Hearth Record

Precious Play Care, Inc.

A day care center in Darien Center, New York 14040

1140 Broadway Road, Darien Center, New York 14040. (585) 547-3817.

What New York’s list coversOutside New York City

Programs New York State’s Office of Children and Family Services licenses or registers outside New York City, each county added once it is read in full. Programs in the city’s five boroughs, including the day care centers its Health Department regulates, aren’t here yet.

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The short answer

Record last released by New York State Office of Children and Family Services on Oct 24, 2026.

The last 24 months 7 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. Every month

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

What these words mean4
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.
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?

18 inspections in the last three years, the latest on Sep 28, 2026.

7 violations cited in the last three years.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

When those violations happened

7 violations in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Jun 2026. The last 3 years, to Oct 24, 2026.

7 violations by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
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2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
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No visit on record Visited, nothing cited A stronger orange is more serious, on its source’s own levels, read onto four bands: from the least serious it publishes to the most
Source:

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.

Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Jun 22, 2026: mid-Point1 violation
  • Mid-point requirements for four-year license holders. At the two-year calendar date in a four year licensing cycle, a program must be in compliance with the following mid-point requirements and be able to show proof of compliance to the Office when requested, as follows: proof of compliance with the training requirements of section 418-1.14;

    Rule 418-1.15(b)(29)(i).

Jan 27, 2026: fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation
  • All corridors, aisles, and approaches to exits must be kept unobstructed at all times.

    Rule 418-1.4(f)(2). Corrected during the inspection.

Jan 30, 2025: fire Safety - Alternate Year3 violations
  • The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation from service personnel licensed by the New York State Department of State to perform fire alarm systems maintenance, repair and testing which shows that the fire alarm and detection systems have been inspected, tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building Code of New York State;

    Rule 418-1.15(c)(31).

  • The program must maintain on file at the child day care center, available for inspection by the Office or its designees at any time, the following records in a current and accurate manner: documentation from service personnel qualified to perform fire suppression systems maintenance, repair and testing showing that fire suppression equipment and systems have been tested and maintained during the current license period in accordance with the applicable requirements of the Fire and Building Code of New York State;

    Rule 418-1.15(c)(32).

  • All buildings used for day care centers must remain in compliance with the applicable provisions of the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State or other applicable fire and building codes when the Fire Code and Building Code of New York State is not applicable.

    Rule 418-1.3(o).

Dec 6, 2024: monitoring1 violation
  • Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during various hours of operation of the child day care center.

    Rule 418-1.4(b)(1).

Feb 20, 2024: annual Unannounced1 violation
  • for children between ages 18 months old and 36 months old: there must be one teacher for every five children;

    Rule 418-1.8(k)(3)(i). Corrected during the inspection.

All 18 visits on record
Visits on record
DateVisitWhat the record says
Sep 28, 2026MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 22, 2026Mid-Point1 violation cited
Feb 9, 2026Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jan 27, 2026Fire Safety - Alternate Year1 violation cited
Oct 14, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Jul 14, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Apr 4, 2025MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 3, 2025Annual UnannouncedNo violations found
Jan 30, 2025Fire Safety - Alternate Year3 violations cited
Dec 6, 2024Monitoring1 violation cited
Sep 11, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Jun 18, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
May 15, 2024Application - RenewalNo violations found
May 2, 2024Fire Safety - RenewalNo violations found
Mar 20, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Feb 20, 2024Annual Unannounced1 violation cited
Jan 2, 2024MonitoringNo violations found
Nov 16, 2023MonitoringNo violations found

Is it licensed?

  • Day Care Center, open since Jun 1, 1996.
  • School district: Alexander.
  • Capacity, in New York’s words: 12 Infants, 20 Toddlers, 14 Preschoolers and 7 School-Aged Children.
  • Approved by New York to give medication.
  • Keeps epinephrine auto-injectors for emergencies.
  • Licence 42765, issued Jun 1, 2024, expires May 31, 2028.
  • Capacity: 53 children.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

Has New York acted against it?

  • No complaints in the last three years.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Child Care Regulated Programs. Released Oct 24, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual programs.

Who owns it?

  • New York’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Takes part in QUALITYstarsNY, New York’s quality rating program.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 23 child care providers in Genesee County, the middle value for violations cited in the last three years was 3; this one had 7.
Source:

New York State Office of Children and Family Services, Program pages: inspection and complaint history. Checked Oct 19, 2026. Updated daily.

11 of the 23 in Genesee County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceViolations cited in the last three years
Precious Play Care, Inc. This child care provider7
Bickham, Delia2
Teddy Bear Day Care2
Monteleone, Carol7
Lucky Ducky Daycare3
life’s little STAGES2
Veltz, Charlotte0
Agri-Business Child Development8
Genesee Community College Association, Inc.3
Community Action of Orleans & Genesee, Inc.2
BRIGHTPATH2
GLOW YMCA1

What the record doesn’t say

  • New York doesn’t grade violations by severity, so read what was cited.
  • New York’s records give the regulation behind each violation, not what the inspector saw.
  • New York’s program pages cover four calendar years; this page shows the last three years.
  • New York doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual programs.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 24, 2026.

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Replies

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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.

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