Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool Center · Infant Center, Chico
Enchanted Play Infant & Preschool Center was a licensed child care center in Chico, CA, licensed for up to 32 children. Its license closed around August 2026. Since February 2021, the state inspected it 5 times and investigated 3 complaints, 1 substantiated, and issued 4 citations, 0 of them Type A. Its inspection history is kept here for reference.
Inspection history
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Based on record review, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above in 1 out of 6 children (C4) was missing a physician's report which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
Based on record review the licensee did not use a certified lead tester tocomply with the section cited above which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
101229(a)(1) No child(ren) shall be left without the supervision of a teacher at any time, except as specified in Sections 101216.2(e)(1) and 101230(c)(1). Supervision shall include visual observation. 1 Director stated that they will be revising their procedures and be changing the gate at the play yard so that staff are able to access through if a child runs off. Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above for child C1, which poses an immediate health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care. 8 This was requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on file review, the facility did not notify the department which poses a potential health and safety risk to children in care.
101212(d)(1)(C) upon the occurrence, during the operation of the childcare center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department....In addition, a written report containing the information...shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. (1)Events reported shall include the following: (C) Any unusual incident or child absence that threatens the physical or emotional health or safety of any child. Facility director to hold an all-staff meeting to go over regulations, processes, and video on reporting requirements. An agenda with signatures acknowledging trainings will be provided to CCL by Recommended resource for Reporting Requirements training: https://ccld.childcarevideos.org/child-care-center-operators/child-care-reporting-requirements/
Complaint investigations
Staff did not provide adequate supervision to day care child
Facility staff failed to report incident as required.
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Citations are quoted from California Department of Social Services inspection and complaint reports. Type A citations are the state’s most serious category (an immediate risk to children’s health, safety or personal rights); Type B citations are a potential risk. A citation is a finding about one rule, not a judgment about a center overall. Complaint allegations appear here only when the state substantiated them.
To read the full state reports, search facility number 045407248 on the California Care Facility Search. Data refreshed Oct 3, 2026.
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