Spice Island Day Care is child care in the provider's own home. New York State licenses this kind of home (“group family day care”) for up to 12 children plus 4 school-age children; an assistant must be on hand once more than eight children are present. State inspectors check it, not the city Health Department. The state's file shows 3 inspection visits, most recently Aug 7, 2026, with no uncorrected violations on file. Per the state's record, this provider had violations in the last 3 years, all shown as fixed in the record. Its license or registration runs through Jun 14, 2027 in the state registry. Everything we publish for this record is free.
Last inspection · record checked against the state's child care registry .
Inspection history
Every state inspection visit on record for this home, newest first, from New York State's public file. We show the record as it stands and don't grade it.
How to read this record
- New York State inspects home programs at least once a year unannounced, when the license or registration comes up for renewal, and after complaints. Every visit is listed with its date and result.
- Violations found means inspectors cited one or more rule violations on that visit. Each one lists the rule, what it requires, and whether the record shows it corrected (fixed) or still uncorrected.
- The state doesn't publish severity rankings the way the city does for daycare centers. Read the description itself, and ask the provider about anything that worries you.
- To double-check anything or request the fuller file, open the official state record or get a pre-filled records-request letter, using the buttons under the inspection list. More in our methodology.
Official rule text — what the state requires: Evacuation drills must be conducted at least monthly during the hours of operation of the group family day care home.
What this means
Practice The rule requires evacuation drills at least monthly, during the hours the home is open. A citation means that was not being done when the home was cited.
Worth asking: When was your last evacuation drill?
Official rule text — what the state requires: Each applicant must complete the Office-approved training that complies with the federal minimum health and safety pre-service training requirements or three-month orientation period training requirements. This training must be obtained pre-service or within three months of starting such position. Individuals who have completed Office approved training that complies with federal health and safety requirements may be left unsupervised with children. Any teacher, director, or volunteer who does not complete this training must not be left unsupervised with children in care until such times as the training has been completed.
What this means
Records Each applicant must finish state approved training that meets the federal minimum health and safety requirements, before starting or within three months of starting. Anyone who has not finished it must not be left alone with children. The citation concerns that training.
Worth asking: Have all caregivers completed the required health and safety training?
Official rule text — what the state requires: the forms necessary for the Office to inquire whether the applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment on file with the Statewide Central Register of Child Abuse and Maltreatment,
What this means
Records Among the background check paperwork a program must keep on file are the forms needed to ask whether an applicant is the subject of an indicated report of child abuse or maltreatment at the Statewide Central Register. The citation concerns that paperwork, and the public record does not say what was missing.
Worth asking: Are the required background check forms on file, and who reviews them?
Official rule text — what the state requires: No child may be accepted for care in a child care program unless the program has been furnished with a written statement signed by a health care provider verifying that the child is able to participate in child care and currently appears to be free from contagious or communicable diseases. A child's medical statement must have been completed within the 12 months preceding the date of enrollment.
What this means
Records No child may be accepted unless the program has a written statement, signed by a health care provider, that the child can take part in child care and appears free from contagious disease. The statement must have been completed within the 12 months before enrollment. The citation concerns those statements.
Worth asking: Can you show me that a current medical statement is on file for each enrolled child?
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