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Health Code 47.39(a) at a NYC daycare: what it means

The short answer

Health Code 47.39(a) is a critical violation (fix within 2 weeks). In the last 3 years of city inspections, 52 NYC daycare centers were cited for it, 53 times in total.

The city's wording

"At the time child care service was providing care it has been determined that the child care service failed to limit areas used by children to their exclusive use. Unauthorized children and/or adults allowed to inhabit child care service facilities during child care hours."

Most common wording on Child Care Connect for this section. Severity and fix deadlines come from the city's violation key.

What to ask the center

When was it cited, what was the fix, and has it come back since? Each center page below shows whether it was corrected or still open when we last pulled the data (Oct 19, 2026).

Daycares cited for it, most recent first