Bill Text: VA HB2140 | 2023 | Regular Session | Chaptered
Bill Title: Epinephrine; policies for possession & administration at early childhood care, etc.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 13-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-21 - Governor: Acts of Assembly Chapter text (CHAP0122) [HB2140 Detail]
Download: Virginia-2023-HB2140-Chaptered.html
Be it enacted by the General Assembly of Virginia:
1. That §22.1-289.059 of the Code of Virginia is amended and reenacted as follows:
§22.1-289.059. Possession and administration of an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine by employees.
A. The Board shall amend its regulations to require
each early childhood care and education entity child day center
to implement policies for the possession and administration of epinephrine in
every such entity center to be administered by any nurse at the
entity center, employee at the entity center, or
employee of a local health department 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 entity center, or employee of a local
health department 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.
B. The Board shall amend its regulations to require each family day home provider or at least one other caregiver employed by such provider in the family day home to be trained in the administration of epinephrine and to notify the parents of each child who receives care in such family day home whether the provider stores an appropriate weight-based dosage of epinephrine in the residence or home in which the family day home operates.
