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Inspection Type

  • Initial Annual Inspection

    • The Health Department performs initial inspections at all permitted child care programs on an annual basis to determine compliance with the NYC Health Code Article 47 and Article 43.
  • Compliance Inspection

    • The Health Department conducts re-inspections of child care programs to determine if violations have been corrected. A re-inspection is required if the initial annual inspection resulted in public health hazard, critical and/or six or more general violations.

Performance Comparison
  • % of Annual Inspections with Violations Requiring Immediate Correction (Public Health Hazards)

    • The percent of annual inspections conducted at the child care program in the past three years that resulted in one or more public health hazard violations.
  • % of Annual Inspections with Violations Requiring Correction within Two Weeks (Critical Violations)

    • The percent of annual inspections conducted at the child care program in the past three years that resulted in one or more critical violations.

Performance History
  • Over the Past 3 Years

    • The data presents the child care program's inspection history over the past three years.
    Note: If the child care program has been in operation for less than three years, the data covers the program's time in operation.
  • % of Annual Inspections w/Violations

    • The percent of annual inspections conducted at the child care program in the past three years that resulted in either public health hazard or critical violations issued.
  • # of Educational Staff

    • The number of teaching staff currently employed at the child care program. Teaching staff includes educational directors, group teachers and assistant teachers.

Permit Status
  • Permitted

    • The permit to operate a child care program is current and valid.
    • Expired

      • The permit to operate a child care program has expired and program has not submitted the renewal application. A child care program is not authorized to operate while in this permit status.
    • Expired-in Renewal

      • The permit to operate a child care program has expired and is in the process of renewal. Only group child care programs are authorized to continue operating while in the renewal process. Camps are not authorized to operate during the renewal process.

    • Active
      • Active Status refers only to School-based Child Care Programs that have submitted their Notice of Filing and the elementary or higher grade school operating the preschool has been confirmed to exist.

    Program Type
    The type of child care program you are looking for:
    • Camp

      • Child care provided for children under 16 years of age, anytime between June 1 and September 15 in any year, primarily for the purpose of outdoor organized group activity.
    • Child Care-Infant/Toddler

      • A service of child care that, during all or part of day or night, provides care to children younger than 24 months of age.
    • Child Care-Preschool

      • A service of child care that, during all or part of day or night, provides care to children older than 24 months of age and younger than six years of age.
    • School-Based Child Care

      • A service of child care operating as part of an elementary school or higher grade school, providing school-based instructional programs for children ages three through five.

    Program Name
    The commercial name of the child care program. Doing Business As (DBA). This may be different than the name of the permit holder. You may enter any or all of the letters of the name of the child care program. Example: Sunshine Day Care. Enter "S", "Su" or "Sun".

    Violation Summary
    Description of violation. Some of these citations may have resulted in the Health Department issuing summons, which the child care center is entitled to dispute at a hearing at the OATH Health Tribunal.

    Violation Type
    • Violations requiring immediate correction (Public Health Hazards)

      • The most serious type of violations, which may present an imminent threat to the health and safety of children. These violations must be immediately addressed and in most instances must be corrected within one business day by the child care provider. The Health Department will conduct a compliance visit to assure these violations have been corrected.
    • Violations requiring correction within two weeks (Critical Violations)

      • While these violations do not pose an imminent risk to the health and safety of children, they are serious and must be corrected by the provider within two weeks. The Health Department will conduct a compliance visit to assure these violations have been corrected.
    • Minor violations (General Violations)

      • These are violations that do not pose a direct threat to children but must be corrected within one month by the child care provider to assure the optimal functioning of the child care program. Child care services are expected to correct all violations. The Health Department does not perform compliance inspections to determine if violations were corrected when there are no critical violations and fewer than six general violations observed at the time of an inspection.
    • Total violations:
      All types of violations.

Lead Information
  • Water Lead Test Done

    • Program has conducted a sample plan to test for lead in water for all faucets and fountains consisting of at least two draws of each source.
  • Water Lead Test Elevated

    • At least one water sample came back from the lab with a lead in water concentration at or above 15 parts per billion (ppb).
  • Health Department Protocol Implemented

    • Programs with an elevated level of lead in water where corrective actions, found acceptable to the Department, were taken. Corrective actions include but are not limited to daily system flushing, filtration or replacement of faucets/fountains that resulted in a reduction of lead in water concentrations below 15ppb.