Tompkins Community Action, Inc.

Adequate and safe water supply and sewage facilities must be provided and must comply with State and local laws. Hot and cold running water must be available and accessible at all times.

Rule 418-1.3(n).

Buildings, systems and equipment must be kept in good repair and operate as designed.

Rule 418-1.3(o)(2).

An operable flashlight or battery powered lantern must be kept in each classroom. Such equipment must be properly maintained for use in the event of a power failure.

Rule 418-1.5(r). Corrected during the inspection.

The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

Rule 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii). From a complaint. Corrected during the inspection.

Applicants for a license may not be issued a license until an inspection of the child day care center has been conducted showing compliance with the requirements of this Subpart and the relevant provisions of the Social Services Law.

Rule 418-1.2(d).

Suitable precautions must be taken to eliminate all conditions in areas accessible to children which pose a safety or health hazard.

Rule 418-1.5(a). From a complaint.

The licensee must prepare a health care plan on forms furnished by the Office. Such plan must protect and promote the health of children. The health care plan must be on site, followed by all staff and available upon demand by a parent or the Office. In those instances in which the program will administer medications, the health care plan must also be approved by the program’s health care consultant unless the only medications to be administered are:

Rule 418-1.11(c)(1). From a complaint.

Staff may administer medication only in accordance with the following:

Rule 418-1.11(f)(1). From a complaint.

The program must immediately call 911 for children who require emergency medical care and also must:

Rule 418-1.11(h)(1). From a complaint.

The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.

Rule 418-1.8(b). From a complaint.

The child day care center must employ staff who will promote the physical, intellectual, social, cultural and emotional well-being of the children.

Rule 418-1.8(b). From a complaint.

The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

Rule 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii). From a complaint.

Children cannot be left without competent supervision at any time. Competent supervision includes awareness of and responsibility for the ongoing activity of each child. It requires that all children be within a teacher’s range of vision and that the teacher be near enough to respond when redirection or intervention strategies are needed. Competent supervision must take into account the child’s age emotional, physical, and cognitive development.

Rule 418-1.8(a). From a complaint.

Child care center staff must personally make, or cause to be made, an immediate report to the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment by telephone, followed by a written report within 48 hours, in the form and manner prescribed by the Office, to the child protective service of the social services district in the county in which the child resides.

Rule 418-1.10(c)(1). From a complaint.

The program must provide a child who has or develops symptoms of illness a place to rest quietly that is in the view of, and under the supervision of staff until the child receives medical care or the parent or approved parental designee arrives. In the event that a child has or develops symptoms of illness, the program is responsible for immediately notifying the parent.

Rule 418-1.11(h)(4). From a complaint.

The program must immediately notify the parent and Office upon learning of the following events involving a child which occurred while the child was in care at the program or was being transported by the program: serious incident,

Rule 418-1.15(b)(14)(ii). From a complaint.