The center shall maintain on file a written policy on the disciplining of children by staff members. The policy shall be posted in a prominent location within the center.

Post the center's discipline policy in a prominent location.

3A:52-6.6(e)(3) · Corrected Jan 21, 2025

The center shall ensure that all staff members are trained in the method of keeping track of children and know how many children are in their care at all times.

Based on information, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center. On 6/26/24, a named child and his classmates were left unmonitored.

3A:52-4.3(a)(2) · Corrected Nov 15, 2024

The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served.

Based on information, provide a Corrective Action Plan to DCF as required.

3A:52-5.3(r) · Corrected Dec 16, 2024

The following staff/child ratios shall apply, except as specified in 3A:52-4.3(d) through (f): Age Staff/Child Ratio Under 18 months - 1:4 18 months up to 2 ½ years - 1:6 2 ½ years up to 4 years - 1:10 4 years - 1:12 5 years and older - 1:15

Based on information, ensure that adequate staff/child ratios are maintained at all times throughout the center.

3A:52-4.3(c) · Corrected Nov 15, 2024

The center shall maintain on file documentation of the date, time, topic, presenter, and attendance for all staff development and orientation completed by center staff members. For staff development provided by the center, the center shall maintain on file documentation or a copy of all staff development materials used.

As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). If a staff member refuses to consent to a CHRI background check, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member’s employment at the center.

Named staff has a conditional cleared CHRI.

3A:52-4.11(a)(3) · Corrected Sep 4, 2024

Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a).

Based on information, retrain all staff on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.

3A:52-4.8(a)(1) · Corrected Jan 18, 2023

The center shall maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by the Office of Licensing, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.1(b), indicating that the center has obtained documentation of the applicable staff education and experience, as specified in 3A:52-4.6(b) through (d).

Ensure that the center update and maintain on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.

3A:52-4.6(a) · Corrected Jan 18, 2023

The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children.

Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center wherein a named child climbed onto the cubbie in Room 1 and staff was unaware.

3A:52-4.3(a) · Corrected Jan 18, 2023

The sponsor or sponsor representative, and each staff member shall complete a signed consent form provided by the Department that indicates the identifying information necessary to conduct a CARI background check, including the person’s name, address, date of birth, sex, race, and Social Security number. Pursuant to the Federal Privacy Act of 1974 (P.L. 93-579), the Department shall advise each such person that the disclosure of his or her Social Security number is voluntary, and that the Social Security number will only be used for the purpose of conducting a CARI background check.

The center shall take any steps required by the Office of Licensing to correct conditions in the building or center that may endanger the health, safety, and well-being of the children served.

Ensure the health, safety, and well-being of the children served wherein the center has a child in the infant room that bites other children and the center is not following proper protocol of there policy.

3A:52-5.3(r) · Corrected Oct 18, 2022

The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children.

Ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center wherein a named child climbed on the heater ventilation and pulled herself up towards the window and staff in Room 3 was unaware.

3A:52-4.3(a) · Corrected Oct 18, 2022

Topics of orientation training shall include supervising and tracking all children, as specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.3(a).

Retrain all staff including staff management on proper protocols of children behaviors including biting.

3A:52-4.8(a)(1) · Corrected Oct 18, 2022

The children shall be supervised directly by a staff member at all times, including during outdoor activities, rest and sleep, and walking through hallways. Toileting procedures shall be supervised by a staff member as appropriate for the ages and developmental needs of the children.

2: Based on report, ensure that adequate supervision is maintained at all times throughout the center.

3A:52-4.3(a) · Corrected Aug 3, 2022

The center shall ensure that pacifiers are removed when the children are crawling or walking.

Remove bottles from children when walking in Room 7.

3A:52-6.1(e) · Corrected Aug 3, 2022

For early childhood programs, the following shall apply, feeding requirements for centers serving children less than 18 months of age are as follows: for bottles, each child's bottle(s) shall be labeled with the child's name and dated.

Ensure that each child's bottle is labeled with the date in Room 7.

3A:52-6.3(b)(3)(iv)(1) · Corrected Aug 3, 2022

The staff development specified in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.8(a) through (d) shall be clock hours of staff development.

95: Based on report, retrain the staff involved on 1. The center's supervision policy and 2. The center's policies and procedures for tracking children.

3A:52-4.8(f)(1) · Corrected Aug 3, 2022

The center shall develop and implement an Office of Licensing-approved method to keep track of the location and ensure the safety of all children at all times when under the center’s supervision, including the transfer of supervision from and to parents during arrival and departure and the utilization of off-site locations, including playgrounds and field trips.

The center shall distribute a copy of the communicable disease policy to the parent of each enrolled child and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature attesting to receipt of the policy.

Ensure that the center maintains and distributes to all families the center's communicable disease policy and maintains on file the signatures of the parents attesting to their receipt of the policy.

3A:52-7.11(b) · Corrected Jul 12, 2022

The sponsor or sponsor representative shall secure comprehensive general liability insurance coverage for the center and shall maintain on file a copy of the insurance policy or documentation of current insurance coverage.

Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.

3A:52-3.4(a) · Corrected Jun 22, 2022

The center shall distribute a copy of the social media policy to the parent of each enrolled child and to each staff member and secure and maintain on file a record of each parent’s signature and each staff member’s signature attesting to the receipt of the policy.

Develop and distribute to all families and staff a social media policy and maintain on file signatures from all families and staff attesting to the receipt of the policy.

3A:52-6.8(l) · Corrected Jul 12, 2022

For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: for each child not enrolled in a public or private school, upon admission, the center shall maintain on file at the center a Universal Child Health Record (Department of Health Form CH-14) or its equivalent, updated annually, along with an immunization record, and a special care plan, if applicable. A 30-day grace period is permitted in N.J.A.C. 8:57-4.5(e)