How to read a Texas day care's inspection record
Inspections, deficiencies and risk levels: what the state's record shows, and what it doesn't.
What the daily report shows
The Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control posts new applications by day, with the license type and an action code. We read ORI (an original application) and PRM (a licensed business moving to a new address). We leave out PER, an ownership change at an existing place, which is most of the file.
What an application means
An application is an early signal. It can be protested or denied, and it can take months.
Los Angeles and San Francisco
These two cities publish business registrations with a location start date, for every trade. They're the only all-trades data here, and start dates can run ahead, so we drop anything more than 30 days out.
What isn't here
California's statewide seller's-permit file is a paid order and we haven't bought it. Until then, a salon in Fresno won't show up, for example.
Sources: Texas Health and Human Services Commission Child Care Regulation (CCR) operation, inspection and deficiency records on data.texas.gov. Written from the public records themselves; check with the agency for anything legal or binding.
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