The Learning Place at Thomasville Medical Center
A child care center in Thomasville, North Carolina 27360
207 Old Lexington Road, Thomasville, North Carolina 27360. (336) 476-2522.
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The short answer
- 25 violations in the last three years
- Jul 142026 the latest visit on record
- 129 children, its licensed capacity
Each figure’s source sits beside it, in its section below.
What these words mean5
- 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.
- Quality rating
- Many states rate child care in a quality rating system that goes past the licensing rules, such as Texas Rising Star or Kentucky All STARS. Taking part is often voluntary, so a program with no rating hasn’t been rated low. Source: Each state’s quality rating system.
- 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.
- Capacity
- The most people the licence or certification lets the place care for at once: residents, children, beds or apartments, as the state counts them. It isn’t how many are there now. Source: Each state’s licensing agency.
What did inspectors find?
7 DCDEE visits in the last three years, the latest on Jul 14, 2026.
25 violations cited in the last three years, 25 of them marked corrected.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
When those violations happened
25 violations in 6 months of the last 36. Last cited Jul 2026. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
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| 2024 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2025 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
| 2026 | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov |
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Hearth Record drew this from the dates and levels in the source’s own records.
Each violation, in its source’s words
Grouped by visit, newest first, with the level its source gave it.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Jul 14, 2026: unannounced3 violations
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Each staff member did not have the required medical report, proof of tuberculosis test or screening and/or completed health questionnaire in a medical file, maintained separately from the staff member’s individual personnel file.
“Health Questionnaires were observed maintained within the personnel files.**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“The EPR Plan did not include the date of the last revision of the plan. **The EPR plan did not contained all current information as changes occurred**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Staff did not complete the health and safety training within one year of employment. *Documentation of the required medication administration in child care training was not available for review for a four staff members.**”
Feb 23, 2026: unannounced7 violations
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A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child’s parent or authorized health professional.
“In space 5 there was a child’s medication for “Diphenhydramine” without a permission form signed and dated by parent.”
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A drug or medicine was administered after its expiration date.
“A drug or medication was administered without written authorization and/or instructions from a child’s parent or authorized health professional. In space 5 there were three permission to administer medication forms that expired. One was for Nystatin expired 11/26/25, Infant gas relief drops expired on 2/7/26 and Boudreaux’s But Paste expired on 1/3/26.”
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A safe indoor and outdoor environment was not provided for the children.
“The kitchen door was not locked.”
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A valid qualification letter was not on file and available to review at the facility.
“Several files did not have a qualification letter on file.”
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Child care providers scheduled to work in the infant room, did not complete ITS-SIDS training within two months of employment or did not complete the training every three years.
“Child care administrators did not complete the ITS-SIDS training within 90 days of employment and every three years thereafter. D. Nobles ITS-SIDS expired on 1/11/25.”
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Prior to the expiration date of the qualification letter, the child care provider did not complete and submit required forms to complete a criminal background check (a qualification letter is valid for a maximum of five years for the date of issuance).
“A. Moore did not renew her qualification letter before it expired. This person cannot work around children until she has been qualified by criminal records. This was expired on 1/26/26.”
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Special diet or food allergy information was not posted where they can be seen in food preparation and eating areas.
“There was no allergies list posted in the kitchen.”
Jul 18, 2025: unannounced3 violations
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Electric fans were not mounted out of reach or did not have a mesh guard to prevent access.
“In a classroom with toddlers, a fan was observed unmounted on a wall and with no mesh protector.”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization. **In a classroom caring for school-age children a permission to administer medication document was expired””
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“All records required were not available for review by a representative of the Division. **Records required for volunteers observed serving in the classrooms were not available for review.**”
Feb 25, 2025: unannounced2 violations
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Chairs and tables were not the appropriate height for the children using the items. **Chairs used by children who are four(4) and five(5) years old were too high for the children’s feet to reach the floor. **”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“The indoor and/or outdoor premises was not checked once a day, prior to initial use, ensuring debris, and broken equipment was removed and disposed of. **Trash was observed on the playground, including disposable materials, and what appears to be a ripped plastic sign with jagged edges.”
Aug 6, 2024: unannounced4 violations
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All records required were not available for review by a representative of the Division.
“All required programs records were not available for review. Playground inspections, emergency drills were not accessible.”
