Virginia Regulatory Town Hall
Agency
Department of Education
 
Board
State Board of Education
 
chapter
Standards for Licensed Child Day Centers [8 VAC 20 ‑ 780]
Action Amend regulation to require each child day center to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine
Stage Fast-Track
Comment Period Ended on 12/17/2025
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11/18/25  12:09 pm
Commenter: CELC

I oppose
 

I strongly oppose the proposed action of this Fasttrack motion. This puts an undue burden on licensed centers, such as the one I work at to purchase potentially every year epinephrine which could be deadly. We are not medical professionals, we are teachers. It is wrong to expect us to have the appropriate knowledge to decide if a child with previous unknown allergies is having an allergic reaction to the point of needing a possibly life ending medication. We also have no medical knowledge to judge what amount would be appropriate for each child in an emergent situation. Teachers or center staff could easluly misjudge something as an anaphylactic reaction and cause more harm. I fully support epinephrine training for all daycare staff, but to expect centers to provide the drug and take on the risk of administering it to children who have no medical diagnosis is unwise and very dangerous. 

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