§47.23(a): Supervision
Children were not under constant and competent supervision by enough staff. The city's wording is a template, and the public record does not say what the inspector saw.
| Health Code section | §47.23(a) |
| Type | Practice |
| How DOHMH classifies it | Critical (100% of its citations) |
| Cited in our records | 412 times at 324 NYC centers |
| Marked open right now | 21 |
The city's wording
Constant and competent supervision provided by adequate staff for children and groups of children
This is the text DOHMH or the state attaches to the citation. It is a template, so it can sound harsher or vaguer than the finding behind it.
Worth asking the center
How do you cover supervision during naps, bathroom trips, meals and outdoor play?
Reading it on a record
Look at whether the citation is marked open or corrected, how long ago it was cited, and whether the same section shows up on several inspections. One corrected citation is common. The same one on visit after visit is worth a direct question. Our guide to checking a daycare and methodology explain the rest.
Look up a center and read its record
Related sections
- §47.27(b): Daily health check of children
- §47.23(f)(1): Teacher to child ratios
- §47.59(d): Fire drills
- §47.19(h)(3): Unsupervised contact before clearance
- §47.61(a): Food protection
Counts are from the inspection records we hold, as of 2026-10-11. The plain-English note was written by NYC Daycare Check from the city's wording; the citation on each center's page is the record.