2025-04-03 · 746.2419(6) · Medium High
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
The children in the infant room had bottles that were not labeled with first name and last initial.
Corrected at inspection
Richland Academy
Licensed Center
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Provider details
- City / County / ZIP
- Dallas / Dallas / 75243
- Street address
- 9850 Walnut St
- Phone
- (972) 644-1340
- Capacity
- 170
- Ages served
- Infant, Toddler, Pre-Kindergarten, School
- Hours / Days
- 06:00 AM-06:30 PM / Mon,Tue,Wed,Thu,Fri
- Permit type
- Full Permit
- Permit issued
- May 22, 2017
- Operation status:
- Active
- Corrective action
- HHSC lists: No
- Adverse action
- HHSC lists: No
- Temporarily closed
- HHSC lists: No
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Plain-English summary of cited deficiencies
State records list 9 cited deficiencies dated May 21, 2024 to April 3, 2025 (3 High, 5 Medium High, 1 Medium risk). Correction status: 2 corrected at inspection, 7 with a correction date recorded, 0 with no correction date recorded.
- High risk · Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions (746.5625(b))
Cited April 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 17, 2025; correction verified April 16, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A bus had an electronic child safety alarm that did not work. - High risk · Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points (746.4601(7))
Cited April 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 17, 2025; correction verified April 17, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The toddler play structure had a broken yellow barricade fence. The pre-K play structure had a broken blue plastic bar exposing a metal pipe and a plastic piece on the stairs that needed repair. - High risk · Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children (746.3407(12))
Cited May 21, 2024 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Cleaning supplies in a classroom were not properly labeled. - Medium High risk · Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Meet federal standards (746.5607(a)(1))
Cited April 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 17, 2025; correction verified April 16, 2025; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: A bus had 8 seats without working seat belts. - Medium High risk · Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean (746.3407(9))
Cited April 3, 2025 (correction date recorded: April 9, 2025; correction verified April 17, 2025; technical assistance given); May 21, 2024 (correction date recorded: June 12, 2024; correction verified June 19, 2024).
What the record describes: Narratives describe a toilet that did not work, a leaking toilet in another classroom, a broken classroom window, and issues with seat upholstery in a center vehicle. - Medium High risk · Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups (746.2419(6))
Cited April 3, 2025 (corrected at inspection; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Bottles for children in the infant room were not labeled with each child's first name and last initial. - Medium High risk · Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly (746.5537(a)(2))
Cited May 21, 2024 (correction date recorded: May 23, 2024; correction verified June 3, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: Carbon monoxide detectors were not being tested monthly with the tests recorded. - Medium risk · Children's Products-Posting of CPSC website (746.4135(c))
Cited May 21, 2024 (correction date recorded: May 21, 2024; correction verified June 3, 2024; technical assistance given).
What the record describes: The operation was not subscribed to CPSC recalls and did not have a current posting.
Counts, dates, risk levels and correction status come directly from the state data. The plain-English descriptions were written automatically from the inspectors' narratives and checked against them by a second automated reviewer; they cover citations dated October 11, 2023 to October 11, 2026. They may contain errors; the official record is authoritative.
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Summary of the record
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Texas Health and Human Services records list 9 cited deficiencies for Richland Academy in the 3 years before October 10, 2026 (3 High, 5 Medium High, 1 Medium).
Records list 5 inspections in this window. Most recent inspection: 2026-03-25.
| Risk weight | Citations |
|---|---|
| High | 3 |
| Medium High | 5 |
| Medium | 1 |
| Medium Low | 0 |
| Low | 0 |
| Unknown | 0 |
HHSC assigns each standard a risk weight from Low to High. A deficiency is a finding that a minimum standard was not met.
Recent citations in the summary window
2025-04-03 · 746.4601(7) · High
Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points
The play scape in the toddler area has a yellow barricade fence structure that is broken and needs repair. The play scape on the pre-k area has a blue plastic bar broken exposing a metal pipe, in need of repair. The stairs on the pre-k play scape has plastic piece in need of…
Correction date recorded: 2025-04-17
2025-04-03 · 746.5607(a)(1) · Medium High
Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Meet federal standards
There was a bus with Texas license plate U21401 that has 8 seats without working seat belts.
Correction date recorded: 2025-04-17
Full citation history from HHSC (11)
2025-04-03 · 746.5625(b) · High
Electronic Child Safety Alarm - installed and maintained according to manufacturer's instructions
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-17. Correction verified: 2025-04-16.
There was a bus with Texas license plate U21401 that has a nonworking electronic child safety alarm.
2025-04-03 · 746.3407(9) · Medium High
Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-09. Correction verified: 2025-04-17.
The operation has 1 toliet that is not operable. In another classroom an additional toliet is leaking.
2025-04-03 · 746.5607(a)(1) · Medium High
Child Passenger Safety Seat System - Meet federal standards
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-17. Correction verified: 2025-04-16.
There was a bus with Texas license plate U21401 that has 8 seats without working seat belts.
2025-04-03 · 746.4601(7) · High
Safety Requirements for Active Play Equipment - No Pinch, Crush, or Shear Points
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2025-04-17. Correction verified: 2025-04-17.
The play scape in the toddler area has a yellow barricade fence structure that is broken and needs repair. The play scape on the pre-k area has a blue plastic bar broken exposing a metal pipe, in need of repair. The stairs on the pre-k play scape has plastic piece in need of repair.
2025-04-03 · 746.2419(6) · Medium High
Requirements for Feeding Infants - Label Bottles/Cups
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2025-04-03. Correction verified: Not recorded.
The children in the infant room had bottles that were not labeled with first name and last initial.
2024-05-21 · 746.4135(c) · Medium
Children's Products-Posting of CPSC website
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-21. Correction verified: 2024-06-03.
The operation is not subscribed to CPSC recalls and do not have a current posting.
2024-05-21 · 746.3407(12) · High
Mark Cleaning Supplies, Toxic Materials; Keep Separate from Food and Inaccessible to Children
Corrected at inspection: Yes. Correction date: 2024-05-21. Correction verified: Not recorded.
Cleaning supplies in one classroom were not properly labelled. This was corrected during inspection when the chemicals were labelled.
2024-05-21 · 746.5537(a)(2) · Medium High
Electronic or Battery-Operated Carbon Monoxide Detector-Check All Detectors Monthly
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-05-23. Correction verified: 2024-06-03.
Carbon monoxide detectors are not being tested monthly and recorded.
2024-05-21 · 746.3407(9) · Medium High
Floors, ceilings and Walls in Good Repair and Clean
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2024-06-12. Correction verified: 2024-06-19.
A window in one classroom is broken and the upholstery on seats in one center vehicle are in poor condition.
2023-07-12 · 746.801(3) · Medium
Required Records Maintained and Made Available - Personnel and Training Records
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2023-07-26. Correction verified: 2023-07-20.
At the time of the inspection, employees and caregivers did not have CPR training that required a manikin and required content training.
2022-05-21 · 746.307(c) · Medium
Parental Notification of Less Serious Injuries
Corrected at inspection: No. Correction date: 2022-06-13. Correction verified: 2022-06-16.
The parent was not notified that the victim had been poked in the eye.
Source: Texas HHSC Child Care Regulation, via data.texas.gov (CC0). See the official record: https://childcare.hhs.texas.gov/Public/InspectionAndComplianceHistory?operationId=1273298
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Provider data fetched: October 10, 2026.