Acelero Learning Pierce Center

2025

1. Medium-High risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.2(d) — Provide a current fire certificate as required.

   Provide a current fire certificate as required. Regulation: An applicant seeking the renewal of a license or of a Certificate of Life/Safety Approval to continue operating a center shall obtain and maintain on file a fire safety inspection certificate for the building based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months. If the center prepares meals, the applicant seeking renewal shall obtain and maintain on file a satisfactory Sanitary Inspection Certificate, as specified in N.J.A.C. 8:24, indicating that the kitchen is in compliance with the applicable requirements of the State Sanitary Code, based on a sanitary inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months.

   Corrected 1/22/2026
2. Medium risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.4(i) — Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices.

   Cease the use of pacifier straps or other types of attachment devices. Regulation: Children shall not use pacifiers with straps or other types of attachment devices.

   Corrected 11/21/2025
3. Medium-Low risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-3.4(a) — Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage.

   Provide documentation that the center has current comprehensive general liability insurance coverage. Regulation: 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.

   Corrected 11/21/2025
4. Medium-High risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.8(a)(4) — Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required before serving food in rooms 1, 2 and 3.

   Ensure that staff wash their hands with soap and running water as required before serving food in rooms 1, 2 and 3. Regulation: Handwashing requirements are as follows: staff members shall wash their hands with soap and running water immediately before preparing or serving food; after toileting; after assisting a child in toileting; after caring for a child who appears to be sick; after coming in contact with an animal's body secretions; and after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions. 7.8(d)3- Staff members hands are washed after changing each diaper.

   Corrected 11/21/2025
5. Medium-High risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.8(a)(1) — Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required before the intake of food in rooms 1, 2 and 3.

   Ensure that children wash their hands with soap and running water as required before the intake of food in rooms 1, 2 and 3. Regulation: Handwashing requirements are as follows: the center shall ensure that children three months of age and older wash their hands with soap and running water before intake of food; immediately after using the toilet or having diapers changed; immediately after coming into contact with blood, fecal matter, urine, vomit, nasal secretions, or other body fluids or secretions; immediately after coming in contact with an animal's body secretions; and immediately after outdoor play. (2)for children under three months of age or for those children three months of age and older wherein hand washing with soap and running water may not be developmentally appropriate, the center may use an alternate means for hand washing, including but not limited to disposable baby wipes.

   Corrected 11/21/2025
6. Medium risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(q)(1) — Ensure all rooms are approved by the OOL prior to use; make unapproved space inaccessible to children.

   Ensure all rooms are approved by the OOL prior to use; make unapproved space inaccessible to children. Regulation: Space and room requirements are as follows: all space and rooms within the center to be used by children shall be inspected and approved by the Office of Licensing prior to their use. In making its determination, the Office of Licensing shall consider whether the space is too far removed, remote, or isolated from other areas of the center to be used by children. Rooms or areas of the center that are not Office of Licensing-approved for use by children shall be made inaccessible to children.

   Corrected 11/21/2025
7. Medium-High risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(l)(4) — Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually.

   Conduct and document at least two lockdown drills annually. Regulation: Emergency procedure requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct two lockdown drills per year and maintain on file a record of each lockdown drill. The center shall ensure that lockdown drills are conducted during each session provided at the center.

   Corrected 12/19/2025
8. Medium risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.7(a)(3)(iv) — Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal in rooms 1, 2 and 3.

   Ensure tables are washed and disinfected before each meal in rooms 1, 2 and 3. Regulation: Tables used by the children for eating shall be washed and disinfected before each meal.

   Corrected 11/21/2025
9. Medium-High risk10/22/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.2(b) — Ensure that all illuminated exit signs and emergency lighting are operable at all times in the hallway.

   Ensure that all illuminated exit signs and emergency lighting are operable at all times in the hallway. Regulation: An applicant seeking a license or a Certificate of Life/Safety Approval to operate a center shall comply with all applicable provisions of the New Jersey Uniform Fire Code, as specified in N.J.A.C. 5:70 and hereinafter referred to as the NJUFC. The center shall obtain the building's fire safety inspection certificate issued by the municipality in which it is located, based on a fire inspection conducted within the preceding 12 months, reflecting the center's compliance with all applicable provisions of the NJUFC. The center shall maintain on file the building's fire safety inspection certificate.

   Corrected 11/21/2025