Loading
Pulling inspections, violations, and complaints.
Home › NJ › Piscataway › Lake Nelson Early Learning Center
State records list this provider as Closed. Review the inspection and enforcement history below, and confirm the current status on the official state source before enrolling.
555 South Randolphville Road, Piscataway NJ 08854 · License #12LAK0001 · Center · Child Care Center
Not published by the state. Owners can add hours via profile claim.
When they operate
Schedule type not published.
Ages served
Ages not published.
Tap a row to expand inspection details, findings, and the state record.
Ensure that the center director and director designee complete the OOL's Understanding Licensing training within 90 days of hire.
Ensure accident reports are completed as required including time of parent notification.
Leave your email if you want a note when this facility's license or enforcement status changes.
Generated from this facility's specific inspection record
Data synced from New Jersey DCF, Office of Licensing on Jul 9, 2026 · Source records · Report an error
Maintain at the center and distribute to all families and staff, a copy of the Information to Parents document designated by the OOL; maintain on file a record of parental and staff receipt of the policy.
Post the center's discipline policy.
Ensure pipes in both bathrooms are free from rust.
Develop a written policy for the use of television, computers and other technology.
Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.
Ensure health records are maintained on file as required for 2 children.
Ensure that hot tap water does not exceed 110 degrees Fahrenheit.
Ensure all bins on the playground are free from stagnant water.
Maintain on file the center's social media policy.
Maintain on file a record of parent receipt of policies for 1 child.
Complete and maintain on file, a current Staff Records Checklist including all required information designated by OOL.
Develop a policy for parental notification and maintain on file a record of staff and parental receipt of receipt of the policy.
Ensure the center's expulsion policy includes : circumstances; methods to notify parents; sufficient time limits; and reasons for immediate expulsion.
Ensure Epi-pens are stored in their original boxes with the child's name and prescription, accompanied by a current special care plan that includes procedures for contacting parents and emergency medical services, and both epi-pens are present when two are required for 1 child.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff for the center's license renewal.
Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.
Secure area rugs through out the center.
Remove or repair the exposed landscape fabric on the outdoor play area.
Complete and submit a DCF Renewal Attestation and all required documents.
Ensure that the center disinfects tables as required before meals wherein the center was only washing with soap and water.
Ensure that all staff, the sponsor and/or the sponsor representative complete a CHRI background check as required for the center's license renewal. 12/20/2023 One staff.
This center inspection inspection recorded no violations or advisories.
Ensure that all playground equipment meets public playground design standards (ASTM F-1487). Remove Little Tikes slide which does not meet code.
Ensure that at least two staff have current first aid and CPR certifications and are present at all times at the center.
Provide a current fire certificate as required.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet the center’s staff records checklist. Ensure Orientation training includes all required components and the date for completion of Orientation Training is documented; staff 18 years of age and older that do not have a cleared CHRI have an appointment date documented; and that all staff, including the sponsor/sponsor representative submitted a CARI for Renewal and indicate the date cleared (or date submitted if not yet cleared).
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet the children’s daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for the prior 2-week period.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a copy of the center’s current Life Hazard Use Certificate of Registration applicable to the center’s licensed capacity and ages served.
Provide an updated fire certificate.
Provide documentation of monthly fire drills.
Provide missing outlet covers in rooms 1 and 2.
Provide the staff records checklist.
Ensure that a named staff completes orientation training within two weeks of hire.
Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.
Ensure that all outdoor hazards are removed as required wherein there is landscape fabric creating a tripping hazard throughout the playground.
Ensure that all staff submit a CARI background check upon renewal. 7/12/23 One staff.
Submit current documentation from the DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) for centers not served by a public community water system and post the results.
Ensure that the center completes and maintains on file a Staff Records Checklist designated by OOL.
Ensure that the center has a current comprehensive general liability insurance policy and maintains the documentation on file.
Ensure that the sign to the entrance door of the program is removed which states parents are not allowed in the building per state guidelines and ensure that parents are allowed to the enter the building if they wish.
Ensure that children are evacuated from the center within three minutes during each fire drill.
Ensure that all staff complete orientation training within two weeks of hire and annually. 10/11/22 Provide for the director.
Ensure that the center washes and disinfects the tables used by the children for eating before each meal wherein only soap and water is being used. 12/14/22 abated via mou.
Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for all staff.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH for centers: a) co-located with a dry cleaner or nail salon; b) with one of the prior uses: F, H, S, B (dry cleaner, nail salon), A (funeral home) or M (gas station); c) located in a building built in 1978 or earlier; or d) located near a known hazardous area.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a copy of the center’s current Fire Safety Inspection Certificate.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet the center’s illness log for a period of at least 30 days.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a copy of the center’s policy on the following: communicable disease management.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a copy of the center’s policy on the following: discipline.
Include the date the child returned to the center on the illness logs.
Provide education/training experience for one head teacher. 4/14/22 staff credentialed as conditional HT.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a copy of the center’s fire drill log for a period of at least 90 days.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet the staff’s daily time sheets with arrival and departure times for the prior 2-week period.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet documentation indicating that at least 2 staff members present at the center have current basic knowledge of first aid principles and CPR.
Submit current documentation from the DEP, Bureau of Safe Drinking Water (BSDW) for centers not served by a public community water system and post the results.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet a copy of the center’s policy on the following: expulsion.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet the center’s current comprehensive general liability insurance policy.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet the center’s table of organization indicating lines of authority, responsibility and job descriptions of current staff and submit required documentation for any credentialed staff on the table of organization that have not been approved in NJCCIS.
Submit or upload to NJCCIS File Cabinet CHRI clearances for all staff.
Ensure accident reports include all required information.
Provide staff signatures for receipt of Information to Parents.
Provide an updated Life Hazard certificate. 10/10/19 Code Aa02.
Ensure children from the co-located K-12 school do not enter the child care center classrooms. A child from grade K was observed entering the child care classroom to use the bathroom inside of the classroom.
Provide staff signatures for receipt of the discipline policy.
Provide staff signatures for receipt of the social media policy.
Provide an updated sanitary inspection certificate.
Ensure all staff have annual orientation.
Provide documentation of staff development hours for all staff.
Provide staff signatures for receipt of the release policy.
Ensure 2 epi-pens are present when required by the health care provider plan. 10/10/19 Child no longer enrolled.
Attend Understanding Licensing training. 10/10/19 Ensure director and designee attend a 5 hour understanding licensing workshop. Register on njccis.com. Provide certificate to inspector once completed. 8/6/2020 - N/A due to the public health emergency.