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All stationary equipment, more than 18 inches high, was not installed over protective surfacing.
“Except for a small patch of grass, surfacing beneath the climber/sliding board equipment does not meet the requirement for protective surfacing on the playground used by children who are three and four years old”
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Center staff did not comply with the safe sleep policy.
“An infant was observed sleeping on a play mat on the floor more than approximately 10 minutes and was not initially placed on his back first to sleep. This was corrected during the visit.”
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Staff required to receive on-going training had not completed the required number of hours according to their education and experience.
“0n-going training records were not available for review.”
Mar 21, 2024: unannounced6 violations
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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. One staff member’s training expired in September 2023.”
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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. One staff member’s training expired in September 2023.”
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Leftover medicines were not returned to the parent after the course of treatment was completed, after authorization was withdrawn or after authorization had expired and/or medication was not discarded within 72 hours of completion of treatment or withdrawal of authorization.
“Permission to administer medication forms were not observed for over the counter medications in a classroom with children who are two years old”
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Medications including prescription and non-prescription items were not stored in a locked cabinet or other locked container.
“In the infant classroom, a prescription medication was not maintained in locked storage.”
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Parent’s medication authorization did not include required information.
“In a classroom with infants and a classroom with children who are two years old, the dates to begin and complete the administration of medication was not completed/provided.”
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The child care administrator and all staff did not complete the Recognizing and Responding to Suspicions of Child Maltreatment training within 90 days of employment.
“One staff member’s file did not contain documentation of Maltreatment training.”
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
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| Jul 14, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 23, 2026 | Unannounced visit | 7 violations cited |
| Jul 18, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 3 violations cited |
| Feb 25, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Aug 6, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 4 violations cited |
| Mar 21, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 6 violations cited |
| Feb 27, 2024 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Child Care Center, holding a Five Star Center License since Oct 23, 2017.
- Licensed for 129 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 2955112.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Has North Carolina acted against it?
- DCDEE says it has taken no action against this facility, for its current licence and location, in the last three years.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
Who does the caring?
- North Carolina’s page gives a staff-to-child ratio policy as the provider reports it, unverified by DCDEE, so it isn’t shown.
Who owns it?
- Owner, as North Carolina lists it: Thomasville Medical Center.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
How is it rated?
- Star Rated License: 5 stars of five.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
How does it compare nearby?
- Among 64 child care providers in Davidson County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 9.5; this one had 25.
North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations. Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily.
| Place | Violations cited in the last three years |
|---|---|
| The Learning Place at Thomasville Medical Center This child care provider | 25 |
| Bethany Stepping Stones | 5 |
| Thomasville Head Start | 6 |
| Davidson-Davie Community College Child Dev. Center | 22 |
| Tom A. Finch Community YMCA School Age Program | 18 |
| Thomasville Primary Preschool | 9 |
| Pilot Preschool | 7 |
| Fair Grove Preschool | 5 |
| Little Hands | 17 |
| Kids Only | 27 |
| Honey Bunch Kids | 19 |
| Kiddie Kasa in Home Learning Center | 5 |
| A New Hope for All Aftercare LLC | 22 |
What the record doesn’t say
- North Carolina doesn’t show a visit summary tied to an open child maltreatment investigation while the case is active, and shows an administrative action only after its 30-day appeal period, without saying what it was.
- DCDEE’s descriptions of violations are shown in its own words; a description that names or may name a person isn’t shown. Visit summaries, the consultants’ full reports, aren’t read.
- North Carolina’s page lists the provider’s own features (transport, ratios) as furnished by the provider and unverified by DCDEE, so they aren’t shown.
Sources
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North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE), Child Care Facility Search (ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov): licences, DCDEE visits and violations.
Checked Oct 21, 2026. Updated daily. nc.gov terms: copying and distribution for non-commercial use, without alteration, citing the source. Shown free and never sold; DCDEE’s own words are quoted.
If you believe something here is wrong, a correction starts with the agency whose record this copies: North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services, Division of Child Development and Early Education (DCDEE). North Carolina’s own record is on ncchildcare.ncdhhs.gov. If Hearth Record copied something wrongly, it will fix it and log the correction publicly, with its date: how corrections work.
This copy of the record was made on Nov 3, 2026.
From the provider
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Replies
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