Merry Land Child Care
A family child care home in Roxboro, North Carolina 27573
9641 Dirgie Mine Rd, Roxboro, North Carolina 27573. (336) 599-4874.
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The short answer
- 9 violations in the last three years
- Oct 222026 the latest visit on record
- 8 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 Oct 22, 2026.
9 violations cited in the last three years, 9 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
9 violations in 3 months of the last 36. Last cited Apr 2025. The last 3 years, to Nov 3, 2026.
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| 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.
Apr 17, 2025: unannounced5 violations
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Documentation of the operator’s emergency medical care plan to follow in the event of a child medical emergency, was not on file and available for review. **The Emergency Medical Care Plan form was on the wall and not filled out.**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Hazardous cleaning supplies and other items that might be poisonous e.g. toxic plants, were not out of reach or in locked storage when children were in care. **Aerosol sprays, disinfectant wipes were observed stored in unlock storage.**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Activity plans did not include activities intended to stimulate the developmental domains, in accordance with NC Foundations for Early Learning and Development. **Activity plans were not observed posted in the learning space and were not made available for Division Representative review.**”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Operator and/or staff who work with children, did not complete health and safety training as part of on-going training so that every five years, all the topic areas were covered. **Documentation of a retake of Health and Safety Training was not made available for Division Representative review.”
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Rule violated (DCDEE’s description below)
“Incident logs were not completed and maintained as required. **An incident log was not available for Division Representative review.**”
Sep 25, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Bacteriological analysis indicating the water is free of bacteria had not been performed on a sample of water from each well used for the children’s water supply every two years.
“Results were not kept on file in the home. “The well water test has not been completed since 4/12/2022.””
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Screen time was not prohibited for children under the age of three.
“The operator did not offer alternative activities for children under the age of three years. “A TV program was playing on the television in the child care space. An infant child was present. Ms. Whitt corrected the violation by turning the television off when I brought it to her attention.””
Apr 25, 2024: unannounced2 violations
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Safe sleep policy and poster about safe sleep practices was not posted in a prominent place in the infant sleeping room or area where parents and caregivers are able to view daily.
“”A safe sleep policy was not posted in the child care. This was corrected by Ms. Whitt when it was brought to her attention.””
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Sleeping infants, ages 12 months and younger were not visually checked every 15 minutes.
“”There was no record of sleep check for the infant children enrolled. It was corrected when Ms. Whitt printed the form and visually checked and recorded for the infant child who was sleeping during today’s visit.””
All 7 visits on record
| Date | Visit | What the record says |
|---|---|---|
| Oct 22, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 8, 2026 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Nov 19, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Apr 17, 2025 | Unannounced visit | 5 violations cited |
| Apr 9, 2025 | Unannounced visit | No violations cited |
| Sep 25, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
| Apr 25, 2024 | Unannounced visit | 2 violations cited |
Is it licensed?
- Family Child Care Home, holding a One Star Family CC Home License since Sep 25, 2024.
- Licensed for 8 children, ages 0 through 12.
- Not enrolled in North Carolina’s subsidized child care program.
- North Carolina’s licence number: 73000114.
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: Whitt Mary Ann D.
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: 1 star 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 37 child care providers in Person County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 5; this one had 9.
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 |
|---|---|
| Star Light Home Day Care | 15 |
| Merry Land Child Care This child care provider | 9 |
| Lester’s Toddler Center | 9 |
| Springfield Kids Home Day Care | 25 |
| Re-Re’s Childcare | 2 |
| Mother Goose Early Learning Center | 7 |
| Earl Bradsher Preschool | 1 |
| Amelia’s Home Day Care | 8 |
| Early Intervention & Family Services | 5 |
| South Elementary School Age Care | 1 |
| North End Elementary School Age Care | 1 |
| Learn & Play Children’s Academy | 14 |
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.
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