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Rubber Ducky Child Day Care Center

A licensed child care center in Brownsville, Texas 78520

7055 Old Military Rd, Brownsville, Texas 78520. (956) 541-8054.

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The short answer

Record last released by Texas HHSC on Oct 30, 2026.

The last 24 months 9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. Every month

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.
Texas’s risk levels
Texas gives each child care deficiency a risk level, by how likely it is to harm a child: Low, Medium Low, Medium, Medium High or High. High is its most serious. Source: Texas Health and Human Services Commission, Child Care Regulation.
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?

9 deficiencies cited in the last three years

The middle of the 198 child care providers in Cameron County had 2.

9 inspections on record. The latest, on Feb 10, 2026: 3 deficiencies cited.

Rated High by Texas: Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months, at the inspection on Feb 10, 2026

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data) and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

When those deficiencies happened

9 deficiencies in 5 months of the last 36. Last cited Feb 2026. Most serious: High. The last 3 years, to Oct 30, 2026.

9 deficiencies by month over the last 3 years. Each cell is one month.
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023 NovDec
2024 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2025 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2026 JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOct

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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 deficiency, in Texas’s words

Grouped by visit, newest first, with the risk level Texas gave it, from Low to High.

Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Feb 10, 2026: inspection3 deficiencies

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “Annual fire inspection has not been updated. Last inspected on 5/14/2024.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Mar 5, 2026.

  • Annual Sanitation Inspection

    “Annual health inspection has not been updated. Last inspected on 4/16/2024.”

    Rule 746.3401(a). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 27, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 26, 2026.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Fire extinguisher in the transportation vehicle has not been serviced since September 2023 at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 17, 2026. Correction verified: Feb 26, 2026.

Jan 21, 2026: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2025 data from January 20, 2026, determined the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2025 by January 15, 2026, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 30, 2026. Correction verified: Jan 22, 2026.

Mar 31, 2025: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Written Feeding Instructions - Signed and Dated by Parent or Health-Care Professional

    “8 month old infant did not have a written feeding instruction signed by the parent of health care professional on file at the of inspection.”

    Rule 746.2421(a). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 1, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2025.

  • Children’s Records - Health Statement

    “4 children’s files were evaluated and 1 did not have a health statement on file at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.603(a)(3). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Apr 7, 2025. Correction verified: Apr 8, 2025.

Jan 24, 2025: assessment1 deficiency

  • Report Number of Employees

    “A review of the Employees Who Left Employment in 2024 data from January 21, 2025, revealed the center had not reported the number of employees who left employment in 2024 by January 15, 2025, as required.”

    Rule 746.303(b). Medium Low, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Feb 2, 2025. Correction verified: Feb 6, 2025.

May 8, 2024: inspection2 deficiencies

  • Nutrition and Food Service - Drinking water available at every snack, mealtime, and during and after active play

    “Water was not served with the afternoon snack.”

    Rule 746.3301(f)(1). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 9, 2024. Correction verified: Jun 5, 2024.

  • Installation and Maintenance of Loose-fill Surfacing - Proper Depth Maintained

    “The loosefill in the slide’s use zone is less than the required 6 inches.”

    Rule 746.4907(d). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: May 31, 2024. Correction verified: May 13, 2024.

7 deficiencies older than three years
Jan 12, 2023: inspection1 deficiency

  • Background Check Validation ? Every 3 months each operation, other than a licensed, registered, or listed home, must validate current list

    “Validation is not being validated every 3 months. Last validation was done on 2/17/2022.”

    Rule 745.651(2)(A). Medium, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jan 12, 2023. Correction verified: Jan 13, 2023.

Jun 29, 2022: inspection6 deficiencies

  • AP Background check results - Must receive notification prior to allowing subject to be present at your operation

    “Observed a volunteer present and in charge of a group of children in the operation without having had a background check run by the operation.”

    Rule 745.641. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

  • Responsibilities of Employees and Caregivers -Demonstrate Competency, Good Judgment, Self-control

    “The operation went on a field trip with a total of 11 children and 2 staff; however the transportation vehicle is only an 8 passenger vehicle.”

    Rule 746.1201(1). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

  • Field Trips - Ensure Safety

    “The operation went on a field trip and there were no signed permission forms from the parent or identifiable shirt or name on the children at the time of inspection.”

    Rule 746.3001. High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jun 29, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

  • Annual Fire Inspection - Before Initial Permit Issued and Every 12 Months

    “Annual fire inspection has not been updated. Last inspected on 5/19/2021.”

    Rule 746.5101(a). High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 8, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

  • Maintenance of Building, Grounds and Equipment

    “At the time of inspection toddler classroom is being used as a storage room.”

    Rule 746.3407. Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 13, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 13, 2022.

  • Fire Extinguishers Serviced

    “Fire extinguisher in the vehicle used for transportation has not been serviced. Last serviced on 3/2019.”

    Rule 746.5307(b). Medium High, by Texas’s label. Correction date, as Texas HHSC recorded it: Jul 1, 2022. Correction verified: Jul 1, 2022.

All 12 visits on record
Inspections, investigations and reports to the state
DateVisitWhat the record says
Feb 10, 2026Inspection3 deficiencies cited
Jan 21, 2026Assessment1 deficiency cited
Mar 31, 2025Inspection2 deficiencies cited
Jan 24, 2025Assessment1 deficiency cited
Jun 5, 2024InspectionNo violation found
May 8, 2024Inspection2 deficiencies cited
May 11, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Feb 8, 2023InspectionNo violation found
Jan 12, 2023Inspection1 deficiency cited
Jan 10, 2023Report to the stateNo violation found
Jul 13, 2022InspectionNo violation found
Jun 29, 2022Inspection6 deficiencies cited

Is it licensed?

  • Licensed Center, permit issued May 24, 2011.
  • Accepts state child care subsidies.
  • Licensed for ages: Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School.
  • Capacity: 30 children.
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Has Texas acted against it?

  • No corrective or adverse action by Texas on record.
  • 1 report to the state on record; Texas doesn’t publish whether they were .
Source:

Texas HHSC, child care operations and inspections and investigations. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

Who does the caring?

  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels for individual providers. State rules set staff-to-child ratios by age.

Who owns it?

  • Texas’s open data doesn’t list owners.

How is it rated?

  • Texas Rising Star: 4-Star (the highest of three levels).
Source:

Texas Workforce Commission, subsidy providers and Texas Rising Star. Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

How does it compare nearby?

  • Among 198 child care providers in Cameron County, the middle value for deficiencies cited in the last three years was 2; this one had 9.
Source:

Texas HHSC, deficiencies (non-compliance data). Released Oct 30, 2026. Updated daily.

12 of the 198 in Cameron County, as the source lists them, same ZIP code first
PlaceDeficiencies, 3 years
Rubber Ducky Child Day Care Center This child care provider9
Episcopal Day School Day Care2
A Place to Grow Learning Center0
Montessori School2
Kidbridge Academy1
Tsc Raul J. Guerra Early Childhood Center0
The Children’s Palace Learning Center II10
Angel’s Land Day Care and Learning Center1
Imagination Station Academy 20
Urimar Montessori, LLC3
First Prep Preschool7
Learning Tree Kids Academy10
Kids R Us16

What the record doesn’t say

  • Texas doesn’t publish whether a complaint was substantiated.
  • Texas rates some paperwork slips as High risk, so read what was actually cited.
  • Texas doesn’t publish staffing levels or owners for individual providers.

Sources

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Source:

This copy of the record was made on Oct 30, 2026.

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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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