Whether it is in Washington State or another state the action that will get you the most reliable information is through making a "public disclosure request" or "Freedom of Information request" when researching the daycare you are considering..
Use that wording (in bold).
Tell the day care licensing agency you want the entire history for that day care provider and/or facility or at the minimum ask for the "violations of the regulations" and "complaint investigations" and "child protective services (CPS) investigations" and "legal enforcement actions."
Again use the wording exactly as I've provided in bold.
In Washington State the child care licensing agency has moved into the 21st century and scans in documents now which is by far the most efficient, effective and economical manner in which to make day care licensing history transparent.
Washington State legislators especially Representative Ross Hunter of Bellevue has had the envisioning of government transparency for some time now.
Where ever the day care licensing agency is for your state make that request and make in writing (encase you end up taking the state government to Superior Court.
Google your state law in regards to public disclosure and read it. You become the professional, be methodical and have a copy of the law to give to the government bureaucrat who might try to tell you the law is what it isn't.
I had occasion to be at my old state government agency talking to a former co-worker in CPS who said it takes thirty days to process a request. When I told him the law says five days he was not happy with me and with no hesitation told me I was wrong.
I will follow up with him and send him a link to the law (RCW in Washington State); and educate him.
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