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1    AN ACT concerning criminal law.
 
2    Be it enacted by the People of the State of Illinois, 
3represented in the General Assembly:
 
4    Section 5. The Hypodermic Syringes and Needles Act is 
5amended by changing Section 2 as follows:
 
6    (720 ILCS 635/2)  (from Ch. 38, par. 22-51)
7    Sec. 2. Sale of hypodermic syringes and needles. 
8    (a) Except as provided in subsection (b), no syringe, 
9needle or instrument shall be delivered or sold to, or 
10exchanged with, any person except a registered pharmacist, 
11physician, dentist, veterinarian, registered embalmer, 
12manufacturer or dealer in embalming supplies, wholesale 
13druggist, manufacturing pharmacist, industrial user, a nurse 
14upon the written order of a physician or dentist, the holder of 
15a permit issued under Section 5 of this Act, a registered 
16chiropodist, or an employee of an incorporated hospital upon 
17the written order of its superintendent or officer in 
18immediate charge; provided that the provisions of this Act 
19shall not prohibit the sale, possession or use of hypodermic 
20syringes or hypodermic needles for treatment of livestock or 
21poultry by the owner or keeper thereof or a person engaged in 
22chemical, clinical, pharmaceutical or other scientific 
23research, or a staff person, volunteer, or participant in a 
 
 
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1needle or hypodermic syringe access program.
2    (b) A pharmacist may sell up to 100 sterile hypodermic 
3syringes or needles to a person who is at least 18 years of 
4age. A syringe or needle sold under this subsection (b) must be 
5stored at a pharmacy and in a manner that limits access to the 
6syringes or needles to pharmacists employed at the pharmacy 
7and any persons designated by the pharmacists. A syringe or 
8needle sold at a pharmacy under this subsection (b) may be sold 
9only from the pharmacy department of the pharmacy.
10    (c) If the pharmacy has sterile hypodermic syringes or 
11needles in stock, a pharmacist, based on the pharmacist's 
12professional and clinical judgment, shall sell sterile 
13hypodermic syringes or needles to any qualifying individual 
14when sterile hypodermic syringes or needles are required for 
15the proper utilization or administration of medications, 
16including any counseling or referrals to relevant healthcare 
17services. 
18(Source: P.A. 100-326, eff. 1-1-18; 101-356, eff. 8-9-19.)