New Establishments

Step 1:  The Environmental Health Division can be either notified by the Early Childhood Development Unit or the Proprietor of the proposed operation of the new facility about conducting an inspection at the facility.  

Step 2:  After the facility is inspected, the findings are shared with both the Proprietor and the Early Childhood Development Unit.  

Step 3:  If the facilty is found to meet acceptable standards, a recommendation is made by the Environmental Health Division to the Early Childhood Development Unit for the issuance of a permit and the Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs for the issuance of a trade licence.   If the facility has not met the acceptable standards, the Division makes recommendations for improvement to the Proprietor which is also shared with the Early Childhood Development Unit and the Department of Trade and Consumer Affairs.  A re-inspection is done by the Division to verify that the recommendations for compliance have been implemented.  Once compliance is achieved, the institution is referred for issuance of a permit and a trade licence.

Existing Establishments

Step 1:  An existing daycare/pre-school is visited and inspected periodically by an Environmental Health Officer.

Step 2:  The results and recommendations made after inspection are shared with the Early Childhood Development Unit.

Step 3:  If an existing daycare/pre-school is found to be non-compliant, legal action is taken where applicable and feasible.