§47.27(a): Daily attendance records

The center did not maintain children's daily attendance records.

Health Code section§47.27(a)
TypeRecords
How DOHMH classifies itModerate (100% of its citations)
Cited in our records73 times at 71 NYC centers
Marked open right now4

The city's wording

At time of inspection it was determined that child care service failed to maintain children's daily attendance records.

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 take attendance each day?

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.

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Related sections

Counts are from the inspection records we hold, as of 2026-10-16. 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.