Costumes & Crayons Daycare Center - Inspection Report
Inspection Information
Facility typeChild Care - 300
Service type310 Multi-Age Child Care
310 Multi-Age Child Care
310 Multi-Age Child Care
310 Multi-Age Child Care
310 Multi-Age Child Care
310 Multi-Age Child Care
Inspection typeRoutine
Inspection dateMay 25, 2022
Follow up requiredYes
Contraventions: A summary of the contraventions found during the inspection are listed below.
Code Category/Description
CCLR Section 13(1)Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that a healthy and safe environment is provided at all times while children are under the supervision of employees.
Observation: Environment is unsafe for children in care.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-1-2022
CCLR Section 14(4)(b)Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: The diapering area must be located outside the food preparation area and adjacent to a washbasin.
Observation: Change station not near wash basin.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-1-2022
CCLR Section 16(4)(b)Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that all indoor and outdoor play materials and equipment accessible to children are safely constructed, free from hazards and in good repair.
Observation: Licensee was not maintaining records.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
CCLR Section 17Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that children do not have access to any object or substance that may be hazardous to the health or safety of a child.
Observation: Children had access to hazards.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-1-2022
CCLR Section 19(4)(a)Staffing: A licensee must not employ a person in a community care facility as an educator or an assistant unless the person holds a certificate issued under Division 2 [Employee Qualifications], which must be verified by the licensee using a system established and maintained by the director of the early childhood educator registry.
Observation: Certificate not held or verified.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
CCLR Section 34(2)(a)Care and Supervision: Without limiting subsection (1), a licensee must ensure that children attending a community care facility are divided into groups, with each group having no more children than that permitted in Schedule E.
Observation: Children were not divided as per Schedule E.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-1-2022
CCLR Section 47Physical Facility, Equipment and Furnishings: A licensee must ensure that any heated water accessible to children is heated to no more than 49° Celsius.
Observation: Water exceeded 49° Celsius.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-1-2022
CCLR Section 53(2)(a)Medication: A licensee must ensure that a child's medication is not accessible to any child, except that a child may have access to his or her own medication if the child's parent has instructed the licensee to permit this.
Observation: Medications were accessible to children.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-1-2022
CCLR Section 56(1)(b)Records and Reporting: A licensee must keep current records of each of the following: for each employee, the records required under section 19 (1) [character and skill requirements].
Observation: Insufficient employee records.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
CCLR Section 56(1)(f)Records and Reporting: A licensee must keep current records of each of the following: a log of minor accidents, illnesses and unexpected events involving children, that did not require medical attention and were not reportable incidents described in Schedule H.
Observation: Insufficient records.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
CCLR Section 57(1)(a)Records and Reporting: A licensee must keep current records for each child showing the information set out in subsection (2).
Observation: Insufficient records.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
CCLR Section 57(3)(a)Records and Reporting: A licensee must have in writing from a parent, and maintain at the community care facility, consent to call a medical practitioner or ambulance in case of accident or illness if the parent cannot immediately be reached.
Observation: Insufficient records.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
CCLR Section 58(2)(a)Records and Reporting: The licensee must develop the care plan in consultation with a parent of the child requiring extra support and any person requested by the parent.
Observation: No Care Plan developed.
Corrective action: The licensee to submit a compliance plan by indicated date.
To be corrected by: 6-6-2022
Actions Required by Licensee/Operator
- Corrective action plan to be developed and submitted.
Action Required by Licensing Officer or Medical Health Officer
- Review and monitor corrective action plan > Follow up inspection required.