I am a licensed sole in-home daycare provider and I pride myself in having very little violations due to hard work and abiding by the law. However, the latest regulations passed requiring myself an other licensed caretakers to have an epinephrine pen available is unduly burdensome to my extremely small daycare of 5 children.  The cost alone would put me under and force me to close. I cannot afford to have this medication in my care, as well as keep an updated stock of it, making it a continuous cost to bear. I also vehemently oppose this new regulation because I am not a nurse or doctor and do not, and will not want the legal burden of administering this drug that has legal repercussions. My business insurance will likely drop me, making me personally liable for administering this drug, without a medical license. I am a daycare provider, not EMS, a medical doctor or nurse and should be concentrating on the well being, safety, and care for the children in my care. I am not in the position of making life and death decisions.

If there is an accidental administration of this drug, there will also be dire consequences to the child that it is has been given to.  Severe side effects include heart issues, fluid in the lungs, severely high blood pressure, accidental injection into myself among other mistakes that can be done.

I am a SOLE operator/owner. I am already working 12 hours a day. Having to do additional training for this along with maintaining my business, LLC paperwork, paying bills, balancing my books, doing my taxes, creating lesson plans, creating menu plans is the straw that breaks the camel's back to me. 

Putting this requirement into motion WILL cause me to close, making Warrenton have one less high quality in-home daycare.