.1. CDEC’s category: Staff Files. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 6, 2025.

All children must be under the direct supervision at all times of a qualified adult who has been assigned the responsibility to supervise

Rule 2.223.A.1. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 6, 2025.

The licensed room capacity must not be exceeded at any time.

Rule 2.217.A.15.d. From a complaint. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 3, 2025.

Rooms licensed for specific ages of children cannot be used for other ages of children without the prior written approval of the licensing authority.

Rule 2.233.A.3. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2025. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Jun 3, 2025.

Criminal background check requests must be successfully completed prior to an individual caring for children or allowing the individual unsupervised access to children in child care centers (less than 24-hour care), school-age child care facilities, family child care homes, and qualified exempt provider homes.

Rule 2.121.D.4.a. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Prior to caring for children, all staff must complete a Department-approved training in emergency and disaster preparedness: Evacuation, Shelter in Place, Lockdown, and Active Shooter on Premises Plans for Children in Care. For seasonal children’s resident camp programs, operating no more than 90 days per calendar year, at least one on site director must be trained in the Department approved training.

Rule 2.133.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission. This record must be updated annually and when changes occur. The admission record must include: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s)/guardian(s). The authorization must be notarized if required by the local hospital, clinic, or emergency health care facility;

Rule 2.209.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

The center must maintain and update annually and upon changes, a record on each child that includes: A copy of the child’s health statement completed by a health care provider

Rule 2.209.B.4. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

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: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

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: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Staff working with infants less than twelve (12) months old must complete a Department-approved safe sleep training prior to working with infants less than twelve (12) months old. This training must be renewed annually and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

Rule 2.213.C. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all staff required to register with the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (listed in rule section 2.208(D)) must complete the Department-approved training course: Introduction to the Early Intervention and Preschool Special Education Programs. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

Rule 2.213.H. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all staff required to register with the Colorado Shines Professional Development Information System (listed in rule section 2.208(D)) must complete the Department-approved Recognizing the Impact of Bias on Early Childhood Professionals training or other Department-approved training on implicit bias. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

Rule 2.213.I. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all directors and assistant directors must complete the Department-approved training: Working with an Early Childhood Mental Health Consultant. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

Rule 2.213.J. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Within ninety (90) calendar days of employment, all directors and assistant directors must complete the Department-approved training: Introduction to Child Care Health Consultation. This course is required once and will be counted towards ongoing professional development.

Rule 2.213.K. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

All staff must have at least one (1) hour of child development training within ninety (90) days of employment. This training must include the major domains (cognitive, social, emotional, physical development and approaches to learning). This training is required once and will count toward ongoing training requirements if taken after the date of hire.

Rule 2.213.L. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

At the time of admission, the parent(s)/guardian(s) must provide for each child entering the center: Documentation of school-required immunization status or certificate of medical or nonmedical exemption, is required by the Colorado Board of Health. Up-to-date school-required immunizations must be documented as specified on the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment certificate of immunization or on an “approved alternate” Certificate of Immunization, defined in Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment rules located in 6 CCR 1009-2 rule section VI(A), (May 15, 2023), no later editions or amendments are incorporated. These regulations are available from the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment at no cost at www.sos.state.co.us/CCR. These regulations 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. Colorado law requires proof of immunization status or exemption be provided prior to or on the first day of admission.

Rule 2.219.B.1. CDEC’s category: Child Records. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

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

Rule 2.229.C. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

Rule 2.229.G. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Jul 15, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 16, 2024.

Prior to the original license being issued, following the renovation of the facility that would affect the licensing of the facility and at least every two (2) years thereafter, all child care facilities except family child care homes and Neighborhood Youth Organizations must be inspected and obtain an approving inspection report from the local department of health or the Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment and from the local fire department. These reports must be maintained at the facility and be available for review upon request by a Licensing Specialist.

Rule 2.122.A. CDEC’s category: General Rules. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 30, 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. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: May 29, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: May 30, 2024.

An admission record must be completed for each child prior to or at the time of the child’s admission. This record must be updated annually and when changes occur. The admission record must include: A dated, written authorization for emergency medical care signed and updated annually by the parent(s)/guardian(s). The authorization must be notarized if required by the local hospital, clinic, or emergency health care facility;

Rule 2.209.A.7. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 8, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 18, 2024.

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

Rule 2.229.C. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Apr 8, 2024. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Apr 18, 2024.

There must be assigned at least one (1) qualified early childhood teacher supervising each group of children unless otherwise specified in rules. A director may be the assigned teacher for one (1) group of children.

Rule 2.217.A.7. From a complaint. CDEC’s category: General Requirement/Physical Care. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Dec 18, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Dec 20, 2023.

Loose plastic bags must be stored in areas inaccessible to children.

Rule 7.702.71.G. CDEC’s category: Equipment/Materials. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 30, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 30, 2023.

Centers must comply with the locally adopted fire code, including but not limited to the following: In every building or structure, exits must be arranged and maintained so as to provide free and unobstructed egress from all parts of the building or structure at all times when it is occupied. No lock or fastening to prevent free escape from the inside of any building can be installed. Only panic hardware or single-action hardware is permitted on a door or on a pair of doors. All door hardware must be within the reach of children.

Rule 7.702.92.C. CDEC’s category: Building Requirements. Correction due, as CDEC set it: Aug 30, 2023. Cleared, as CDEC recorded it: Aug 30, 2023.