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Spartan ECC

A licensed child care center in Solon, Iowa

Iowa’s own record, on secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us

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The short answer

Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.

What these words mean3
Inspection (survey)
A visit by state inspectors, often unannounced, who check a place against the rules it must meet. For nursing homes and other places Medicare pays, CMS calls these visits surveys: a standard survey of a nursing home comes at least every 15 months, and a complaint survey whenever a complaint calls for one. Source: CMS; 42 CFR 488.308.
Deficiency, citation, violation
What inspectors write up when a place didn’t meet a rule: the rule, what they saw, and when. CMS calls it a deficiency; states may say citation or violation. It is the inspectors’ finding, not a court’s, and the place is usually asked for a plan to correct it. Source: CMS, statement of deficiencies (Form CMS-2567); each state’s licensing agency.
Licence status
Whether the state’s licence lets the place operate now, in the state’s own words: licensed, on probation (allowed to keep operating on conditions, after problems), provisional, pending or expired. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.

What did inspectors find?

Iowa lists 6 reports: 3 compliance reports and 3 regulation checklists, the latest dated Oct 1, 2026.

On its 3 regulation checklists from the last three years, Iowa marked 10 rules not met, 2 of them on the latest, on Oct 1, 2026.

What its other reports found is in each one, linked with it; this page doesn’t count it.

Source:

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports and Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Each deficiency, in its source’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.

Source:

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Regulation checklists (PDF), Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Oct 1, 2026: regulation checklist2 deficiencies
  • Medications: The center shall have written procedures for dispensing, storage, and authorization, and recording of all prescription and non-prescription medications. •Staff must be over 18 to administer medication. •All medications shall be stored in original containers with physician or pharmacist directions. Labels should be intact and stored so they are inaccessible to children and public. Nonprescription medications shall be labeled with the child’s name. •For every day an authorization for medication is in effect and child is in attendance, there shall be a notation of administration including the name of medicine, date, time, dosage, given or applied, and the initials of the person administering the medication or the reason the medication was not given. •For ongoing, long term medications, authorization shall be obtained for a period not to exceed the duration of prescription. •Staff shall not provide medications to a child if pre-service/orientation training for medication management has not been completed.

    Rule 109.10(1).

  • Emergency instructions, phone numbers, and diagrams for fire, tornado, and flood shall be visibly posted and documented at least once a month for fire and tornado. Records shall be maintained for current and previous year.

    Rule 109.10(13)b.

Jan 19, 2026: regulation checklist1 deficiency
  • All staff (within first three months of employment): •Iowa’s training for the mandatory reporting of child abuse. •At least one hour of training regarding universal precautions. •Certification in First Aid infant, child, and adult cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) or equivalent certification approved by the Department. A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Certification in infant, child, and adult first aid that uses a nationally recognized curriculum or is received from a nationally recognized training organization including the American Red Cross, American Heart Association, American Safety and Health Institute, or MEDIC First Aid or an equivalent certification approved by the Department. A valid certificate indicating the date of training and expiration date shall be maintained. •Minimum health and safety trainings, (Essentials) approved by the Department. If significant changes occur to content, the Department may require the training be renewed.

    Rule 109.7(1).

Sep 2, 2024: regulation checklist7 deficiencies
  • Pets: Animals kept on site shall be in good health with no evidence of disease, does not pose a safety threat, and is maintained in clean manner. Documentation of current vaccinations shall be available for cats and dogs. Pets shall not be allowed in food prep or kitchen areas. Animals prohibited from being kept on site: ferrets, reptiles, turtles, birds of the parrot family.

    Rule 109.10(14).

  • The center and supervisor shall ensure that staff knows names and number of children assigned. Staff shall provide careful supervision.

    Rule 109.10(16)a.

  • Center shall ensure that: 1.Facility and premises are sanitary, safe, and hazard free. 2.Adequate indoor and outdoor space is provided. The outdoor area shall include safe play equipment and area of shade. 3.Sufficient space provided for dining. 4.Sufficient lighting shall be provided. 5.Sufficient ventilation. 6.Sufficient heating. 7.sufficient cooling. 8.Sufficient bathroom and diapering facilities. 9.Equipment, including kitchen appliances, are maintained so as not to result in burns, shock, or injury to children. 10.Sanitation and safety procedures for the center are developed and implemented to reduce risk or injury or harm to children and reduce transmission of disease.

    Rule 109.11(3)a.

  • Ratio maintained in center as required by age.

    Rule 109.8(2).

  • •Combinations of age grouping for children four years of age and older determine ratio on age of majority in group. •In combined age groups that include children age three and under, ratio is maintained for each age group. •Preschools: Ratio maintained for age of majority of children.

    Rule 109.8(2)a.

  • All files contain: 1.A signed copy of DHS criminal history record check or any other permission form approved by the Department of public Safety for conducting an Iowa or national criminal history check. 2.A copy of Request for Child Abuse Information. 3.Copies of the results of Iowa records checks conducted. 4.Copies of national criminal history check results. 5.Any Department-issued documents sent to the center related to records check.

    Rule 109.9(1)b.

  • All files contain a pre-employment physical exam report completed within six months prior to hire and at least every three years. Physical exams shall be documented on form 470- 5152, Child Care Provider Physical Examination Report.

    Rule 109.9(1)d.

All 6 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Oct 1, 2026Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Oct 1, 2026Regulation checklist2 rules marked not met
Jan 19, 2026Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Jan 19, 2026Regulation checklist1 rule marked not met
Sep 2, 2024Child Care Center Evaluation and Recommendation for LicenseFindings are in Iowa’s report
Sep 2, 2024Regulation checklist7 rules marked not met

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, Iowa provider number 52478.
Source:

Iowa Department of Health and Human Services, Childcare Compliance and Complaint Reports. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Iowa acted against it?

  • Iowa’s report list doesn’t show enforcement actions; any are written in the reports themselves.

Who does the caring?

  • Iowa’s report list doesn’t show staffing. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Iowa’s report list doesn’t name owners.

How is it rated?

  • Iowa’s quality rating (IQ4K) isn’t in its report list, so it isn’t shown here.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Providers aren’t compared: Iowa’s checklists don’t cover every visit, and complaint findings aren’t on them.
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What the record doesn’t say

  • Findings here are the rules Iowa’s regulation checklists from the last three years mark as not met, in the checklists’ own words. What evaluations, letters and complaint investigations found is in those reports, linked with each one, and isn’t counted here.
  • Iowa lists a report once it is written up: most within two weeks of the visit, some six weeks or more after it, so a recent visit may not be listed yet.
  • Each report is dated the day Iowa created it, which can be weeks after the visit; a checklist is dated the day of the inspection it records.
  • Iowa’s report list gives only a provider’s city and county, not its street address, ZIP code or phone number.
  • Iowa’s report list doesn’t show quality ratings (IQ4K), capacity, ages served, hours, owners or enforcement actions.

Sources

If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: Iowa Department of Health and Human Services. Iowa’s own record is on secureapp.dhs.state.ia.us. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.

Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 19, 2026.

From the provider

The public record above comes first. Anything the provider adds will appear here, below it, and say who wrote it.

Replies

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Paid listing

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How to read a record

Four things every record does, shown on an example record made up for this guide.

An example record, made up for this guide

An example nursing home

Made up for this guide: no real place is shown

Not fully inspected in over two years (CMS flag)

11 health citations at the latest inspection cycle

The state average is 14.3.

Source:

CMS, State and US Averages and Health Deficiencies. Released Oct 28, 2026. Updated monthly.

From the homeNone yet. Replies and paid listings aren’t open, and when they open they will sit here, below the record.

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