Our son requires medication, is developmentally disabled and lives at Innisfree Village. He lives an amazing and fulfilled life engaged in a variety of therapeutic activities in a wonderful community along with Staff, Volunteers and other developmentally disabled co-workers.

While he needs help with the dispensing of his prescription drugs, this is accomplished professionally and safely under a very well controlled and supervised system using trained aides.

Although the goal of the proposed regulations is sound, there needs to be flexibility allowed so as not to unnecessarily impact the quality of life of this active community.

The proposed regulation should allow Variance if necessary to accomodate the special circumstances of communities such as Innisfree Village.

Forcing major increases in training will unnecesarily increase costs, negatively  affect the viability of the community and impact the ability of the volunteers and staff to provide all of the other therapeutic activities provided. We simply request that the special circumstances of this great community are respected so that the superb quality of life afforded the residents is not jeopardized by regulations inappropriate to their needs.We would of course expect and welcome the structuring of appropriate variances approved by Innisfree and the HHS professionals.