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1    AN ACT concerning regulation.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois,
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Veterinary Medicine and Surgery Practice Act
5of 2004 is amended by adding Section 19.2 as follows:
 
6    (225 ILCS 115/19.2 new)
7    Sec. 19.2. Patient requests for prescriptions.
8Veterinarians shall honor a client's request for a prescription
9in lieu of dispensing a drug when a veterinarian-client-patient
10relationship exists and the veterinarian has determined that
11the drug is medically necessary.
 
12    Section 99. Effective date. This Act takes effect upon
13becoming law.