Genius Kids Academy and Learning Institute Inc.

2025

1. High risk8/11/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-5.3(i)(5)(i) — Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection.

   Complete and submit a DCF Drinking Water Testing Checklist and Statement of Assurance and a copy of the center's water testing completed by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection. Regulation: Environmental condition precautions are as follows: at the time of the initial application, any renewal application, relocation of an existing licensed center and, in the discretion of the Office of Licensing, any other time, the applicant or facility operator shall certify in writing that the center provides a potable water supply provided by a public community water system. If the facility is supplied by a public community water system, the applicant or facility operator shall provide documentation of water testing conducted by a laboratory certified by the Department of Environmental Protection for water testing for lead and copper from all faucets and other sources used for drinking water or food preparation and at least 50 percent of all indoor water faucets utilized by the center.

   Corrected 11/26/2025
2. High risk7/8/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.2(a)(1) — Ensure the changing table in room 3 is turned around to face the room or provide an additional staff in the room to assist in supervising children during diapering changes.

   Ensure the changing table in room 3 is turned around to face the room or provide an additional staff in the room to assist in supervising children during diapering changes. Regulation: The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are sufficient to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program.

   Corrected 8/11/2025
3. Medium risk7/8/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.2(a)(1) — Ensure that the center staff are trained on how and when to use to use child straps used for walks, wherein children in room 3 were sitting on and playing in the straps in the hallway, while the staff was assisting children in t

   Ensure that the center staff are trained on how and when to use to use child straps used for walks, wherein children in room 3 were sitting on and playing in the straps in the hallway, while the staff was assisting children in the bathroom. Regulation: The center shall provide a supply of age-appropriate and developmentally appropriate program equipment including play equipment, child-size furniture and supplies that are sufficient to meet the daily activity needs of the children and the program.

   Corrected 8/11/2025
4. High risk7/8/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-7.5(b)(10) — Ensure nebulizer medication is stored in the original box with the child's name and prescription.

   Ensure nebulizer medication is stored in the original box with the child's name and prescription. Regulation: (9) The center shall develop and follow a policy on the administration of medication and health care procedures to children, which shall include the following provisions: before administering a health care procedure associated with a child’s health condition, such as the use of a blood glucose monitor, nebulizer, or epinephrine pen, the center shall ensure that all staff members who administer the procedure are taught to do so by the child’s parent or another appropriately-trained person. There shall be at least two staff members present at the center who are trained in such health care procedures. 10. The center shall store prescribed epinephrine pens in their original boxes with the child’s name and prescription. A special care plan or other documentation from a health care provider shall accompany the epinephrine pen. If two epinephrine pens are required, both shall be available. Each center under the jurisdiction of N.J.S.A. 18A:40-12.5 shall store back-up epinephrine pens on site consistent with the requirements stated at N.J.S.A. 18A:40- 12.5.e(1).

   Corrected 8/11/2025
5. High risk7/8/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-4.11(a) — Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for 1 regularly scheduled staff.

   Ensure that CHRI background checks are completed as required for 1 regularly scheduled staff. Regulation: As a condition of securing a license or Certificate of Life/Safety Approval, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall ensure that a Criminal History Record Information (CHRI) fingerprint background check is completed for himself or herself, and for all staff members at least 18 years of age who are or will be working at the center on a regularly- scheduled basis, to determine whether any such person has been convicted of a crime, as specified in P.L. 2000, c. 77 (N.J.S.A. 30:5B-6.10 to 6.17). If a staff member refuses to consent to a CHRI background check, the sponsor or sponsor representative shall immediately terminate the staff member’s employment at the center.

   Corrected 8/11/2025
6. High risk7/8/2025

   N.J.A.C. 3A:52-6.6(a) — Ensure children in rooms 1 and 3 are not strapped into low feeding chairs during center activities during group activities as a means to keep them from getting up and walking around the room.

   Ensure children in rooms 1 and 3 are not strapped into low feeding chairs during center activities during group activities as a means to keep them from getting up and walking around the room. Regulation: (a) The methods of guidance and discipline used shall: 1. Be positive; 2. Be consistent with the age and developmental needs of the children; and 3. Lead to the child's ability to develop and maintain self-control. (b) Staff members shall not discipline children for failing to eat or sleep or for soiling themselves. (c) Staff shall not withhold active play time as a means of discipline unless the child's actions or behavior present a danger to themselves or others. (d) Children may be removed from a group activity to another area, provided that the child so removed is either under the supervision of another staff member or continuously visible to a staff member.

   Corrected 8/11/2025