Candy Land Academy

2025

1. High risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.5(b)(2) — Ensure that the daily time sheets contain the departure time for all children.

   Ensure that the daily time sheets contain the departure time for all children. Regulation: The director shall have the authority and responsibility for the implementation of policies and procedures for the day-to-day operation of the center, including maintenance of staff attendance records indicating daily hours worked and maintenance of children's daily attendance records, including the daily time of arrival and departure.

   Corrected 2/17/2026
2. Medium-Low risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c)(1) — Submit education documentation for one head teacher.

   Submit education documentation for one head teacher. Regulation: For early childhood programs, the following shall apply: or all centers, the head teacher or consulting head teacher shall meet the qualification requirements specified in one of the seven options set forth in N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.6(c) for education and experience.

   Corrected 4/30/2026
3. Medium-High risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(a)(17) — Secure all TV and other loose wires throughout the center.

   Secure all TV and other loose wires throughout the center. Regulation: 17. All televisions and computers shall be secured on a stable surface and shelving shall be secured and not be overloaded. 18. Ensure that microwave ovens, toaster ovens, and other portable devices used to heat or prepare food are out of children's reach, secured on a stable surface, and not in use when children are in the area in order to ensure the safety of children.

   Corrected 2/17/2026
4. Medium-High risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(i)(8) — Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH.

   Submit a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the DOH. Regulation: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center, and, as determined by the Office of Licensing, on a case-by-case basis, the facility operator shall submit to the Office of Licensing a Safe Building Interior Certification or other approval issued by the Department of Health that indicates that no further remediation is needed for the interior of the building in which the center is located. the Office of Licensing shall not issue licenses or renewals to child care centers that are co-located in a building or other structure that contains a dry cleaner or nail salon unless the applicant obtains indoor air sampling that demonstrates that there is no impact to the child care center.

   Corrected 2/17/2026
5. High risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(m)(2) — Ensure that all emergency exit doors are easily operable, wherein the exit out of the first floor bathroom wouldn't open. Note, the center has three other operable emergency exits on the first floor .

   Ensure that all emergency exit doors are easily operable, wherein the exit out of the first floor bathroom wouldn't open. Note, the center has three other operable emergency exits on the first floor . Regulation: Supplemental evacuation requirements are as follows: cribs, beds, playpens, and cots used for rest or sleep shall be arranged so as to provide access to a three-foot-wide aisle that leads to an unobstructed exit.

   Corrected 2/17/2026
6. Medium-High risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(n)(1) — Ensure fire drills are conducted each month.

   Ensure fire drills are conducted each month. Regulation: Fire prevention requirements are as follows: the center shall conduct fire drills at least once a month, as specified in the NJUFC. The center shall ensure that fire drills are conducted during each session provided at the center and that one fire drill per year is conducted during nap time, if applicable. The center shall ensure that all children present are evacuated from the building within three minutes during each fire drill.

   Corrected 2/17/2026
7. High risk12/17/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.10(a) — Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff; four named need updated CARIs.

   Ensure that CARI background checks are completed as required for the sponsor/sponsor representative and all regularly scheduled staff; four named need updated CARIs. Regulation: As a condition of securing a new or renewal license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall provide for himself or herself, and shall obtain from all staff members who are or will be working at the center on a regularly scheduled basis, written consent for the Department to conduct a Child Abuse Record Information (CARI) background check to determine whether an incident of child abuse or neglect has been substantiated against any such person. If a staff member refused to consent to a CARI background check, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member's employment at the center.

   Corrected 2/17/2026