Wisconsin Department of Children and Families - Division of Early Care and Education
Bureau of Early Care Regulation
Child Care Licensing Procedure Manual
The licensing specialist should consult with the licensing manager/licensing supervisor when s/he believes a warning letter should be issued due to the reoccurrence of one or more violations. In this case, the warning letter is needed to call attention to those uncorrected and reoccurring violations that pose a threat to the health, safety and welfare of children in care.
A repeat violation is a violation that is cited more than once within a two-year period, beginning from the date it was first cited. Regardless of the specific circumstances indicated in the violation description, if the same administrative rule number is cited again, within the two year period, it is considered a repeat violation. (Note: An order must be issued when four or more repeat, serious violations are cited at a single visit.)
Repeat violations include the following:
A violation cited on a Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan (CFS-294) that remains uncorrected after the expected correction date for the violation; or
A violation that was cited on a Noncompliance Statement and Correction Plan (CFS-294) and verified as corrected but is subsequently found to again be in violation.
Depending on the specifics of the situation (such as the seriousness of the repeat violation or whether a pattern of repeat violations has been established), the licensing specialist may issue a warning letter, an order, an imposed plan of correction or may take other serious enforcement action. This decision should be made by the licensing specialist in consultation with the licensing manager/licensing supervisor.
2.3. Definition of Repeat Violation
2.3.1. When More than Two Years has Passed Between Cites for the Same Violation
This page last updated 10/2020.