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Home › WA › Tacoma › Ntmc Achievement Center #4
2421 70Th Ave W, Tacoma WA 98466 · License #461733 · Center · Child Care Center
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110-300-0145(11) · Prior to licensing, exiting mechanisms on gates from a licensed outdoor play area to unlicensed space must be equipped with a self-closing and self-latching mechanism (shuts automatically when released from an individual’s control). A gate that is not an emergency exit must be locked or self-closing and self-latching.
110-300-0145(11) - Licensor observed gate on the waddler and toddler playground self-latching mechanism not working. Risk Verified WAC/RCW
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
110-300-0197(4) · Food must be stored as follows: (a) In original containers or in clean, labeled, dated, and airtight food grade containers, if appropriate. (b) Food not required to be refrigerated or frozen must not be stored directly on the floor; (c) In a manner that prevents contamination; (d) Food and food service items (such as utensils, napkins, and dishes) must not be stored in an area with toxic materials (such as cleaning supplies, paint, or pesticides); (e) Food that is past the manufacturer's expiration or “best served by” date must not be served to enrolled children; and (f) Raw meat must be stored in the refrigerator or freezer below cooked or ready to eat foods.
100-300-0197(4) - Licensor observed food in refrigerator, freezer, and cabinets not in original containers that were dated but not labeled.
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Disposition: 2 valid issue(s)
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110-300-0165(2)(d) · An early learning provider must take steps to prevent hazards to children including, but not limited to: (d) Making inaccessible to children plastic bags and other suffocation hazards;
(2)(d) Nap cots with blankets are stored in plastic trash bags to maintain separation of sleeping surfaces. However, these bags are accessible to the children in all but one classroom. (2)(a) Licensor observed several choking hazards accessible to children in the toddler rooms. Risk WAC/RCW
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
110-300-0165(2)(a) · An early learning provider must take steps to prevent hazards to children including, but not limited to: (a) Making inaccessible to infants and toddlers any equipment, material, or objects that may pose a risk of choking, aspiration, or ingestion. For the purposes of this section, equipment, material, or objects that have a diameter or overall dimension of one and three-quarter inches or less are considered items that may pose a risk of choking, aspiration, or ingestion. Small parts from larger equipment, material, or objects that have a diameter or overall dimension of one and three-quarter inches or less, that may become detached from the larger equipment, materials, or object are also considered items that may pose a risk of choking, aspiration, or ingestion;
(2)(d) Nap cots with blankets are stored in plastic trash bags to maintain separation of sleeping surfaces. However, these bags are accessible to the children in all but one classroom. (2)(a) Licensor observed several choking hazards accessible to children in the toddler rooms. Risk WAC/RCW
Open Not marked corrected in the state record
Open / not marked corrected.
110-300-0260(2)(a)(b) · Storage areas and storage rooms must: (a) Be inaccessible to children; (b) Have locking doors or other methods to prevent child access;
The storage closet in toddler room was not locked. Risk WAC/RCW
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110-300-0356(5) · In each classroom or well-defined space, the maximum group size and ratio of center staff members to children, including children related to staff or the licensee, must be: (a) Infants (birth through eleven months of age) with a: (i) Maximum group size of eight with a ratio of one staff to four children (1:4); (ii) Maximum group size of nine with a ratio of 1:3; (b) Toddlers (twelve through twenty-nine months of age) with a: (i) Maximum group size of fourteen with a ratio of 1:7; (ii) Maximum group size of fifteen with a ratio of 1:5; (c) Preschoolers (thirty months through six years of age who are not attending kindergarten or elementary school) with a maximum group size of twenty with a ratio of 1:10; and (d) School-age children (5 years through twelve years of age who are enrolled in or attending kindergarten or elementary school) with a maximum group size of thirty with a ratio of 1:15.
(b)(i) The toddler group size was not met on the playground. Licensor observed 24 toddlers on the playground at one time.
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