Recorded violations per inspection
- This provider
- 0.63
- Local median
- 0.57
DISCOVERY DEPOT CHILD CARE
1620 E TRUXTON AVE, Bakersfield, CA 93305
- Facility:
- 155601003
- Type:
- INFANT 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:
- 8
Inspection snapshot
Questions worth asking
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Latest inspectionJanuary 8, 2026
Latest inspection with no recorded violationsJanuary 8, 2026
Summary
This summary covers eight available inspections for DISCOVERY DEPOT CHILD CARE from September 13, 2022 through January 8, 2026.
Three inspections recorded violations, with five recorded violations in total.
The most recent recorded violation was on October 7, 2025 and involved staff-to-child ratio, with a due date of October 21, 2025.
Background screening was a higher-concern topic that showed up in one inspection.
A later inspection showed no recorded violations, but the records do not say whether it was a formal follow-up.
At a glance
- Total inspections
- 8
- Recorded violations
- 5
- Higher-concern violations
- 1
- Repeated topics
- 1
2 in last 12 months
1 in last 12 months
0 in last 12 months
Last 36 months
Local comparison
8 total inspections vs 5 local median in 93305
Compared to 23 local facilities
Inspections with higher-concern violations
- This provider
- 13%
- Local median
- 13%
Inspections with recorded violations
- This provider
- 38%
- Local median
- 40%
Repeated topics
- This provider
- 1
- Local average
- 0.26
Repeated topics
Topics that appeared in more than one inspection during the last 36 months. They may reveal a pattern worth examining.
Recordkeeping
Appeared across 2 inspections, with 2 recorded violations.
May 13, 2025Inspection history
Available inspection history. Select a violation topic for more info.
No recorded violations in this report
Medium concern: Staff-to-child ratio
- Report finding
- (a) A licensee shall not operate a child care center beyond the conditions and limitations specified on the license, including the capacity limitation. This requirement is not met as evidenced by: Based on observation and interviews, the licensee did not comply with the section cited above. The facility is co-mingling preschool and infant children at the end of the day as the facility conducts their cleaning of the classrooms. This poses a potential health, safety, or personal rights risk to children in care.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by October 21, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101161 - 101161
- Official code
- 101161
Higher concern: Background screening
- Report finding
- Prior to the Department issuing a license, the applicant and the administrator shall obtain a California criminal record clearance or exemption. This requirement was not met as evidenced by David Madding functions as an administrator for the licensee and is not background cleared. Potential risk.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101170(c) - 101170(c)
- Official code
- 101170(c)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- Administrator Qualifications and Duties.The administrator shall have the following qualifications:Knowledge of and ability to comply with applicable laws and regulations. This requirement was not met as evidenced by that David Madding has not completed the Child Care Center Orientation Operations and Record Keeping. This is a potential health and safety risk in that adminsitrators shall have successfully completed Center Orientation prior to operating in the role at the licensed facility.
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101215(b)(2) - 101215(b)(2)
- Official code
- 101215(b)(2)
Medium concern: Incident records
- Report finding
- Upon the occurrence, during the operation of the child care center of any of the events specified in (d)(1) below, a report shall be made to the Department by telephone or fax within the Department's next working day and during its normal business hours. In addition....... Death of any child from any cause. This requirement was not met as evidenced by that licensee did not report the death of an unenrolled child that died adjacent to the facility that resulted in 2 of the child's sibblings that were accepted and provided care at the licensed facility
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 20, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101212(d) - 101212(d)
- Official code
- 101212(d)
Low concern: Recordkeeping
- Report finding
- The licensee and the child's authorized representative shall jointly complete a current individual written admission agreement for the child. This documentation shall be maintained at the child care center and shall be available for review. This requirement was not met as evidenced by: Facility accepted and provided care to 2 children on 5/9/25 without an admissions agreement with the authorized representative. This is a potential health and safety risk in that there shall be prior written admission's agreement between the authorized representative and licensee
- Correction status
- Plan of correction due by May 13, 2025
More details
- Official CA class
- Type B deficiency
- Report section
- CCR 101219 - 101219
- Official code
- 101219
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report
No recorded violations in this report