RE: Opposition to Mandatory Stock EpiPen Requirement

I am a licensed Virginia home childcare provider, and I oppose this mandate for the following reasons:

• Financial burden of purchasing and maintaining EpiPens plus training costs
• We are train to take care of the needs of the kids in all other aspects, but medical needs should be left to doctors and people train in the medical field.
• Fear of causing serious harm through accidental injection or unnecessary administration
•  Concern about dosing errors with children of different ages and sizes
• Better alternatives exist, such as requiring prescribed EpiPens from parents with known allergies.
• For our safety and the children and their parents it should not be mandatory.

I support child safety, but I don't think EpiPen is the solution.