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<law><site_title>Virginia Decoded</site_title><site_url>https://vacode.org</site_url><law_id>77450</law_id><section_number>22.1-289.059</section_number><catch_line>Possession and administration of an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine by employees</catch_line><edition url="https://vacode.org/2025/" slug="2025" current="TRUE" last_updated="">2025</edition><structure><unit label="title" level="1" order_by="1" identifier="22.1">Education</unit><unit label="chapter" level="2" order_by="1" identifier="14.1">Early Childhood Care and Education</unit><unit label="article" level="3" order_by="1" identifier="8">Facilities and Programs</unit></structure><text>
						<section id="A"><p><span class="prefix-number">A.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall <span class="dictionary">amend</span> its regulations to require each <span class="dictionary">child day center</span> to implement policies for the <span class="dictionary">possession</span> and administration of epinephrine in every such center to be administered by any nurse at the center, employee at the center, or employee of a local health <span class="dictionary">department</span> who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine to any child believed to be having an anaphylactic reaction. Such policies shall require that at least one school nurse, employee at the center, or employee of a local health <span class="dictionary">department</span> who is authorized by a prescriber and trained in the administration of epinephrine has the means to access at all times during regular facility hours any such appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine that is stored in a locked or otherwise generally inaccessible container or area. <a id="paragraph-277831" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-289.059/#A"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section>
						<section id="B"><p><span class="prefix-number">B.</span> The <span class="dictionary">Board</span> shall <span class="dictionary">amend</span> its regulations to require each <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> provider or at least one other caregiver employed by such provider in the <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> to be trained in the administration of epinephrine and to notify the <span class="dictionary"><span class="dictionary">parents</span></span> of each child who receives care in such <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> whether the provider stores an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine in the residence or home in which the <span class="dictionary">family day home</span> operates. <a id="paragraph-277832" class="section-permalink" href="https://vacode.org/22.1-289.059/#B"><i class="fa fa-link"/></a></p></section></text><history>2022, cc. 695, 696; 2023, cc. 122, 123.</history><metadata></metadata></law>
