Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.5
- Local median
- 0.23
FALLER STATE PRESCHOOL
1500 WEST UPJOHN, Ridgecrest, CA 93555
- Facility:
- 153808551
- Type:
- DAY CARE CENTER
- Status:
- Licensed
- Records checked:
- July 17, 2026
Additional info
- Source:
- California Community Care Licensing Division
- District office:
- Not listed
- License effective:
- Not found
- Capacity:
- 24
Inspection snapshot
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Latest inspectionNovember 3, 2025
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsNovember 3, 2025
Summary
This summary covers eight available inspections for FALLER STATE PRESCHOOL from April 13, 2022 through November 3, 2025.
Two inspections recorded violations, with four recorded violations in total.
The most recent higher-concern violation was on April 27, 2023 and involved background screening, with a due date of April 28, 2023.
Five later inspections, from October 30, 2023 through November 3, 2025, showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether they were formal follow-ups.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 8
- Recorded violations
- 4
- Higher-concern violations
- 2
- Repeated topics
- 0
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
8 total inspections vs 4.5 local median in 93555
Compared to 16 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 25%
- Local median
- 0%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 25%
- Local median
- 23%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 0
- Local average
- 0.25
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
No repeated topics found
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Inspection history
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No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- Criminal Record Clearance (e) All individuals subject to a criminal record review pursuant to Health and Safety Code Section 1596.871 shall prior to working, residing or volunteering in a licensed facility: (1) Obtain a California clearance or a criminal record exemption as required by the Department or This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above by not having Staff 1 have an eligible criminal record clearance prior to starting employment which poses an immediate health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 28, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101170(e)(1) - 101170(e)(1)
- Official code
- 101170(e)(1)
Medium concern: Environmental health
- Report finding
- Lead Testing (1) A licensed child day care center, as defined in Section 1596.76, that is located in a building that was constructed before January 1, 2010, shall have its drinking water tested for lead contamination levels on or after January 1, 2020, but no later than January 1, 2023, and every five years after the date of the initial test. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation, interview, and record review, the Licensee did not comply with the section cited above as the Program Director disclosed that the lead testing has not been completed since 2019 for the facility which poses a potential health, safety or personal rights risk to persons in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 11, 2023
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- HSC 1597.16(a)(1) - 1597.16(a)(1)
- Official code
- 1597.16(a)(1)
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Incident records
- Report finding
- 101212 Reporting Requirements (d) ...A report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day... In addition, a written report ... shall be submitted to the Department within seven days following the occurrence of such event. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on interview and record review, Director failed to submit an incident report to the Department within the time frame specified in the regulation, which poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
- Correction / follow-up note
- Based on interview and record review, Director failed to submit an incident report to the Department within the time frame specified in the regulation, which poses a potential Health and Safety risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 20, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101212(d) - 101212(d)
- Official code
- 101212(d)
Higher concern: Child guidance
- Report finding
- 101223 Personal Rights (a) The licensee shall ensure that each child is accorded the following personal rights: (3) To be free from corporal or unusual punishment. This requirement was not met as evidence by: Based on interview and record review, facility staff hit the hand of Child 1, which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
- Report comments
- Based on interview and record review, facility staff hit the hand of Child 1, which poses an immediate Health and Safety risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by April 14, 2022
More details
- Official CA class
- Type A deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101223(a)(3) - 101223(a)(3)
- Official code
- 101223(a)(3)