(720 ILCS 635/5) (from Ch. 38, par. 22-54)
Sec. 5. Prescriptions. (a) As used in this Section, "prescriber" has the meaning ascribed to it in Section 102 of the Illinois Controlled Substances Act. (b) Except as provided under Section 2, a prescriber may direct a
patient
under
his or her immediate
charge to have in possession any of the instruments specified in Sections 1
and 2 which may be dispensed by a registered pharmacist in this state only (1) upon a written prescription of the prescriber, or (2) upon an oral or electronic order of the prescriber, which order is
reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacist, or (3) by
refilling any written, oral, or electronic prescription if the refilling is
authorized by the prescriber either in the original prescription or by oral
order which is reduced promptly to writing and filed by the pharmacist in
the same manner and under the same conditions as any other prescription
issued by a practitioner licensed by law to write prescriptions, or (4)
upon a signed statement of a patient,
upon proper
identification, stating
that the prescriptions or instruments specified in Sections 1 and 2 were
lost or broken, as the case may be, the name and address of the prescriber,
the name and address of the patient and the purpose for which the
prescription was ordered. The
written, oral, or electronic prescriptions when reduced to writing for instruments
specified in Sections 1 and 2 shall contain the date of the prescription,
the name and address of the prescriber, the name and address of the
patient, the purpose for which the prescription is ordered, the date when
dispensed and by whom dispensed.
Provided, however, that a licensed physician or other allied medical
practitioner, authorized by the laws of the State of Illinois to prescribe
or administer controlled substances or cannabis to humans or animals, may
authorize any person or the owner of any animal, to purchase and have in
his or her possession any of the instruments specified in Sections 1 and 2, which
may be sold to him without a specific written, oral, or electronic prescription or
order, by any person authorized by the laws of the State of Illinois to
sell and dispense controlled substances or cannabis, if the authorization
is in the form of a certificate giving the name and address of the
licensed physician or other allied medical practitioner, the name, address
and signature of the person, or of the owner of the animal, so authorized,
the purpose or reason of the authorization, and the date of the
certificate and in that event, no other prescription, writing or record
shall be required to authorize the possession or sale of the instruments.
(Source: P.A. 100-326, eff. 1-1-18.)
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