A WCNC hidden camera investigation found Jackie Campbell, owner of “Baby Nurses,” misrepresenting several facts about her business.

“Initially, I used to work for hospice, CNA nurse for hospice,” Campbell told our producer while on a hidden camera.

But the problem is that Jackie hasn’t been a Certified Nurses Assistant since 1998. She also talked on hidden camera about how her Baby Nurses business is licensed by the county, but her Mecklenburg business license expired last year.

Unlike daycare or school, there is no state agency checking up on nannies. It’s all up to you.

Lyndsey Petrelli runs “A Perfect Nanny,” a nanny finder for families in the Charlotte area.

“You really want to be sure the person is who they say they are, and who the agency says they are,” she said.

Petrelli said parents would be surprised to find out how many people try to pass themselves off as qualified. She turns away 90 percent of potential nannies.

“They forget to tell you that they were arrested for theft when they were visiting Colorado,” she said.

Petrelli urges families to do criminal and DMV checks as well as identity and Social Security verification. Also, check out any education they claim to have.

“A lot of people will put on paper that they have a bachelor’s degree in child development, but come to find out they don’t have a college degree at all,” she said.

And make sure your nanny is infant CPR trained, and that the nanny has been checked out by a doctor – “A Perfect Nanny” requires them to have a physical within the past 30 days.

“It’s worth it when you’re talking about children,” Petrelli said. “There’s no room for errors.

Petrelli also urges parents to ask for three personal and three business references, and to make sure background checks cover the counties and states they’ve lived in for the past seven years.