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Environmental Health Committee
Filed: 5/5/2009
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| AMENDMENT TO SENATE BILL 1919
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| AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend Senate Bill 1919 on page 1, |
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| after line 21, by inserting the following: |
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| ""Unused medication" means any unopened, expired, or |
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| excess medication that has been dispensed for patient or |
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| resident care and that is in a solid form. The term includes |
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| pills, tablets, capsules, and caplets. For long-term care |
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| facilities licensed under the Nursing Home Care Act, "unused |
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| medication" does not include any Schedule II controlled |
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| substance under federal law in any form, until such time as the |
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| federal Drug Enforcement Administration adopts regulations |
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| that permit these facilities to dispose of controlled |
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| substances in a manner consistent with this Section."; and
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| on page 1, line 22, by replacing "No" with "Except for |
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| medications contained in intravenous fluids, syringes, or |
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| transdermal patches, no".
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